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Archive | October, 2011

Ice-cream wars: No decision on another poke van for West

EVEN THE subject of ice cream failed to cool tempers at Belfast City Council this week during a row over licensing for West Belfast during which our local councillors were dubbed “the great unwashed”.

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Back to the future for late addition to our roads

I passed my driving test in February. While many people reading this will have passed their test years ago and will wonder what the big deal is, to someone who had previously travelled all over the country via the magic of buses, taxis and even once in the back of a Transit van complete with no seats (long story), suddenly being in control of my own vehicular destiny was a big deal.

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Bradbury Place resident hits out at police response to device

A South Belfast man who lives opposite where a viable explosive device was found at the weekend has criticised the police response to the incident, claiming the item was left unattended for four hours as the general public walked and drove by it.

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Changing the rules of electoral game

When Bobby Sands was elected MP for Fermanagh/South Tyrone the British government decided it didn’t like that particular outcome and immediately introduced and passed legislation to change the rules of the electoral game.

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Brave soles go for firewalking record

Brave soles from across Belfast are signing up thick and fast to walk on fire to raise money for a suicide prevention charity – and write themselves into the record books.

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Ireland’s very own version of the seven dwarves

The Americans do things differently from us. They have pancakes for breakfast, they ask God to bless America when they’re doing something they know they shouldn’t be doing, and they elect their president differently.

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