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Leona O'Neill

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Hantavirus is not Covid, but try telling our brains that

Hantavirus is not Covid, but try telling our brains that

THE Covid epidemic has most certainly left very many of us completely traumatised. And that is precisely why we have reacted in a completely...

14.05.2026 10

The Irish News

Leona o'neill

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 30

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 30

The Irish News

Leona O'Neill