PANIC erupted yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon in Twinbrook and homes were evacuated after a suspected pipe bomb was found near a local primary school. Police described the device that led to the evacuation as “viable”. As the PSNI secured the area and evacuated residents from Summerhill Drive, parents arrived at St Mark’s Primary School, many frantic […]
Archive | September, 2013
Hardly a fleg to stand on as Mr Haass moves in
A SINN Féin motion condemning the loyalist attack on Lord Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir in Woodvale last month was opposed by the DUP on Monday night. They argued that a hell of a lot of things have gone on over the summer and it would be wrong to concentrate on a single issue like a […]
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A genuine master in all senses of the word
I attended St Joseph’s Training College in Belfast in the early 1960s (then known as the Ranch). One of our English lecturers was Seamus Heaney. After graduating from Queen’s University he taught briefly in St Thomas’ Secondary School. The headmaster was the acclaimed short story writer Michael McLaverty who encouraged his writing. He was appointed […]
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Full-on drama on banks of the Half-Moon
THE latest offering from the prolific pen of Lenadoon playwright Pearse Elliott, ‘Man in the Moon’, is set to have its world premiere “in its spiritual home” of West Belfast next week. Debuting at the Roddy’s for two nights next Friday and Saturday before transferring to the Grand Opera House, the one-man show starring local […]
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Irish continues to course through the area
It’s official – there really is no excuse not to learn Irish as there are classes taking place in every corner of the city. Against the backdrop of North Belfast artist Catherine McWilliam’s Cnoic Bhéal Feirste exhibition in the Cultúrlann, Fóram na n Gael launched their booklet Cúrsaí on Irish classes in the greater Belfast […]
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Park statue for boxing hero John
A statue dedicated to West Belfast boxing hero John Caldwell is to be erected in the newly refurbished Dunville Park. Belfast City Council has given the green light for the Belfast Boxing Ring group to erect three statues across the city: John Caldwell in Dunville Park, Rinty Monaghan in Cathedral Gardens and a statue to […]
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