For International Women’s Day 2026 we are delighted to welcome Allison Morris, a journalist with over 25 years experience specialising in crime, security and justice issues.

Allison has a particular interest in highlighting the high rates of feminicide and domestic violence in Northern Ireland, and recently appeared in Confessions of a Killer, the documentary looking at the dentist killer Colin Howell and his accomplice Hazel Stewart.

In this talk we will hear about Allison’s award-winning work in bringing these stories to the public.

About Allison Morris

A teenage mother, she returned to further education in her mid-20s and started her career working for weekly newspapers as a journalist with the Belfast Media Group, covering the early days of the peace process.

As a rookie reporter she covered the formation of the PSNI, the Holy Cross blockade and the summer parading disputes that often resulted in violent disorder.

Moving to the Irish News in 2007 she was later appointed Security Correspondent winning several awards for stories involving ongoing loyalist and dissident republican paramilitary groups, breaking the story of the IRA murder and disappearance of Belfast man Joe Lynskey.

Appointed Crime Correspondent with the Belfast Telegraph in 2021, she has a particular interest in highlighting the high rates of feminicide and domestic violence in Northern Ireland.

As a commentator on security issues she often appears on the BBC, UTV and RTE as well as a regular contributor to the Sky New Press Preview.

She co-presented the 2022 documentary Murder in Paradise for the BBC on the unsolved killing of Tyrone teacher Michaela McAreavey on the island of Mauritius and more recently appeared in Confessions of a Killer the documentary looking at the dentist killer Colin Howell and his accomplice Hazel Stewart.

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