Listening to the Lough (evening) - stories, struggle & democratic futures

Fri Mar 27 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC+00:00

Crescent Arts Centre | Belfast

Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics
Publisher/HostImagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics
Listening to the Lough (evening) - stories, struggle & democratic futures
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An evening of conversation with investigative journalist Tommy Greene about the long term mismanagement, degradation & future of Lough Neagh
About this Event

This is one of the festival's Pay What You Can events.

Join Involve for an evening of conversation with Tommy Greene, an investigative journalist whose forthcoming book Troubled Waters is an account of what has driven Lough Neagh’s long term mismanagement and degradation and what its future might hold.

An evening of conversation with investigative journalist Tommy Greene, about the long term mismanagement, degradation and future of Lough Neagh.

Tommy will be joined by civic leaders for a session exploring power, protest and participation in moments of ecological crisis. Drawing on past and present struggles, the discussion will ask what democracy demands now, and what courage looks like in the context of Lough Neagh.

A moderated dialogue with the audience will open the conversation out, before moving into a relaxed storytelling session with local Seanachaí (the Irish term for a traditional storyteller and historian) Jim Conway. We will close the day with an invitation to stay involved, a naming of next steps in the Lough Neagh Assembly conversation, and a short collective ritual of hope.

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Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast, United Kingdom

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