Irish language activist and Andersonstown News columnist Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh is preparing to launch his new book. Language, Resistance and Revival: Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland will be unveiled in West Belfast before Feargal flies off to the United States for a whirlwind launch tour. The Upper Springfield man […]
Archive | April, 2013
Feargal unveils his new labour of love
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Time has not diminished the memory
I’VE never seen anything like it. On Facebook, on Twitter, there was instantaneous reaction. Comment after comment, tweet after tweet. You’d think the death of someone whose political career ended decades ago would have been greeted with a shrug. Not so Maggie Thatcher. Comment after comment, tweet after tweet expressing pleasure, nay delight, at the […]
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Street parties greet passing of Thatcher
Unsurprisingly, the passing of Margaret Thatcher does not appear to have caused a mass outbreak of grief on the streets of West Belfast. On the contrary, the streets have been filled with revellers rejoicing at the passing of one of the most hated politicians in both Irish and British history. Her actions during the most […]
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No tears shed on death of Thatcher
While Margaret Thatcher’s death – just like her life – has divided opinion elsewhere, in West Belfast the memories of the former British Prime minister are still too raw for any eulogies. Dubbed the Iron Lady, Mrs Thatcher died on Monday after suffering a stroke while staying in the Ritz Hotel in London. She was 87. […]
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MY SON DIDN’T SHOOT KIERAN
THE father of the West Belfast man who was attacked with a samurai sword by murder victim Kieran McManus during a bloody brawl in Turf Lodge three years ago says his son had “absolutely no involvement” in the murder of Mr McManus. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, Michael Smith’s father – also called Michael – […]
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Scullion issues Antrim ultimatum
CARGIN’S Tony Scullion says he does not intend to play under Antrim manager Frank Dawson again following a dispute prior to Sunday’s defeat in Monaghan. Scullion and Tomás McCann were told by Dawson not to travel to meet up with the rest of the squad after they informed him of their intention to attend a […]
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