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

Category: Talks & Lectures

Date: 27th March 2026

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NH

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

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.

Location

Crescent Arts Centre
2-4 University Rd, Belfast BT7 1NH

Organizer

Imagine Belfast
Email
hello@imaginebelfast.com
Website
https://imaginebelfast.com

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