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Latest issue of VIEW magazine is launched at the offices of UNISON NI in Belfast - VIEWdigital By Liana Mac Intyre The latest issue of VIEW magazine was launched on Monday, January 26, at UNISON Northern Ireland’s office in Galway House on York Street, Belfast. The event brought together trade ...

Latest issue of VIEW magazine is launched at the offices of UNISON NI in Belfast - viewdigital.org/latest-issue...

REVIEW: The Voice of Hind Rajab: a powerful portrayal of a terrified little Palestinian girl under fire from the Israeli army - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Five-year-old Hind Rajab was killed in 2024 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, in her uncle’s car, along with six family members and two courageous Palestini...

REVIEW: The Voice of Hind Rajab: a powerful portrayal of a terrified little Palestinian girl under fire from the Israeli army - viewdigital.org/review-the-v...

Latest issue of VIEW magazine: Why we need to support a public health service and resist a two-tier system - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan I, like many thousands of other people, am a firm advocate of a public health system that is free at the point of entry. But I also know that our National Health Serv...

Latest issue of VIEW magazine: Why we need to support a public health service and resist a two-tier system - viewdigital.org/latest-issue...

Little Voices, Big Impact: Children in east Belfast help award funding to community projects - VIEWdigital Ten creative projects have now been selected to receive funding after children and families in east Belfast took part in the Happy Vote. A range of groups pitched to hundreds of people who came throug...

Little Voices, Big Impact: Children in east Belfast help award funding to community projects - viewdigital.org/little-voice...

Scrooge steps back into Belfast as A Christmas Carol returns to the Lyric Theatre - VIEWdigital A Christmas Carol, the classic tale by Charles Dickens, returns to the Lyric Theatre on November 28 to January 10, 2026. Reimagined by playwright Marie Jones and directed by Matthew McElhinney, the 20...

Scrooge steps back into Belfast as A Christmas Carol returns to the Lyric Theatre - viewdigital.org/scrooge-step...

‘Happy Vote’ set to unleash new ideas to help children in east Belfast - VIEWdigital Children and families in east Belfast are set to cast their votes in a fun ballot that will determine which ideas will come to life as part of Save the Children NI’s Innovation Fund, ‘Transforming the...

‘Happy Vote’ set to unleash new ideas to help children in east Belfast - viewdigital.org/happy-vote-s...

Review: Testimony: Aoife Kelleher’s unflinching look at the horror of the Magdalene Laundries - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell An estimated 30,000 women were confined in the Magdalene Laundries. One thousand seven hundred and forty-five babies were sent across the Atlantic to the Unite...

Review: Testimony: Aoife Kelleher’s unflinching look at the horror of the Magdalene Laundries - viewdigital.org/review-testi...

Comment: Drink spiking: Why young women still don’t feel safe in Northern Ireland - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell In September, I became familiar with the consequences of spiking. As a student, I had often heard the term thrown around university — “a friend of a friend” ty...

Comment: Drink spiking: Why many young women still don’t feel safe in Northern Ireland - viewdigital.org/comment-drin...

Review: The Mastermind; director Kelly Reichardt turns an art robbery into a study of quiet desperation - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Director Kelly Reichardt’s latest film The Mastermind is, at a surface level, a heist movie, but it is so much more. The minimalist style, the camera shots, the jazzy...

Review: The Mastermind; director Kelly Reichardt turns an art robbery into a study of quiet desperation - viewdigital.org/review-the-m...

Review: Souleymane's Story: a brilliant portrayal of an app wage slave who gives a voice to the exploited - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The food courier on a bike is now a common sight on our city streets. A few taps on a mobile phone, and your meal is delivered to your front door. But what’s the stor...

Review: Souleymane’s Story: a brilliant portrayal of an app wage slave who gives a voice to the exploited - viewdigital.org/review-soule...

Linen Hall Library launches Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025 - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell The Linen Hall Library in Belfast has announced the launch of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025, celebrating and promoting excellence in short ficti...

Linen Hall Library in Belfast launches Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025 - viewdigital.org/linen-hall-l...

Sunflower bar event to raise funds for Gaza with a feast of Palestinian food - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The Sunflower Bar in Belfast is set to serve up a range of Palestinian food at a fundraising event in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The event will run from 1pm ...

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Award-winning play on women’s hostel closure returns for major tour - VIEWdigital An award-winning and politically charged play about the forced closure of Belfast’s Regina Coeli hostel for women is returning to stages across the north following overwhelming demand from venues and ...

Award-winning play on women’s hostel closure returns for major tour - viewdigital.org/award-winnin...

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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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Speakers in panel discussion ‘Hearing from people on the ground’.

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#NorthernIreland today. Important discussions on ‘Tackling Hate and Violence’
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Wheelchair user left stuck on the Glider settles disability case against Translink - VIEWdigital A wheelchair user, who was stuck several times on the Glider in Belfast after the ramp failed to come down, has settled her disability discrimination case against Translink for £7,500. Belfast student...

A wheelchair user, who was stuck several times on the Glider in Belfast after the ramp failed to come down, has settled her disability discrimination case against Translink for £7,500. - viewdigital.org/wheelchair-u...

Film Review: Sorry, Baby - a warm and sensitive look at the aftermath of a sexual assault - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan There is one long camera shot in Sorry, Baby — comedian Eva Victor’s feature debut as a writer–director — which totally resonates because of its originality in convey...

