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Leona O'Neill

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We are the generation of hope-keepers and we won’t give up now

We are the generation of hope-keepers and we won’t give up now

WHEN the Good Friday Agreement was signed, my then boyfriend – now husband – and I were sitting in our house on the Falls Road watching people put...

16.04.2026 20

The Irish News

Leona o'neill

Leona O’Neill: Stopping violence against women starts with stopping the attitudes that allow it

VIOLENCE against women and girls in Northern Ireland is a critical issue and one we cannot ignore. Earlier this month, 23-year-old Ellie Flanagan died...

19.03.2026 30

The Irish News

Leona o'neill

30 years into peace, is a little normality too much to ask for?

IN this week’s edition of ‘Northern Ireland is absolutely not a normal society’ we have a woman speaking to the media about having to pay danger...

19.02.2026 20

The Irish News

Leona O'Neill