The Interface: Peace Walls, Belfast, Northern Ireland

In 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive outlined a goal to ‘create a ten year programme to reduce, and remove by 2023, all interface barriers’ in Northern Ireland.  This unexpected statement helped to focus attention on the difficulties inherent in making this commitment a reality.  Made during a pe...

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Main Author: James O'Leary
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Published: TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2017-02-01
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