Nora Nanayakkara

@nornan

Portfolio Worker. Cross-sector & Chair. Mum of boys, wine drinker, book lover. Interested in , & 🇮🇪 in 🇬🇧

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Joined June 2009
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    Mar 21

    My message to all web users today is this: I may have invented the web, but you make it what it is. And it’s up to all of us to build a web that reflects our hopes & fulfils our dreams more than it magnifies our fears & deepens our divisions. 6/9

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    Mar 12

    Visiting Cork this weekend for St Patricks Day & looking for things to do? Check out our Two Day Food Trail of Cork City & Harbour. Cork City is compact, very walkable & full of inviting & innovative cafes, restaurants, markets, stores & producers to visit

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    Mar 10

    Mother’s Day: my favourite fictional mums

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    Mar 4

    This is a wonderful - bravo Sainsbury’s.

    Wouldn't usually do something like this but there is a lot of good out there. A thread of thanks to ...
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    Feb 27

    I'm having lunch in Westminster near the Camden border. Never fails to make me pause and stare across, wondering what kind of lives are led there, whether they have the same dreams as you and me

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    Feb 21

    The Prime Minister will meet both the DUP and Sinn Fein today following the collapse of talks to restore the Northern Ireland Executive. has a useful primer on how the situation has developed since May 2016:

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    Feb 13

    '...when women aren't included in the design team: In the 90's women died in more car accidents because crash test dummies were built to male specifications & Apple’s Health app tracking everything except the menstrual cycle'

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    Feb 10

    This ad is INSANELY GOOD ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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    This Nike advert • is authentically representative • is self aware • shows more than one woman playing sport • plays on longstanding social politics and tropes • is actually funny 👏🏾
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    Jan 31

    Lord Hall tells cttee: "I don't believe there is an old boys' network. I believe in equality of opportunity." Jo Stevens asks how he got his job, and he says he was approached by Lord Patten and a headhunter

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    Jan 22

    Today we publish our ground-breaking Law Review. It concludes that our legal system is failing women and must see fundamental reform as a matter of urgency. Read our findings and key recommendations here:

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  11. Jan 4

    Is your NY's resolutions to find an interesting NED role at an independent, public sector org that is filled with great people, has an exciting work programme & works with data to support evidence based policy- and decision-making? If yes, take a look at:

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  12. 13 Dec 2017

    Talking about and tonight; looking forward to telling my story and hearing from others 😁

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  13. 29 Nov 2017

    See also: panel discussion where majority isn't a) white b) male c) over 50.

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  14. 29 Nov 2017

    Proud to be a tiny part of team who are killing it in enabling social tech ventures to grow

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    29 Sep 2017

    The UK Statistics Authority visited Belfast yesterday for its September Board meeting in NISRA HQ and were welcomed by CE Siobhan Carey.

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    3 Jun 2017

    8 minutes from first call to three dead terrorists. Today once more we must - among all other things - salute the heroism of the police.

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  17. 9 May 2017

    Just renewed my Irish passport online with ; so much easier! No paper, no witnessing, no faff! *clapping hands emoji*

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  18. 27 Apr 2017

    Want to create innovative & impactful programmes? is looking for a programme dev manager

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    7 Dec 2016

    What is it really like to be a woman in tech today? We asked our readers, and you answered:

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    20 Aug 2016

    Irony is making some people "uncomfortable." We're all "uncomfortable" that 12 women are forced to do this every single day.

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