Leona O'Neill
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Meet the Strabane Sisterhood, where friendship changes lives (opens the original)
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TWO months after retiring from a 40-year demanding career, Strabane pensioner June McCabe had a stroke she blames on struggling with isolation after leaving work. The 73-year-old grandmother knew that her recovery had to involve building a community of support. âI was a regional manager,â she says. âI was working with 421 people. I was always wanted for something. My phone was constantly ringing, I was always busy. âAnd then suddenly I wasnât. I lost the companionship of the girls and
Foodstock founder Paul Doherty: âThere is something in all of us that wants to helpâ (opens the original)
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WHEN west Belfast community worker Paul Doherty first pitched the idea of a community food hub in the garage of his Turf Lodge home, during the Covid lockdown, most people thought him mad. His neighbours wondered had he opened a fruit and vegetable market. Others told him it wasnât sustainable. Paul (47) says he knew what it was like to be hungry. He looked around him at people who were really struggling. And never being a man to sit back and let others do what was needed, he persevered. What
I was spending £1,000 a week on cocaine â now I want to help others out of the darkness of drug addiction (opens the original)
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SEAMUS Begley first took drugs when he was 12 years old. For him, cannabis was an escape from the trauma of his life. His mother and father had struggled with addiction and his home life wasnât easy. He says the drug was a gateway to a habit that would consume the next 20 years of his life. The 33-year-old father-of-one from Derryâs Waterside says at one stage he was spending £1,000 a week on cocaine. He admits drugs brought him to the lowest point a human being could go â stealing from h
âWe have saved a lot of livesâ: The family walking Derryâs streets every night to keep people safe (opens the original)
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AS darkness falls in Derry city centre, the Inner City Assistance Teams are already preparing for what the night might bring. Team leader Stephen Henry (50) has a last check over their supplies â first aid equipment, Naloxone to help with drug overdoses, a defibrillator, blankets and even flip-flops for people who might have lost their shoes. He and his family â his wife Arlene, daughters, nephews, nieces and friends - have walked these streets every night for five years, helping injured, vu
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