Gail Walker

My friend Lyra was born to report the news, not for her death to be headline news. V tough day for those journalists who knew her but had to report story/write & reflect about Lyra. Thank you @beltel team. I hope we did her proud #LyraMcKee

O’Neill & Little-Pengelly need to turn up together to defuse flashpoints, not duck interviews. To act immediately to reduce tensions among communities & find solutions to seemingly intractable problems. That’s their job. No-one else has the clout to do so belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

It’s remarkable that in 100 years not a single political figure has emerged who can unite us across old tribal lines & end the sectarian summers. Every opinion is built on sectarianism & rage. Nothing is resolved. For heaven’s sake, somebody do something belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Jamie Bryson’s comments about how middle class don’t always help working class people progress in workplace are true but the reality is it’s always much harder for working class kids, whether Protestant, Catholic or neither, to succeed belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves wields huge power. She didn’t baulk at savage decisions re the disabled, OAPs, farmers & business owners. But she wept in the Commons for 36 minutes on live TV. No male MP would politically survive such a public emotional collapse belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Van Morrison is a musical genius. Thinking he can be told not to mention a pub in a song because it later became notorious is nonsense. His stock-in-trade is the streets of his youth.This place can never repay Van for what he’s done for its image & culture belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

NI women were viciously trolled on Tattle Life. Business owners & influencers were left broken by hatemongers. Well done Neil & Donna Sands for exposing the gossip site’s owner. Let’s hope the lynch mob now have sleepless nights as net closes in on them belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Women murdered, beaten, paid less, trafficked, not allowed to choose what they wear…there are more urgent issues to get angry about than beauty contests. Besides it’s a mean heart that would knock Carly Wilson being crowned Miss NI after cancer all-clear belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Damage to Giant’s Causeway by coins shoved between rocks proves some people can’t leave anything alone. But the attitude comes from Stormont down - so much is bulldozed, left to rot, defaced. We need a cultural change in how Gov protects our surroundings belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Andy Cardy, dad of murdered Jennifer, was an extraordinary individual. A man of deep Christian faith, talking to him was thought-provoking & profoundly moving.He faced a nightmare & missed Jennifer every day. His views on justice still deserve to be heard belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

'Dad of murdered schoolgirl was an extraordinary man... I’ll never forget his fearless statement the first time I met him' ✍️ @GWalker9 ➡️ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Tyrone family McGirrs, wrongly branded ‘dine & dashers’ by an English pub, deserve every penny of their libel win. Their good name was trashed. The landlord faces a hefty bill but it should never have happened. The blameless McGirrs are the real victims belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Delighted to receive an Honorary Doctorate for services to journalism from Queen’s University Belfast. Thank you to all those involved in this decision. It’s more than 30 years since I graduated from QUB and yesterday was another very special occasion ow.ly/ibHy50WfzMg

C’mon @moneillsf @little_pengelly @mikenesbittni @explainedsnow @niexecutive @healthdpt @publichealthni help save women You have a campaign from some years ago! Going to a GP knowing the symptoms & knowing your body will help earlier diagnosis & better outcomes PLEASE!

👏 to @BelfastTele & its journalist @JamesMcNaney1 for taking the time to interview me about my campaigning on raising awareness of the “sneaky symptoms of #OvarianCancer, an insidious form of cancer affecting our women including my wife #MyJulieRIP❤️ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/health/ex…