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Archive | November, 2011

Carryduff cop shop on ‘for sale’ list

Carryduff Police Station is believed to be one of those that will be closed permanently and its land sold off within the next three years as part of the Policing Board’s estates strategy announced last week.

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These are the gays of our lives

Twenty years ago Ruth McCarthy was one of about twenty people who “ran up Royal Avenue” in the first ever Belfast Pride Parade.

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Unpicking the peace

The shock suggestion from First Minister Peter Robinson that he would bail from the ship of state rather than see the prison service stripped of its one-community symbols will disappoint all those who believe in a shared future for our people.

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Community shows real heart

A big hearted school community has rallied round a brave schoolgirl in a bid to send her to the United States for the trip of a lifetime.

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Aquinas edge out Plunkett

Aquinas extended their unbeaten run to six on Saturday in a stuttering performance against the Saints.

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Praise for presidency from loyalist leader

A South Belfast community leader has paid tribute to the outgoing Irish president, who he described as “fearless” in her cross-community work here.

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