Dr. Stephen Farry:

I appreciate the witnesses' presentation and comments to date and all the work the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation has been doing over many decades to build and support peace. I will touch on a couple of areas which have not been touched upon too much so far. If we were to see change towards a new, united Ireland at some stage in the coming years, as well as work on the divisions in Northern Ireland and the need for reconciliation, to what extent are conversations happening in the South around how to engage with what may be 1 million people with a British identity? To what extent is there conversation on the gives and takes that may be involved in creating what would be a genuine new and inclusive beginning, rather than people simply plugging into existing structures, culture and ways of doing things? I will give an extreme example. There are concerns at times about the use of chants like "ooh, ah up the 'Ra". I know many people have sought to challenge it, but such chanting creates a certain degree of concern whenever people hear and see it happening. There are also issues around symbols and those types of aspects.

On an entirely different tangent, it may be useful to hear a bit more about Glencree's ongoing work in support of other actors with regard to the peace and prosperity agenda. How can prosperity and co-operation between North and South on the island, and the development of an all-island economy and potential synergies in that respect, be supportive of building wider peace and cohesion across the island?