Fighting Words

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

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

A poem by Kaila Patterson, age 16, Belfast

A poem by Lorcan McCusker, age 12

An extract from a story by P5, Carrick Primary School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A story by Isabelle Scott, age 13, Dublin

A story by Oisín Twomey, age 18, Cork City

A poem by Amelia Iwanicka, age 15, Co Wexford

A poem by Rachel McCloskey, age 17, Co Louth

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

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

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