VIEW editor joins Lagan Currachs for river trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29luo186DhY&feature=youtu.be By VIEW editor Brian Pelan I spent a heavenly day last Saturday, April 29,…
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Checking into a Brexit discussion at the Hilton hotel, Belfast
By VIEW editor Brian Pelan Life is full of Brexit ironies. As I entered the…
20 organisations from Northern Ireland call on Home Office to end new refugee policy
In an open letter to UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd, more than 50 UK organisations…
Open Arts launches 25th anniversary celebrations at Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Image: Open Arts musical director Beverley Whyte, front left, with members of the Open Arts…
‘Fragile and vulnerable’ woman jailed for begging for 50p
By VIEW editor Brian Pelan Marie Baker will probably mean nothing to you unless you…
‘David and Goliath’ battle in Sperrin Mountains over gold mining
Image: A drill site at Dalradian’s Tyrone gold project, 120 km west of Belfast A battle…
Call for all hate crimes to be treated equally
“I was in a park… and two men asked for a light. We were attacked…
What is happening with Northern Ireland Dormant Accounts funds?
By Neil Irwin What has happened with the distribution of dormant accounts funds? The last…
Two-Child Tax Credit Rape Clause will ‘devastate victims of domestic and sexual violence’
Image: Jan Melia, above, the chief executive of Women’s Aid Federation NI Women’s Aid Federation Northern…
Briefing update on proposed NI Suicide Prevention Bill
By VIEW editor Brian Pelan Organisations, campaigners, MLAs and individuals affected by the loss of…
Call to ‘Develop, Not Demolish’ Cathedral Quarter in Belfast
Image: One of the existing buildings in Cathedral Quarter, Belfast A new campaign group -…
Turner Prize winner heads up new Seamus Heaney HomePlace events programme
Image: Bronagh Gallagher, above, to celebrate Heaney’s work A Turner Prize winner, a former Children’s…
Interview: Tension as writer and former prisoner Erwin James faces tough questions
Image: VIEW editor Brian Pelan, left, with former prisoner and Guardian writer Erwin James at…
Social Affairs: Bedroom tax ‘impacting on tenants in Northern Ireland’
The bedroom tax is impacting on tenants in Northern Ireland just four weeks after being…
Wanda Wyporska: The real drivers of inequality have come from political choices
Dr. Wanda Wyporska, above, Executive Director of The Equality Trust in Britain, argues that the…