Sarah Lorimer

Sarah Lorimer is a young woman who is leading conversations in communities impacted by peace walls. She works on the International Fund for Ireland’s Peace Barrier programme in north Belfast. Sarah has 15 years experience in peace and reconciliation work, with particular passions for oral history, legacy and the impact of trauma on interface communities. In this conversation Sarah shares how childhood in north Belfast was the birthplace of her passion and how she was inspired by youth workers and ‘quiet peace makers’. If you’re keen to understand some of the challenges interface communities are currently facing and how those conversations about life beyond peace walls are going, then Sarah has some telling insights.