School Notes

Date posted:   Jan 22, 2024

"Star Trek" and the reunification of Ireland

Photo of Sylvia Sellers-Garcia's book The Woman on the Windowsill

"Star Trek" and the reunification of IrelandWhen, in 1990, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" android character Data referenced the "Irish unification of 2024" as an example of violence successfully achieving a political aim, the episode was not broadcast by the BBC or Irish public broadcaster RTÉ. History Professor of the Practice Robert Savage comments: BBC.com.