Paddy Logue

Paddy Logue is the Activity 3 co-ordinator, with responsibility for the research and learning components of the Irish Peace Centres programme, and one of a group of community workers who established the community residential centre at An Teach Ban in Downings, Co. Donegal in 1988. Prior to his work with the Irish Peace Centres, Paddy was a Programme Manager with the Combat Poverty Agency with joint responsibility for the implementation and delivery of a number of Measures under both the PEACE I and II Programmes and the INTERREG programme.

He has a long history of engagement with the community development sector which began when he worked in community development in Leeds, Liverpool and London in the 1970s. From 1978 to 1996, he worked in the Bogside area of Derry where he was a strong advocate for Human Rights and active in campaigns against poverty and low pay.

His publications include: THEM & US, Columba Press, Dublin, 1994; THE BORDER, Oak Tree Press, Dublin, 1999; BEING IRISH, Oak Tree Press, Dublin, 2000; BEING SCOTTISH, Edinburgh University Press, 2002 (with Professor Tom Devine); and “THE EU PEACE PROGRAMMES AND THE BORDER PORTESTANT COMMUNITY, 2007 (with Karen McGillion and Pete Shirlow).

He has contributed to books by others, including “Laying the foundations for Peace” in HUNGER STRIKE, Ed. Danny Morrison, Brandon Press, 2007; and “Combat Poverty Agency’s legacy in building peace and reconciliation” in POVERTY, POLICY & PRACTICE, Ed. Joan O’Flynn, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, 2009 (with Helen Johnston and Ann McGeeney).