“A new sense of feeling blessed,” is how a local SDLP representative has described a recent trip to Uganda to work in schools. Colin Keenan has just returned from a three-week trip organised by Fr Aloysius Lumala from Glen Road’s St Matthias’ Church to see first hand the work the work undertaken at Uganda Martyrs […]
Archive | July, 2015
Local SDLP rep tells of trip to Ugandan schools where ‘pay to learn’ threatens education of poor children
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Council to install safety fencing at Waterworks danger spot after dramatic rescue of man stuck in mud for four hours
Barriers are to be placed at a danger spot in the Waterworks where a man had to be rescued after spending nearly four hours trapped in muddy water. Last week we reported that a man had slipped while walking on a steep bank close to the Antrim Road entrance of the park and fell into […]
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Annie explains why the system is failing teens in the face of latest upsurge in addiction issues
A surge in young people sniffing glue in a Belfast community has led to calls for greater support for teens and their families. In the past number of weeks, teenagers and young people sniffing glue in the Divis area has increased at a dramatic rate. Annie Davey, who is a member of the city centre-based […]
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Teen suffers shattered hip and 22 police officers are injured during North Belfast disturbances
The 16-year-old girl run over by a car during disturbances in North Belfast yesterday has suffered a shattered pelvis and is undergoing surgery today. Meanwhile, the number of police officers injured during loyalist rioting on the Woodvale Road was this morning revised upwards to 22. There were distressing scenes at the Ardoyne roundabout as a […]
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Belfast braced for Orange march return
All eyes will be on Ardoyne in North Belfast tonight as hundreds of Orangemen returning from the field will advance on police lines blocking their progress along the Crumlin Road. Two years ago, Belfast exploded in violence when Orangemen attacked police lines at the Ardoyne shops but last year the Order abided by a Parades […]
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Memories are made of this – days in the factory and trips on the QE2
Putting in rollers for the evening dances during tea break at Gallagher’s tobacco factory, forking out £6 for a wedding cake and dreading an order of parachute silk as an apprentice in the Rosebank Weaving Company are just some of the memories recorded by members of Newington Day Centre as part of a unique life […]
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