SQUINTER’S dandering along the lower Grosvenor Road at around 10am on Monday in warm summer sunshine when a couple of Herberts hove into view. They’re probably in their mid-60s, but since they’re both necking cans of Carlsberg at breakfast time, you can understand that there’s every possibility they’re a good bit younger. They’re not falling […]
Archive | August, 2015
Sinn Féin claim republicans not behind McGuigan killing as unionists raise spectre of exclusion
There’s been a widespread and heated response by political parties to a press conference given by the PSNI yesterday in which it was claimed that the Provisional IRA carried out the killing of Kevin McGuigan. Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has denied claims that the IRA is still in existence and says the gang police […]
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Angry Ryan lashes out at Antrim apathy ahead of Semple semi clash with Wexford
OUTGOING Antrim manager Kevin Ryan says too many in the county see Saturday’s All-Ireland U21 semi-final against Wexford as “an inconvenience” and slammed the apathy towards the fixture in the county. Earlier this month, Ryan announced his intention to stand down when Antrim’s interest in this year’s U21 Championship ends. That being the case, the […]
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Weekend republican parade must clear Clifton Street on time to avoid clash with Royal Black
The Parades Commission has sought assurances from organisers of a republican band parade that it will clear a contentious district of North Belfast before loyalists march in the same area. The Henry Joy McCracken Commemoration Committee parade has been warned to clear Clifton Street by 3.35pm this Sunday (August 23) before the City of Belfast […]
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Graphic depiction of the Great Hunger is a modern take on a historic tragedy
The horror of Ireland’s Great Hunger is to be told in graphic detail in a unique collaboration between Irish America’s leading authority on An Gorta Mór and a Boston artist brought together by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Professor Christine Kinealy – author of the devastating indictment of British government policy in Ireland during An Gorta […]
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Heavy police presence at Short Strand funeral of murdered republican Kevin McGuigan
Hundreds gathered in the narrow streets of the Short Strand yesterday for the funeral of Kevin McGuigan. The father-of-nine, a former IRA man, was gunned down last Wednesday night outside his home and in front of his wife Dolores. The grieving widow led the mourners from their Comber Court home to the nearby St Matthew’s […]
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