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The chaos merchants who sow discord for profit and power

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Leona Oneill

I know the impact of online abuse – I wouldn’t blame our politicians for walking away

10.04.2025 10

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Leona Oneill

Whisper it, but could a new era of political partnership be dawning at Stormont?

27.03.2025 6

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Leona Oneill

Walking the hard road with my Mum has taught me that life is for living now

13.03.2025 9

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Leona Oneill

Why are we still shocked at sectarianism? It’s threaded through our lives

14.02.2025 10

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Leona Oneill

An ill wind means no story is worth risking your life for

31.01.2025 10

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I’ve seen the A&E crisis up close – I’m angry but in awe of our health workers

17.01.2025 10

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Leona Oneill

We can all play our part in making this a happier, more harmonious place

As we stumble, blinking sleepily, into 2025 after Christmas, we will almost certainly turn our thoughts to how we can make this year better than...

03.01.2025 5

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Leona Oneill

We have created a society where women are treated like objects

Violence against women and girls is a terribly tragic symptom of a sick and damaged society. Here in Northern Ireland we have one of Europe’s...

20.12.2024 6

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Leona Oneill

Say Nothing and the healing power of storytelling: Confronting Northern Ireland’s past to build a better future

Understanding other people’s experience, seeing things from their unique perspective and hearing their story is a hugely important aspect of being...

06.12.2024 4

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I’m a member of a secret society – the early Christmassers

I put my Christmas tree up at the weekend. It’s only November, I know, several weeks until actual Christmas, but I needed the little twinkly...

22.11.2024 2

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Leona Oneill

How a Halloween hoax in Dublin highlights the dangers of misinformation and online deception

We are all familiar with the quote: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” And more than 100...

08.11.2024 2

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Leona Oneill

The media must do better when reporting on tragedy

When a celebrity does something or something happens to them, it is news due to their high profile. If someone is famous, their work and public...

25.10.2024 3

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Leona Oneill

We are the world champions of whataboutery

We are the world champions of whataboutery here. There’s nothing we do better. Northern Irish social media in particular is jam-packed with...

10.10.2024 1

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Leona Oneill

Making murderers pay, on the printed page at least

Being a reporter in Northern Ireland always was, and remains, a tough station. This corner of the world is not like other places. We have all the...

26.09.2024 1

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Leona Oneill

Conor McGregor for Irish President? Ireland would be at war before tea-time

So Conor McGregor – MMA fighter, notorious self-adoring, controversy-courting, whiskey-peddling king of outrageous bravado – is to run for Irish...

12.09.2024 1

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Leona Oneill

Oasis reunion can teach us all a lesson in learning to roll with it – Leona O’Neill

When it comes to reconciliation, there’s definitely, maybe something we can all learn from the Gallagher brothers. The kings of grudges, Oasis’...

30.08.2024 4

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Leona Oneill

We need trusted news sources more than ever

When I first started off in journalism, the internet was in its infancy. It was used mostly to do research, gathering information that had been...

02.08.2024 9

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Leona Oneill