I picked up the Belfast Telegraph from June of this year and found a theme that I’ve been working with through my time here in Ireland. I’ve seen a few articles that are have touched on issues like racial identity and political segregation. This particular article highlights the how political segregation costs Northern Ireland an excess of 1 billion pounds each year.  Understanding that this is a problem, the government is looking toward moving to integrated education. I thought this was really interesting. The motivation here is interesting and gives another leg to discussions I’ve heard centering integrated education. It seems to be a huge topic here in Northern Ireland.