'I feel like they hate me’ – black GCSE student speaks out as riots in Belfast disrupt school exams  - VIEWdigital

By Claire Njanina Parents of black students sitting GCSEs and A-levels have spoken about difficult decisions regarding school attendance due to fears for their safety. It comes amid ongoing unrest fol...

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PPR and Anaka Women's Collective tell of their horror over spate of racist attacks - VIEWdigital

The Practice and Participation of Rights (PPR) and Anaka Women’s Collective have said they are horrified at the scenes of racist violence that have taken place across Belfast and other parts of Northe...

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Book your free ticket for a film that highlights the voices of migrant women - VIEWdigital

By Una Murphy, VIEWdigital co-founder What’s the impact on the health of migrant women with little English if female interpreters are not available at medical appointments? An in-person screening of a...

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'I was the one who kept showing up. I was the one who kept going, even when things were hard. I was the one who made the changes, took the risks, and chose a different path in life' - VIEWdigital

Thirty-two-year-old Kerry Crockett, the Health and Well-Beng Project Co-Ordinator at the Shankill Women’s Centre, tells how a phone call led to her life of struggle being totally transformed Do you be...

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Review: Among Communists – An engaging, humourous portrayal of growing up among the party faithful - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan I would have loved to have heard the thoughts of my late father, Joseph Pelan, on the new memoir Among Communists by poet Sinead Morrisey. Both my dad and the author’...

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Shankill Women's Centre to take part in Belfast Marathon to raise awareness of violence against women and girls - VIEWdigital

Catherine Ferrin (above), Greater north Belfast Women’s Network coordinator, tells of new online campaign called #May1 This year, 10 of our staff members at the Shankill Women’s Centre are taking on t...

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Comment: Our Emergency Departments are in crisis. The death of a man in a fire at the RVH should be a huge wake-up call - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Last Tuesday (21 April), I spent more than nine hours in the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast. After 10 to 12 days of feeling...

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Comment: Ulster University 'recently lauded as University of the Year has now become the seat of a climate of fear' - VIEWdigital

Lecturer Aisling O’Beirn (above), a member of the Ulster University branch of the University and College Union (UCU), says the scale of the proposed jobs losses represents a direct threat to higher ed...

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Poetry review: Plastic by Matthew Rice – a thing of beauty blossoms amidst the grimness of factory life - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Plastic, one of the banes of my existence, is a substance I have loathed for as long as I can remember first encountering it. This makes it all the more remarkable th...

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Film review: Father Mother Sister Brother – A dark and tender look at family bonds - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The opening lines of Philip Larkin’s poem This Be The Verse came to mind after watching director Jim Jarmusch’s excellent new film Father Mother Sister Brother. They ...

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Review: GROUP! delivers a wild night with chaotic brilliance at the Lyric Theatre - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital arts reviewer Conor Pelan Conor Mitchell’s GROUP! returns to the Lyric Theatre after 24 years as a benchmark show for the theatre’s 75th anniversary. It explores the classic setting of ...

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Lyric Theatre launches primary school tour of ‘Waste Busters the Eco-Musical’ - VIEWdigital

The Creative Learning department at the Lyric Theatre Belfast has announced a tour of primary schools across Northern Ireland with its environmental production Waste Busters the Eco-Musical. The show ...

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Migrant Women Seen & Heard to be screened at Belfast Film Festival - VIEWdigital

A series of short factual films, Migrant Women Seen & Heard, co-created with writers, filmmakers and journalists, Nandi Jola, Jess Lovely, Abeer Musawei and Marisa Comeau-Kerege, migrant women living ...

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Review: Consumed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Sharp, fearless and exhilarating - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital theatre reviewer Conor Pelan What happens when you put Baby Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z together at one family birthday party? Consumed, written by Karris Kelly and produced by Paine...

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Northern Ireland has second-highest rate of low pay in the UK, report finds - VIEWdigital

Northern Ireland has the second-highest rate of low pay in the UK, a report has found. New analysis of the Office of National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) by the Living Wage ...

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Review: Raw and riveting performance from Nicky Harley in The Human Voice - VIEWdigital

The Human Voice at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast By VIEWdigital theatre reviewer Conor Pelan Set in modern Belfast, Prime Cut Productions of The Human Voice, (originally by Jean Cocteau in the 1930s ‘La ...

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Former PwC employee settles age and disability discrimination case for £150,000 - VIEWdigital

A woman who had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Ltd (PwC) for more than 40 years has settled her case of age and disability discrimination against the company for £150,000. The woman, who w...

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Latest issue of VIEW magazine is launched at the offices of UNISON NI in Belfast - VIEWdigital

By Liana Mac Intyre The latest issue of VIEW magazine was launched on Monday, January 26, at UNISON Northern Ireland’s office in Galway House on York Street, Belfast. The event brought together trade ...

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REVIEW: The Voice of Hind Rajab: a powerful portrayal of a terrified little Palestinian girl under fire from the Israeli army - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Five-year-old Hind Rajab was killed in 2024 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, in her uncle’s car, along with six family members and two courageous Palestini...

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Latest issue of VIEW magazine: Why we need to support a public health service and resist a two-tier system - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan I, like many thousands of other people, am a firm advocate of a public health system that is free at the point of entry. But I also know that our National Health Serv...

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Little Voices, Big Impact: Children in east Belfast help award funding to community projects - VIEWdigital

Ten creative projects have now been selected to receive funding after children and families in east Belfast took part in the Happy Vote. A range of groups pitched to hundreds of people who came throug...

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Scrooge steps back into Belfast as A Christmas Carol returns to the Lyric Theatre - VIEWdigital

A Christmas Carol, the classic tale by Charles Dickens, returns to the Lyric Theatre on November 28 to January 10, 2026. Reimagined by playwright Marie Jones and directed by Matthew McElhinney, the 20...

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‘Happy Vote’ set to unleash new ideas to help children in east Belfast - VIEWdigital

Children and families in east Belfast are set to cast their votes in a fun ballot that will determine which ideas will come to life as part of Save the Children NI’s Innovation Fund, ‘Transforming the...

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Review: Testimony: Aoife Kelleher’s unflinching look at the horror of the Magdalene Laundries - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell An estimated 30,000 women were confined in the Magdalene Laundries. One thousand seven hundred and forty-five babies were sent across the Atlantic to the Unite...

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Comment: Drink spiking: Why young women still don’t feel safe in Northern Ireland - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell In September, I became familiar with the consequences of spiking. As a student, I had often heard the term thrown around university — “a friend of a friend” ty...

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Review: The Mastermind; director Kelly Reichardt turns an art robbery into a study of quiet desperation - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan Director Kelly Reichardt’s latest film The Mastermind is, at a surface level, a heist movie, but it is so much more. The minimalist style, the camera shots, the jazzy...

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Review: Souleymane's Story: a brilliant portrayal of an app wage slave who gives a voice to the exploited - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The food courier on a bike is now a common sight on our city streets. A few taps on a mobile phone, and your meal is delivered to your front door. But what’s the stor...

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Linen Hall Library launches Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025 - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital journalist Emily Campbell The Linen Hall Library in Belfast has announced the launch of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025, celebrating and promoting excellence in short ficti...

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Sunflower bar event to raise funds for Gaza with a feast of Palestinian food - VIEWdigital

By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan The Sunflower Bar in Belfast is set to serve up a range of Palestinian food at a fundraising event in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The event will run from 1pm ...

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