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Archive | January, 2012

Standing up for Gerry

AS THE rest of us look forward to the New Year with the usual mix of hope and expectation, one North Belfast family are left wondering when next they are to be visited by thugs and cowards. And not just any family – the family of the hugely respected and tireless community worker and politician […]

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Sean brings the curtain down on 30-year GAA management career

WHEN the final whistle sounded at Cherryvale on Saturday September 17 it not only assured Bredagh of their Division 3 status in the Antrim hurling league for next season, but also brought down the curtain on a quite remarkable managerial career. For almost 30 years, Sean McGuinness has led groups of players to places they […]

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Tributes paid to councillor

Tributes have been paid to a South Belfast SDLP man, credited with being the party’s first press officer, who died last month.

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Budding filmmakers put themselves in frame for movie success

MANY pupils across South Belfast associate ‘horror’ with their GCSE’s and A-Levels, but an increasing number are finding that horror movies are the answer to getting top marks.

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New Years Message – By Christopher Hudson

SOUTH Belfast is a good place to be, it has an exciting social and racial mix than most other parts of our city. There is, hopefully, a growing sense of one community, what I call an inclusive community.

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New Years Message – By Canon Norman Jardine

‘On the Twelfth Day of Christmas’- what a boring old song. However the 12th day of Christmas (January 6) holds anything but a boring message. It recalls for Christians an event in history that can give hope and purpose for the New Year.

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