[I] believe the best way to increase community relations is probably through common interests, would reckon that students from universities probably have the best chance for interaction with those from different communities.

There are some people that won't mix with Protestants, and many people that wouldn't mind but are afraid to say [they do] because they are afraid of what other people will think and say. Me personally I will mix with anyone. I have a caravan where we go a lot and socialise most. Most of my mates are Protestants and we get along fine. They're just the same as me but believe different things but that should not stop a friendship.

The only way we can understand each other is to talk about things and spend time with people from different cultures. It is the only way we will learn to accept each other. We shouldn't feel we have to live in one certain place simply because of religion. We should respect each other's beliefs.

[…] I think if everyone could just get along and respect each other as equals these problems wouldn't be happening. Personally, I enjoy the company of others and I don't think of them for a split second as being a part of a religion but simply as my friends! JUST GROW UP!

Although I would send my children to a Catholic school, I would always be tolerant of other religious views, I would discourage bigotry at all times. This is what my parents have done and I now feel indifferent but tolerant towards Protestants. I know many Protestants but treat them like my Catholic friends except for talking about politics or football.

I feel community relations in Northern Ireland are bridging closer and closer together. In my community I am becoming more and more aware of the unity between both Catholics and Protestants, and along with most people, I am finding it easier not to feel the need to differentiate or feel differentiated due to religion or nationality. However, I am constantly aware of little gaps in the community, e.g., young Catholic and Protestant people socializing in different night clubs, so even though cinemas, restaurants and workplaces are united this shows that we often find comfort in our own religious groups. I personally only came to be friends with people from the opposite religion in recent years and I have to admit, that I was quite foreign to people from the other religion at first. I think it is extremely important to integrate people from different denominations from a very young age to make it feel normal, so that there is no effort or unwillingness in being that way.

Everything goes back to the past. To the troubles and to what happened 100 years ago. I think it's silly for you parents to stop you having friends from a different religious background.

Within the countryside there are no barriers or tensions between Catholics and Protestants, that only exists in towns and cities.

People who come from a Catholic home and go to a Catholic school rarely get a chance to mix with other religions. Sport can be responsible for dividing communities e.g. Gaelic and Rugby.

I run about with Catholics, but if I was to meet a real bitter Catholic I could be just as bitter or maybe even worse.

In my neighbourhood we generally get along extremely well, it is mainly Catholic but we treat our Protestant neighbours with the same respect we treat our Catholic neighbours.

I feel that in the area that I live (which is mixed religion) the neighbours accept the different religions as if it wasn't there, apart from a few individuals. But religion is not really a problem in my area.

The Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland really need to sort their attitudes out towards each other. I hang about with Catholics and find absolutely nothing wrong with them, so if I can do it, so can others. As for the people of the UVF, UDA, IRA etc: 'GET A LIFE'.