TWO years ago this week the staff at Regina Coeli in the Lake Glen area of West Belfast were faced with a dilemma. Their eventual decision to takeover the only women’s hostel in the North of Ireland in the face of imminent closure forced them into the public spotlight over a 12-week period during January-March 2022, with their cause resonating within the wider community and the trade union movement. Their stance would inspire a play which was staged just months after their protest came to an end and which in November this year was the recipient of the Aisling Arts & Culture Award. It’s a story that continues to inspire and the outworking of which continues to push the issue of safe emergency accommodation for vulnerable women onto the political agenda.
Family members of murder victim Natalie McNally were among hundreds who took to the streets of Belfast on Saturday for the annual International Women’s Day march.
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Belfast is on the verge of a public health emergency after a spate of deaths among the most vulnerable, an SDLP councillor said. There have been 15 deaths of th.