The groundbreaking Irish language and GAA summer scheme for young people Campa Chormaic returns to Belfast for another year. Campa Chormaic is held in memory of Tyrone football captain Cormac McAnallen, who tragically died in 2004 of a heart condition. The event launched in Antrim six years ago, based on promoting two of Cormac’s biggest […]
Archive | July, 2015
Big GAA camp comes to Belfast in August
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House has lain derelict for 14 years
Investigations are taking place to find the owner of a West Belfast house that locals claim has lain derelict for over a decade and has become a magnet for vermin and anti-social behaviour. A resident living in Earlscourt Street, near the bottom of the Springfield Road, contacted the Andersonstown News this week about the house […]
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Boxers going the distance in the fight for wellbeing
A group of amateur boxers from across Belfast are aiming to land a massive blow in the battle to raise awareness of suicide and mental health issues. North Belfast’s Star ABC and West Belfast’s Gleann ABC have teamed up to put together a Boxing for Wellbeing fight night which they are hoping will raise the […]
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Father’s anguish as son dies on dream trip
The father of a young Newtownabbey man found dead in Ibiza less than 24 hours after arriving has described him as a “wee gentleman” who has left a massive hole in their family. An emotional Alan Drennan Snr described his son as a grafter who had worked extremely hard to realise his ambition of visiting […]
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Why Belfast’s burgeoning café culture isn’t good news for the blind and their guide dogs
BELFAST city centre, a heaving Friday lunchtime, and I’m about to find out first-hand what it’s like to be blind. And what I find out is that while café culture has brought many positives to the city – who doesn’t enjoy a coffee or a glass of wine al fresco? – for the blind and […]
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Ballymurphy Massacre families take their campaign to the heart of government
Relatives of those killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre have told Daily Belfast their visit to Dáil Éireann was “one of the most important and emotional days” in their campaign for truth. The families of the 11 people killed by members of the British army Parachute Regiment in August 1971 spent a day in the Oireachtas […]
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