Research shows Catholics gained more from NI peace process than Protestants

Submitted by Bobby on 2 April, 2008 - 19:40.

Research shows Catholics gained more from NI peace process than Protestants

Research shows Catholics gained more from NI peace process than Protestants
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Catholics have gained more than Protestants from the peace process in Northern Ireland, new research said today.
Ten years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, it is the minority community which is making the most of the opportunities in the post-troubles era.

A study undertaken by academics from Queen's University, Belfast found that Catholics:

:: Have made significant inroads into the workforce

:: Are now more likely to have a degree than Protestants

:: Are now less likely to leave school with no qualifications than Protestants

:: Are reducing child poverty faster than Protestants

Professor Richard English, who headed the research team, said the social and economic benefits of peace appear to be flowing to the Catholic community - and in particular the Catholic middle-class - faster than the Protestant community.

``There is a significant breakdown in terms of the ways in which different sections of both communities have intersected with the changing, new Northern Ireland,'' he said.

``Broadly speaking, in terms of educational and employment opportunities, the less advantaged groups within the Protestant community have tended to do far less well than their equivalent group within the Catholic community.

``So in that sense, while you can't talk starkly about winners and losers in the last decade in Northern Ireland, what you can do is point to a community on the Catholic side which has more uniformly enjoyed the benefits of the changes than has been the case on the Protestant side of the divide.''

Belfast Telegraph

2 April, 2008 - 21:17

YEOW!!! We won!!

2 April, 2008 - 21:44

Aye, those middle-class taigs w' woolly faces and armalites won roll eyes

Rather timely for the lectures I have to give though - cheers bobby.

2 April, 2008 - 22:38

oh and what was that stupid thread we had a month or two back about how oppressed fenians still are?

2 April, 2008 - 23:05

Bobby, youve posted this article without adding your own comment or context...what is your point exactly? Is it:

1. "Its concerning that working class protestants are seemingly not enjoying the benefits of peace as fully as their counterparts in the catholic community".

Or is it:

2. "HA HA HA HA!".

3 April, 2008 - 11:10

he does it all the time
cut n pastes news stories without even a nod to context or an original insight

to be honest having read a summary it's not clear in anyway how causality can be attributed to the peace process - I'd need to read the primary source first though

3 April, 2008 - 11:48
notch8 wrote:
Bobby, youve posted this article without adding your own comment or context...what is your point exactly? Is it:

1. "Its concerning that working class protestants are seemingly not enjoying the benefits of peace as fully as their counterparts in the catholic community".

Or is it:

2. "HA HA HA HA!".

Dont be a sore loser.

3 April, 2008 - 11:50
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Aye, those middle-class taigs

What is the middle class, sure you are an academic now I am sure you can wow me?

3 April, 2008 - 12:53

Apparently it's teachers, lecturers, parking-attendants, y'know, that sort if thing.

3 April, 2008 - 13:06

don't forget air traffic controllers.

3 April, 2008 - 13:14
guydebordisdead wrote:
notch8 wrote:
Bobby, youve posted this article without adding your own comment or context...what is your point exactly? Is it:

1. "Its concerning that working class protestants are seemingly not enjoying the benefits of peace as fully as their counterparts in the catholic community".

Or is it:

2. "HA HA HA HA!".

Dont be a sore loser.

Loser? Not me. Aristocracy of Labour, me.

4 April, 2008 - 02:47
guydebordisdead wrote:
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Aye, those middle-class taigs

What is the middle class, sure you are an academic now I am sure you can wow me?

You are. Did that "wow" ye? Now feck aff wink

4 April, 2008 - 04:47

did you not the the episode of the outer limits where they injected him with nano bots and they turned him into a lizard. he was so upset he killed himself.

4 April, 2008 - 04:51
Quote:
One area of concern is the effect that industrial-scale manufacturing and use of nanomaterials would have on human health and the environment, as suggested by nanotoxicology research. Groups such as the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology have advocated... Longer-term concerns center on the implications that new technologies will have for society at large, and whether these could possibly lead to either a post scarcity economy, or alternatively exacerbate the wealth gap between developed and developing nations.

you fucking hippies would have celebrated the atom bomb angry

edit oh shit wrong thread.

4 April, 2008 - 05:38

no worries, you made the thread awesome!

4 April, 2008 - 12:13

yeah i think the thread got better when you went on about Outer limits Mel