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Exploring the ideas and shared interests that shape Northern Irish life beyond politics, including through sport, music, careers, fitness and art

Northern Lens: The glide path to direct rule

Connor DalyOctober 20, 2017

It’s been the year of the deadline, hasn’t it? Make that “missed deadline". It’s rubbing off on this writer, clearly – this was supposed to have been published ... Read More...

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Game of 3 halves

Caolán ConroyOctober 20, 2017

Every Friday, Caolán Conroy provides his take on three different sporting developments across the UK and Ireland, and shares his predictions for match-ups ahead... Read More...

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10 very Irish #Ophelia tweets

Jamie PowOctober 17, 2017

If there's one thing for which Ireland - north and south - is renowned, it's a determined, unflappable sense of humour. As Ireland recovers from the effects of ... Read More...

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Game of 3 halves

Caolán ConroyOctober 13, 2017

Every Friday, Caolán Conroy provides his take on three different sporting developments across the UK and Ireland, and shares his predictions for match-ups ahead... Read More...

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Northern Lens: Speaking out on #MentalHealthWeek

Connor DalyOctober 11, 2017

This week is Mental Health Week. Did you know that one in five of us have a mental health issue? Did you also know that Northern Ireland has consistently incurr... Read More...

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The Power of Poetry

Jamie PowSeptember 28, 2017

“I can’t think of a time where poems changed the world,” Seamus Heaney once said. “But what they can do is change people’s understanding of what’s going on in t... Read More...

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