When Niamh Crowther’s friends come to her gigs, they all get ID’d. “It’s a bit strange,” the singer reflected with a laugh. Strange it may be, but Irish bouncers are doing their job well: at 18 years of age, Crowther is only just past legal adulthood. You wouldn’t know it based on her songs, lyrics […]
Archive | July, 2015
Niamh Crowther was influenced by her parents’ 1960s and ’70s classic rock collection.
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Out-of-control Japanese Akita feared responsible for yet another attack on family pet
There are fears that a fearsome dog is out of control in North Belfast parks after another family pet was mauled by a Japanese Akita in an attack that bears close similarities to one we reported last week. Antrim Road woman Sally Gardiner watched in horror as her pet Kerry Blue Darcy was savagely attacked […]
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In a local church the congregation hears Catholic notes from a Protestant past
Parishioners at a West Belfast church are celebrating Mass for the first time accompanied by the beautiful sounds of a pipe organ that for years provided the music in a Protestant church in East Belfast. Holy Trinity church in Turf Lodge recently bought and restored pipe organ that was previously situated in the former St […]
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Revealed: the cost to the GAA of making peace with Casement Social Club is £500k in building costs and £25k in annual rent
ANTRIM GAA have unveiled plans for temporary premises intended to house Casement Social Club while the planned redevelopment of Casement Park goes ahead. Ulster GAA is preparing a fresh planning application aimed at turning the Andersonstown venue into a provincial stadium. An earlier approval for the development was over-turned in the High Court last year […]
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Belfast choir set to barnstorm Boston – and that’s Gospel!
Sister cities Boston and Belfast will be singing from the same hymn sheet this autumn when the Belfast Community Gospel Choir takes its 60-strong troupe Stateside. The choir was one of our four arts organisations which enjoyed a surprise windfall last week at a unique fundraiser which saw the groups pitch Dragons Den-style to a […]
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Andrews Flour Mill developers agree a new ‘blank sheet’ approach to future plans for site
RESIDENTS and politicians have welcomed a new “blank sheet” approach by developers to future plans for Andrews Flour Mill, which is about to leave the Falls, taking 30 jobs with it. The four-acre site in Percy Street had originally been earmarked for 395 apartments, a nursing home, shops and offices. But that project was refused […]
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