# Mark Durkan

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This House Believes The UK Has Failed Northern Ireland

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The second special meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! This was a special Inter-Varsity debate to celebrate the Society's 175th anniversary which occured the previo…

ARINS: The SDLP, Politics and Peace

In this month’s ARINS podcast, former Deputy First Minister and leader of the SDLP, Mark Durkan discusses his political career with host Rory Montgomery. The conversation focuses on the recent book by Professor Graham Spencer, The SDLP, Politics and Peace: the Mark Durkan interviews which was publi…

EU Election Special – Communicating Europe

Broadcast live on Near FM on Thursday May 16th at 8pm. Six of the the Dublin candidates running for seats in the EU Parliament came together to debate European, national and local issues. In front of a live audience in the Northside Civic Centre in Coolock, candidates had the opportunity to dis…

View From Stormont: Tánaiste on legacy and Stormont reform

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Harris tells our Political Editor Tracey Magee that the British government must remain faithful to the proposals in the new joint framework on legacy. He says there is no plan B.We ask: is Stormont ripe for reform?Stewart Robson reports on h…

View From Stormont: The Prime Minister insists he's going nowhere

The Prime Minister has secured the backing of his cabinet, while the Scottish Labour leader says he should step down over the Mandelson revelations. We have the very latest with ITV News political correspondnet Carl Dinnen. To reflect on the political turmoil this week, the DUP's Sammy Wilson, the …

View From Stormont: Reform of the Assembly

Former First Minister Arlene Foster and former deputy First Minister Mark Durkan have appeared before a Stormont committee, to discuss reform within the Stormont Assembly. We are joined by representatives from some of the parties here. MLAs are due to receive a pay rise of almost 30%, but is it ju…

Stormont Reform Row: Arlene Foster Sounds Alarm as Mark Durkan Pushes Change

Stormont reform is back on the table — and not everyone’s happy about it. Former First Minister Arlene Foster warns that calls for change could “tilt the constitutional balance”, while former SDLP leader Mark Durkan says reform was always part of the plan. So… is this sensible modernisation — or a …

View from Stormont: Sir Keir Starmer's leadership hangs in the balance

Sir Keir Starmer's leadership hangs in the balance, creating a chaotic backdrop for the King's Speech to Parliament on Wednesday. We have analysis from Westminster, where our Political Editor Tracey Magee will be joined by DUP Leader Gavin Robinson, and SDLP Leader Claire Hanna joins Vicki in the s…

View from Stormont: Sir Keir Starmer's leadership hangs in the balance

Sir Keir Starmer's leadership hangs in the balance, creating a chaotic backdrop for the King's Speech to Parliament on Wednesday. We have analysis from Westminster, where our Political Editor Tracey Magee will be joined by DUP Leader Gavin Robinson, and SDLP Leader Claire Hanna joins Vicki in the s…

The Troubles - Mark Durkan

Mark Durkan has spent much of his life navigating Northern Ireland 's difficult path from conflict to peace. A native of Derry, he was deeply involved in the negotiations and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, later serving as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and as a member of P…