Did you see our conversation with Professor Colin Harvey about how to best prepare for a new and United Ireland? You can watch it and find links to resources and ways to learn more right here:
Irish Unity Education Webinar Series October Guest: Ben Collins
Join us on Saturday, October 25 at 12:00 noon ET for the third in our Irish Unity Educational Webinar Series. We will be joined by Ben Collins, author of the new book, The Irish Unity Dividend. This event is free and all are welcome! Register here.
Ben Collins grew up in a strongly pro-unionist and pro-British background in East Belfast. Previously an active member of the UK Conservative Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and then a campaigner for the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland, he is not a member of any political party. Ben is a former Chief Executive of NIFHA (Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations) and has worked in roles with a strong focus on political communications for more than twenty years. This has included working as a press officer for the Northern Ireland Office (UK Government Department) at the time of the St Andrews Agreement negotiations, for three international communications consultancies, a professional body and a medical regulator. He has an MSc in Political Communication, an MBA and a Law degree, and is licensed to practise as an attorney in New York State. He resides in his home city of Belfast, working across the island of Ireland. Ben is a Director with Chambré an independent strategic communications and public affairs agency. He has previously lived and worked in Edinburgh, Dublin, Cardiff and London.
