Peter Shirlow
Peter Shirlow is a Belfast-born, Liverpool-based academic and commentator who focuses on Northern Irish politics, often delivering challenging messages to unionists and advocating for a more socially-liberal approach to unionism.
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Recent news mentions
Prof Peter Shirlow discussed pro-Union events he has held across Northern Ireland and said the response had been consistently positive.
DUP leader rounds on Republic’s ‘intolerance of Protestant culture’, dismisses Irish unity – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-09-20
Prof Peter Shirlow, director of the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies, has noted that sectarian incidents have declined by almost two thirds in the 20 years since the PSNI began collecting these statistics.
As BBC coverage of the Ballymena riots took a while to crank up, I turned to ‘FreedomDad73′ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-19Prof Peter Shirlow has attempted to put forward a positive case for Northern Ireland staying in the United Kingdom.
North’s unionists can learn from Britain’s record on diversity – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-31
Peter Shirlow is a Belfast-born, Liverpool-based academic known for delivering unpalatable messages to unionism.
a night at a unionist meeting – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-21
