Aine Fanning: ‘Lift your head up and recognise the amazing work you’re doing.’
Aine Fanning: ‘Lift your head up and recognise the amazing work you’re doing.’

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Page Turners: ‘Ordinary Saints’ author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
Page Turners: ‘Ordinary Saints’ author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

Sarah Gill

Team IMAGE share their favourite haircare products
Team IMAGE share their favourite haircare products

Sarah Gill

In Her Shoes: Personal stylist Viorica Caraus on real life rhythms and finding balance
In Her Shoes: Personal stylist Viorica Caraus on real life rhythms and finding balance

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Here’s a step by step guide to achieving a salon worthy blowdry at home
Here’s a step by step guide to achieving a salon worthy blowdry at home

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Peek inside this Killiney home with views of the Sugarloaf and Howth Head
Peek inside this Killiney home with views of the Sugarloaf and Howth Head

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12 of the best events happening around Ireland this weekend
12 of the best events happening around Ireland this weekend

Sarah Gill

Brooke & Shoals founder Alison Banton on success, scents and trusting yourself
Brooke & Shoals founder Alison Banton on success, scents and trusting yourself

Edaein OConnell

Annabelle Fleur: A week in my wardrobe
Annabelle Fleur: A week in my wardrobe

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The life lessons I learned from online dating
The life lessons I learned from online dating

Suzie Coen

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Awesome Women Changing Society At Belfast’s Amongst Women Festival


By Jeanne Sutton
28th Aug 2015
Awesome Women Changing Society At Belfast’s Amongst Women Festival

This weekend sees Belfast become a hive of cool gal activity, with Amongst Women, a side festival to the inaugural Lughnasa International?Friel Festival, crop up in the Northern capital. The name of the festival takes its cue from the Mundy Sisters in Brian Friel’s famous play and the next few days will be a magnet for inspiring women from the worlds of activism, political thought and culture.

Laura Bates, the pioneering internet warrior behind the #EverydaySexism hashtag and book, is one of the talented women taking part in public interviews alongside UK Liberty’s Director Shami Chakrabarti and Kamila Shamsie, the Pakistani novelist and commentator.

Last night Caroline Criado-Perez, who faced death threats for her campaign to put Jane Austen on the €10 note, launched proceedings, while Ione Wells, the activist behind the #NotGuilty campaign who we interviewed earlier this week, is speaking tomorrow with Bates. Sinead Gleeson, who schooled us on her career in our women in publishing feature, is also putting in an appearance and will be talking about the industry in general on Saturday and her upcoming Irish women writer’s short story anthology on Sunday. Feared and admired interviewer Lynn Barber will be talking about female friendship with novelist Kathy Lette on Sunday.

Musician Viv Albertine is also popping along to talk about women in the world of music and Feist will close proceedings Sunday night. Anyone up for an impromptu Belfast minibreak? (We’ve even made a list of lunch spots.)

Tickets for events are generally about the €8-?10 mark. For more details check out the website.