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VIEWdigital editor (www.VIEWdigital.org) and a member of the National Union of Journalists. We report on social affairs issues. Past issues of our magazine VIEW can be read at - https://viewdigital.org/category/magazines/
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Freelance Forum Spring 2025 for journalists and students. * Artificial Intelligence * Dealing with Far Right disinformation * Meet the Editors: Pitching guide * State Archives * Vertical Video Monday 14 April, Dublin 1. NUJ members/Students €5, others €20.00 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...

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Great to be in Dungannon tonight for the launch of the South Tyrone edition of the Impartial Reporter. Huge congrats to editor Rodney Edwards and all the staff

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‘Helping You Make Sense Of A Crazy World’ – The Belfast Imagine Festival is launched - viewdigital.org/helping-you-...

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UK aid budget cut ‘a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children’ says CEO of Save the Children UK - viewdigital.org/uk-aid-budge...

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REVIEW: Pamela Anderson stars in ‘comeback’ role in The Last Showgirl at Queen’s Film Theatre. Belfast - viewdigital.org/review-pamel...

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I’m at the annual Human Rights Lecture in the Bar Library, Belfast, Michael O’Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, is giving the keynote speech

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Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation in England and Wales - www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Well done Ireland - Triple Crown winners

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Charities who help the vulnerable in Northern Ireland may ‘cease to exist’ after core grant funding rejection - viewdigital.org/charities-wh...

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USPCA chief executive Nora Smith steps down amid a wave of board resignations - viewdigital.org/uspca-chief-...

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A Foreign Office whistleblower has won a case for unfair dismissal over her disclosures to the BBC about the UK evacuation from Afghanistan - www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump called the press ‘the enemy of the people’. Now it’s time to defend ourselves - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Disability campaigner Dermot Devlin (@mywayaccess.bsky.social) voiced his concerns last night over the controversial Assisted Dying legislation currently going through Westminster in the UTV current affairs programme ‘Up Close: A time to die’

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We need an Anti-Poverty Strategy now, charities and campaigners tell Stormont - viewdigital.org/we-need-an-a...

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Review – A tightly-knit family struggles with the terror of Brazil’s military rule in I’m Still Here. Opens at Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast, on February 18 - viewdigital.org/review-a-tig...

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The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America - apnews.com/article/trum...

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Traveller parents settle race discrimination case against Mid Ulster District Council - viewdigital.org/traveller-pa...

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In chronic pain, unable to find an NHS practice and priced out of private care, Colla – like millions of Britons – felt she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands - www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Review: Heartfelt, timeless, and thought-provoking – The Gap Year at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast - viewdigital.org/review-heart...

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‘Stormont is failing because it simply has no need to succeed’ by Patrick Murphy, Irish News

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Manchester United fans, players, staff and club representatives paid their respects yesterday to the victims and families of those who lost their lives as a result of the Munich Air Disaster on 6 February 1958. - www.manutd.com/en/amp/news/...

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The International Criminal Court has vowed to continue its judicial work after US President Donald Trump signed an order to impose sanctions on its staff. The ICC said it "stands firmly" by its personnel and the order seeks to harm its "independent and impartial" work. - www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Journalist spied on by PSNI says he’s still a victim of police ‘whispering campaign’ - www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

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Housing charities to conduct tenant survey across the island of Ireland - viewdigital.org/housing-char...

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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents. It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years. There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

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Last week, we hosted journalist, director and film producer, Trevor Birney for a conversation with our Participatory Journalism fellows. He spoke about press freedom, the ethical responsibilities of journalists, and the systemic pressures on investigative reporting.

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‘We need a grassroots movement to combat racism’ says speaker at conference in Belfast Castle - viewdigital.org/we-need-a-gr...

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Protesters outside the High Court in Belfast today where a legal challenge will be submitted against the Stormont Executive for failing to adopt an anti-poverty strategy

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Huge anti-racism conference taking place today at Belfast Castle - organised by Community Foundation NI, Social Change Initiative and NICVA

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Third sector solidarity at Stormont as campaigners call for decisive action on child poverty - viewdigital.org/third-sector...

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Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found. Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days - www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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“Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please don’t shrug and say it’s normal—it’s not…” - www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

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Councillors unanimously approve application to build new private hospital in Belfast - viewdigital.org/councillors-...

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Belfast City Council: Ravenhill landlord using residential house as short-let tourist accommodation without permission has planning application refused - viewdigital.org/belfast-city...

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Concerns over odour raised as new waste incinerator is approved for north Belfast - viewdigital.org/concerns-ove...

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£250,000 of grants available for Belfast projects to help end violence against women and girls - viewdigital.org/250000-of-gr...

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My review of the new documentary Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story – a candid portrait of a charismatic Irish writer - viewdigital.org/review-blue-...

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Excellent editorial in the latest issue of @thelancet.bsky.social on Health in the age of disinformation - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Max Blumenthal confronts Antony Blinken over Israel’s genocide - open.substack.com/pub/decensor...

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Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stormont department accused of timing out east Belfast road safety crossing to placate handful of car owning residents - viewdigital.org/stormont-dep...

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Israeli forces kill 21 children in Gaza following ceasefire announcement aje.io/neibye

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DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules - www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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No halt in deadly Israeli air strikes as Palestinians in Gaza desperately await truce supposedly to start on Sunday aje.io/neibye

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CENSORING PALESTINE The feature length documentary will examine how the truth about the Gaza genocide is being censored in the mainstream and social media, in education and entertainment and how — in the most terrifying way — terrorism law is being used to silence dissent - youtu.be/RcLdpvNY-gg?...

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I was at a press screening in Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast, today of Blue Road, the new documentary about the life of Irish writer Edna O’Brien. An excellent portrayal. My review will be online shortly

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