Using Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as a case study, the event will explore the relationship between apologies, abuses and dealing with past harms across three topics (paramilitary violence, institutional child abuse and the economic crisis).

The event will include a presentation centred on facing mortality with chronic disease, by Dr Jimmy McAleavey, currently a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre/School of English, Queen's University Belfast.