On 15 July 2020 British Council in partnership with Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland hosted a panel discussion event  to mark the publication of the fifth volume of “Britain and Ireland: Lives Entwined”.

Participants drew on a selection of the perspectives shared in the book. Using its overarching theme “Shifting Borders, Shifting Identities”, the event offered an opportunity to reflect on the relationship at this particular moment. 

Welcome note:
Niall Burgess, Secretary General Dept Foreign Affairs Ireland.
Panel Chair: 
Sir Ciarán Devane, CEO The British Council 
Panellists:
•	Grace Dyas, artist and activist 
•	Ian Marshall, business development manager and former senator 
•	Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and theologian 
•	Shannon Yee (Sickels), playwright and producer   

The publication is available here: https://www.britishcouncil.ie/programmes/society/lives-entwined

'Britain and Ireland: Lives Entwined' vol. V: panel discussion

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