A Sorry Business: How Britain’s Accidental Apology for the Irish Famine Changed the Course of History

Recorded Monday 21st of September 2026, as part of the Trinity Arts and Humanities Research Festival.

Join David Kenny (Law) in conversation with David Kinley (Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sydney) about his latest book on Tony Blair’s 1997 ‘accidental apology’ for the Irish Famine and its extraordinary impact on peace negotiations in Northern Ireland.

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