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Lynda Walker
CONSISTENT: Clare Daly is a longstanding voice for peace
Features / 5 March 2025
5 March 2025
From confronting Nato to defending Irish neutrality, Clare Daly’s principled stance embodies the often-forgotten peace tradition at the heart of IWD — we are proud to welcome her to our Belfast event, writes LYNDA WALKER
Women’s football / 25 April 2024
25 April 2024
LYNDA WALKER writes about Bohemian FC, who are set to welcome the Palestinian Women’s National team for their first ever match in Europe
Vinie Burrows March 2011
Features / 3 January 2024
3 January 2024
LYNDA WALKER pays tribute to a trailblazing black actor who championed progressive causes, leading to a close relationship with struggles for justice in Ireland
memory
Features / 22 September 2023
22 September 2023
LYNDA WALKER looks at the background to present disarray in the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Feile an Phobail
Features / 18 August 2023
18 August 2023
The continuation of an important cross-community festival is threatened by sectarian bravado, argues LYNDA WALKER
IWD in Belfast
Features / 7 March 2023
7 March 2023
LYNDA WALKER reports on the first women’s day march in Northern Ireland in two years
Betty Sinclair, hero of the Irish working class
Features / 4 December 2022
4 December 2022
Following a ceremony held by comrades of the legendary communist activist, LYNDA WALKER summarises a life that saw time in Armagh jail, study in the Lenin School in Moscow and a founding role in the Irish civil rights movement
Members of Belfast Trades Council and Siptu join the picket
Features / 7 February 2022
7 February 2022
LYNDA WALKER reports that the North of Ireland's only women-only hostel's struggle for survival has united the political left and workers' movement
Belfast
Features / 14 April 2021
14 April 2021
LYNDA WALKER argues that the cause of the ongoing sectarian rioting lies partly with the botched Brexit border situation in Northern Ireland
Angela Davis and Lynda Walker
Features / 20 July 2020
20 July 2020
LYNDA WALKER remembers the legendary US civil rights activist’s two visits to Belfast, in 1994 and 2017
Northern Ireland abortion protest
International Women's Day / 4 March 2019
4 March 2019
This year has seen a resurgence of the women’s movement and Helen Crickard sees every reason for sisters to be optimistic