A new attempt to reunite one of Belfast’s most famous boxers with his missing championship belt has been launched in a bid to clear up one of Irish sport’s longest running mysteries. Ardoyne man Freddie Gilroy, 79, was considered one of the world’s top boxers when he won a coveted Lonsdale Belt outright for winning […]
Archive | March, 2015
Fresh appeal over Belfast boxing hero’s missing championship belt
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SDLP rejects latest Sinn Féin appeal for electoral pact
The SDLP has slapped down a new appeal by Sinn Féin for the party to join them in an electoral pact for the May Westminster election. Sinn Féin’s North Belfast candidate, Gerry Kelly, made a fresh call for the SDLP to enter into talks about an electoral agreement after the UUP agreed to stand aside […]
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Belfast woman makes a fine ambassador at the heart of US politics
A Belfast woman now based in Washington DC was among 40 young people in the United States with Irish connections to win a prestigious newspaper award. Bronagh Finnegan was presented with the Ambassadors Award at the recent Irish Echo 40 Under 40 event in New York. The 24-year-old is public affairs and outreach officer with […]
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DUP and UUP hail new pact as ‘historic’ while other parties fume
THE DUP’S prospects of taking the city’s two most fiercely contested Westminster seats in May’s general election have risen dramatically after last night’s announcement of a unionist pact. The DUP and UUP have reached an agreement that will see Gavin Robinson get a clear run in East Belfast against Naomi Long of Alliance, who sensationally […]
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New York legislators confirmed for Belfast Homecoming
A high-powered delegation of New York legislators is to take part in the Belfast Homecoming from 7-10 October. That was confirmed on St Patrick’s Day by Rep Mike Cusick, President of the American Irish Legislators Society, who was speaking after a visit to Albany, NY, last week by Homecoming Host Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. “Members of […]
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1300 runners turn out for inaugural St Patrick’s Day SPAR Craic 10K
The St Patrick’s Day craic started early in Belfast where over 1300 took part in the city’s first Patron Saint’s Day fun run. The running revellers started out from City Hall at 9am and headed west into the Gaeltacht Quarter before doubling back to run through the Cathedral Quarter in the city centre towards the […]
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