Film Review: Sorry, Baby – a warm and sensitive look at the aftermath of a sexual assault - viewdigital.org/film-review-...

Warning issued that thousands of NI Housing Executive tenants could face an increase in rents - VIEWdigital By Donal McMahon, Local Democracy Reporting Servicer A Northern Ireland housing chief has called for “urgent” borrowing powers amid a stark warning that thousands of people could face a hike in rents....

Warning issued that thousands of NI Housing Executive tenants could face an increase in rents - viewdigital.org/warning-issu...

Urgent need for additional funding for social housing provision as NI homelessness numbers continue to spiral upwards - VIEWdigital The Department for Communities released the latest edition of its Housing Bulletin for April to June 2025 today. The statistics show that the number of households with homelessness status in Northern ...

Urgent need for additional funding for social housing provision as NI homelessness numbers continue to spiral upwards - viewdigital.org/urgent-need-...

VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan survives his first choir rehearsal and lives to 'sing' about the tale - VIEWdigital To say I was nervous would be an understatement. It was a beautiful evening in Belfast, with the sun setting over the River Lagan, as I slowly approached St Joseph’s church in Sailortown at around 7pm...

After a disastrous choir rehearsal at school, I’ve always described myself as someone who can’t sing. A chance encounter with musical director Siobhan Brown led to an invite to come to Cairde Community Choir in Sailortown, Belfast, and try to give it a go again - viewdigital.org/viewdigital-...

Comment:  A mob beat up an Indian man. They stripped him of his clothes and his dignity. And yet, what stays with me most is how many people did nothing - VIEWdigital By Suleiman Abdulahi, Founder and CEO of Horn of Africa People’s Aid Northern Ireland (HAPANI)  A mob beat up an Indian man in Tallaght, County Dublin, last month. A group of 30 to 40 people stripped ...

Comment: A mob beat up an Indian man in Dublin. They stripped him of his clothes and his dignity. And yet, what stays with me most is how many people did nothing, writes HAPANI founder Suleiman Abdulahi - viewdigital.org/comment-a-mo...

The murder of women is too often reported as isolated shocks, rather than part of a relentless pattern, says Nicole Devlin - VIEWdigital Nicole Devlin, (above), a PhD researcher, Churchill Fellow and violence prevention educator, and who lives in Belfast, says that much more effective action, including structural change, is needed to t...

PhD researcher Nicole Devlin says that structural change is needed to tackle the shocking levels of femicide in the wake of the horrific murders of Vanessa Whyte and her two children in County Fermanagh - viewdigital.org/the-murder-o...

NI Commissioner for Older People says vital age sector organisations need Government funding to survive  - VIEWdigital A new report launched today by the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, highlights the need for a more coordinated and better-resourced approach to supporting older people living here. ...

NI Commissioner for Older People says vital age sector organisations need Government funding to survive - viewdigital.org/ni-commissio...

Community journalists tell their stories to VIEWdigital Maha Al-Hakimi from Yemen, above, was among the first participants on the recently-started VIEWdigital Community Journalism course. Her story is about a mother and…

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Day of joy and celebration for mums and babies as Breastival celebrates its ninth year at Ormeau Park in Belfast - VIEWdigital Breastival, the award-winning summer family festival, is back for its ninth year on Saturday, August 2, at Ormeau Park, Belfast. Held during World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7 ), the festival celebr...

Day of joy and celebration for mums and babies as Breastival celebrates its ninth year at Ormeau Park in Belfast - viewdigital.org/day-of-joy-a...

Mexican Dance Belfast is more than a performing group; it is a shared space where people from around the world are united through dance, tradition, music, and the joy of moving together, says Mayte Se... Mayte Segura, director of Mexican Dance Belfast, tells why she decided to set up a folk dance group in Belfast. Mayte was among the first participants on the VIEWdigital Community Journalism course Wh...

Mayte Segura, one of the participants on the VIEWdigital community journalism course, talks about her love and passion for dance and why she decided to set up Mexican Folk Dance in Belfast - viewdigital.org/comment-mexi...

COMMENT: Without long-term investment and a workforce plan that acknowledges the realities of job security, pay equity and leadership, the community/voluntary sector risks losing talent — especially w... The author of this article Dervilia Kernaghan, above, has spent much of her career in the community and voluntary sector and is interested in gender and leadership, addressing health inequalities and ...

COMMENT: Without long-term investment and a workforce plan that acknowledges the realities of job security, pay equity and leadership, the community/voluntary sector in Northern Ireland risks losing talent — especially women - viewdigital.org/comment-with...

Comment: Mark Cousins - 'There is currently a severe lack of available support for autistic adults' in Northern Ireland - VIEWdigital Disability rights activist Mark Cousins, who works in Open Arts as a Communications and Development Assistant, says that his experience with every single service aimed at helping him to navigate his a...

Comment: Mark Cousins – ‘There is currently a severe lack of available support for autistic adults’ in Northern Ireland - viewdigital.org/comment-mark...

A young Sudanese woman tells of the challenges she faces in Belfast and her dreams and hopes for the future - VIEWdigital Maha Al-Hakimi from Yemen, above, was among the first participants on the recently-started VIEWdigital Community Journalism course. She has written this article about a mother and daughter from Sudan ...

A young Sudanese woman tells of the challenges she faces in Belfast and her dreams and hopes for the future - viewdigital.org/a-young-suda...