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Me, my son, and our first Northern Ireland match

Northern Slant GuestSeptember 17, 2018

A number of weeks ago, I was inspired by seeing Máiría Cahill attend the Royal Black institution parade as as a Nationalist. Máiría's actions got me thinking "h... Read More...

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Community ownership: A movement for social change

Northern Slant GuestSeptember 3, 2018

Stevie Girr of Development Trusts NI (DTNI), a member-led network of over 80 community organisations, tells us about the DTNI's upcoming annual conference at th... Read More...

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My first GAA match: An All-Ireland Final

Heather WilsonSeptember 3, 2018

Yesterday I spent the day in Dublin after being fortunate enough to be given last-minute tickets to the All-Ireland Final. I’ve never so much as watched a GAA m... Read More...

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Northern Roots: What can we learn from places expats live now?

Connor DalyAugust 9, 2018

In the second of three articles condensing and quoting some responses to our Northern Roots interviews over the past 12 months with expats originally from North... Read More...

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Two minutes with the team: David Capener

Jamie PowJuly 31, 2018

Want to find out more about the Northern Slant team? Every week we put 10 questions to our community of contributors – about them, their interests and hopes for... Read More...

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The Bridge Builder and the Warrior

Stéphanie HeckmanJuly 29, 2018

In my last piece on language I quoted Elif Shafak who wrote that wars arise over little more than semantics: “In a world beset by mistranslations, there is no u... Read More...

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