Fighting Words

A story by Umayma Yasin, age 11, Grade 4, Yibaayil School, Yibaayil village, Nugal region, Somalia

Rang a 2, 3, 4, Bunscoil Sancta Maria, Sráid Synge, baile átha Cliath

Dán le Éire Ní Fhaoláin, 17 bliana d’aois, Co Loch Garman

A poem by Rosa Vallebella (18) from Cork city

A poem by Kaila Patterson, age 16, Belfast

An extract from a story by Creative Writing Club, Bloomfield Collegiate School, Belfast

Write Up Your Street, a free publication available in Belfast, looks at the everyday through a new lens

A poem by Lorcan McCusker, age 12

A story by Batiste Martinaud, age 18, Co Galway

An extract from a story by sixth class, Scoil Bhride Primary School, Edenderry, Co Offaly

A story by Joe Somers, age 18, Cork city

A story by Sadie Jade Forde, age 13, Co Wexford

An extract from a story by P5, Carrick Primary School

Sadie Fitzpatrick, age 13, Dublin

A story by Saamiya Cali, age 12, Grade 4, Baragah-qol School, Baragah-qol town, Sanaag region, Somalia

A poem by Odessa Yip, age 17, Cork City

A story by Aoife Lawton, age 17, from Co Galway

A poem by Anna Dunlea, age 17, Co Kerry

A story by Nicola Barry, age 12, Co Limerick

A story by Sakariye Ahmed, age 11, Grade 3, Taageer School, Dangoroyo town, Nugal region, Somalia

A story by Sarah McGuire, age 17, Newry, Co Down

Fighting Words NI aims to expand support for children and young people who are most seldom heard

An extract from stories by three primary schools in Ulster

A story by Ellie O’Mordha, age 11, Dublin

A story by Oisín Twomey, age 18, Cork City

A poem by Rachel McCloskey, age 17, Co Louth

A story by Olivia Willis Lawlor, age 13, Co Armagh

A poem by Rufus O’Connell Cantillon, age 17, Cork City

A poem by Amelia Iwanicka, age 15, Co Wexford

An extract from a story by ranganna a trí agus a ceathair, Scoil Mhuire, An Tuairín, Béal an Daingin, Co na Gaillimhe

Dán le Clíodhna Ní Neachtain, 12 bliain d’aois, An Spidéal, Co na Gaillimhe

An extract from a story by rang a sé at St Louis Senior Primary, Ráth Maonais, Baile Átha Cliath

Dán le Donnacha Ó Tuairisc, 15 bliana d’aois, Co na Gaillimhe

An extract from a story by Rang a Trí, Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh, Belfast

Fighting Words: A radio play written by students of the VT and RT classes at National Learning Network, Community Development Project, Letterkenny

An extract of a story by first class, Scoil Aoife Community National School, Co Dublin

A story by Ella Jones, age 15, Co Dublin

A story by Ruby Cusack Cave, age 15, Co Wicklow

An extract from a story by third and fourth class, Rosenallis National School, Rosenallis, Co Laois

A extract from a story by sixth class, Scoil Eoin Phóil, Leixlip, Co Kildare