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Paul Breen

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As seen in: The Impartial Reporter, Holistic Women's Health, Business Insider, The Independent (UK), The Conversation, The Irish Times, HuffPost UK, Belfast Telegraph, The i Paper, TeessideLive, LabourList
Covers:  Politics, Irish affairs, educational issues, sports and finance.
University lecturer, author & Ed Tech designer-somewhere between #LondonIrish writer & Irish writer in London-into #cycling #CAFC & #socialjustice too.

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University lecturer with a media presence inside and outside of work. I have been a regular contributor to The Conversation, Irish Times, Belfast Telegraph, and Huffington Post on issues of language, education, and political identities. I also write about football and sports from the perspective of Politics and Sociology. Another interesting project that I have been involved in was the #TakeFive campaign which is a national campaign that offers straight-forward and impartial advice to help ever…

Paul Breen’s Journalist Portfolio

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Michelle Obama speech proves you don't have to blow your own trumpet to be heard

Michelle Obama speech proves you don't have to blow your own trumpet to be heard

Michelle Obama used her last official speech as first lady to talk about education, one of her signature issu…

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A linguist explains why translators can't understand Trump

A linguist explains why translators can't understand Trump

Dr. Paul Breen, Senior Lecturer in Academic English at the University of Westminster, told Business Insider t…

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Our ability to recognise letters could be hard-wired into our brains

Our ability to recognise letters could be hard-wired into our brains

Back in the 1960s, the linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky claimed that the human brain is hardwired…

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Changing The Game By Energising The Young And The Disenchanted

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Changing The Game By Energising The Young And The Disenchanted

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has changed the conversation in American politics. Young, articulate, personable and…

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Changing The Game By Energising The Young And The Disenchanted

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Changing The Game By Energising The Young And The Disenchanted

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has changed the conversation in American politics. Young, articulate, personable and…

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Poppies are a political symbol - both on and off the football pitch

Poppies are a political symbol - both on and off the football pitch

When Canadian military doctor John McCrae sat down to write a poem on the edge of a battlefield in May 1915, …

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why Ireland's women footballers are under fire for singing after their historic win

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By Paul Breen
| The Conversation Verified
The Irish women’s football team has qualified for their first Fifa World Cup, beating Scotland 1-0. In the aftermath of the match, the team celebrated by cheering and chanting in the locker room, including the line “Ooh, ah, up the ‘Ra”, from The Celtic Symphony. Originally performed by The Wolfe Tones in a tribute to Glasgow Celtic Football Club, the song repeats the allegedly pro-IRA line throughout. The response to the controversial chant has sadly overshadowed the team’s historic win.
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Long-Bailey is right – let’s use tech to make Manchester and Britain the workshop of the world once again – LabourList

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By Paul Breen
| LabourList
Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party have already transformed the nature of debate in British politics. Now Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, has called for a transformation of our national conversation about technologyi n a vision so bold that it has echoes of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s.
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The family tree is stronger than a broken home

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By Paul Breen
| votvonline.com
by PAUL BREEN (@CharltonMen) We have our differences at Charlton. Most of the country, if not the world, knows that in recent times. Our club has become synonymous with foreign ownership, protest, pink pigs, and foam balls thrown onto the pitch. Thousands of fans have drifted away, as we have torn ourselves apart with divisions inside and outside the stadium, and on social media. Like any civil war, this has been a fierce battle.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Fermanagh Herald.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Hugely - see my chapter here for info - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional-Writing-Paul-Breen/dp/1842854933/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Breen+pro
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