Sinead Gleeson - Pain, Borders and Averting Our Gaze
Irish writer and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson talks about the ways in which pain, inequality and borders can separate us.
The annual Arts Over Borders festival reaches into rural and urban communities on both sides of the Irish border. Curated with a strong sense of place and extending across four counties – from Fermanagh to Donegal, Tyrone to Derry/Londonderry- the border itself looms large in the festival.
In this series of The Essay, recorded in front of live audiences at the 2019 Arts Over Borders festival in Enniskillen and Derry/Londonderry, five writers explore the theme of boundaries.
At the Royal Grammar School, Enniskillen, Irish writer and broadcaster SinΓ©ad Gleeson talks about the ways in which pain, inequality and borders can separate us.
Producers: Ophelia Byrne & Cathy Moorehead
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- Mon 23 Sep 2019 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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