FAMED FILMMAKER George Morrison is to be the guest of honour at events in Belfast this week celebrating his epochal contribution to Irish cinema. The influential director is best known for two historical documentaries Mise Éire (1959), the story of the 1916 Rising and the first Irish language film, and Saoirse? (1961), which chronicled Ireland’s […]
Archive | June, 2015
Belfast honours filmmaker Morrison at conflict-in-cinema event
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Mayor at centre of Berkeley tragedy is a long-time friend of Belfast
The US politician at the centre of the Berkeley balcony crash which claimed the lives of six young Irish students is a long-time advocate for Belfast and for US links with Ireland. Mayor of Berkeley City Tom Bates, who has addressed the world’s media in the wake of the tragedy, visited Belfast in 2011 to […]
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Ministers from north and south tour the city’s Irish language hot spots
MINISTERS FROM north and south have done the rounds of Irish language organisations in Belfast. Gaeltacht Minister Heather Humphreys TD and Joe McHugh TD, the Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs, joined DCAL Minister Carál Ní Chuilín for a series of engagements. The Ministers visited Foras na Gaeilge, Raidió Fáilte, An Chultúrlann, the Linenhall Library […]
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Bookies massacre relatives welcome Chief Constable’s apology over ‘lost’ weapon
RELATIVES of the five victims of the 1992 UDA attack on an Ormeau Road bookies have welcomed yesterday’s apology by Chief Constable George Hamilton. The families travelled to PSNI HQ at Knock to meet Mr Hamilton after the shock revelation in a recent BBC Panorama programme that the automatic rifle used in the massacre had […]
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There’s so much to celebrate after Duncairn’s first year
AS the man who more than anyone was behind the development of the Duncairn Culture and Arts Centre, the Reverend Bill Shaw can be satisfied that one year since the Antrim Road venue opened its doors the former church has been established as one of Belfast’s foremost cultural and artistic hubs. But Bill isn’t one […]
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Homes evacuated after blaze
TWELVE homes in Dunmurry had to be evacuated in the early hours of Monday morning after a large fire swept through a street. The fire started around 4am at an oil tank in Sunnyhill Park and quickly spread to adjoining houses. A spokesperson for the Fire Service said significant damage has been caused to three […]
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