The family of Sean Brown enters another year in pursuit of justice regarding the murder of their husband and father. The family has done so for twenty-eight consecutive years. The family is now preparing for another court appearance before the Supreme Court of
Partition has done real and lasting damage to the economy in North, across the border counties, and throughout the Island. It has disrupted infrastructure investments, workforce planning, and skills development. While partition remains, the North and the rest of the Island cannot meet its economic potential. The loss of opportunity costs mounts with every year of partition.
As the commemorations progressed, so did the depth of reflection. The vision, courage and patriotism of the 1916 revolutionary generation were compared against a government that had failed to deliver on the promised republic. This included the continued partition of the island.