It’s over for another year. With 400 events in ten days, this year’s Féile an Phobail ended with a massive sell-out concert by reggae kings UB40 on Sunday night with the Birmingham band belting out hit after hit late into the night. Playing their back catalogue to a bumper Féile audience, the heat was bubbling […]
Archive | August, 2015
Triumphant UB40 sell-out gig is fitting end to the best Féile yet
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Nine police officers hurt as violence erupts after internment march is blocked
Nine police officers were injured in violence that erupted in North Belfast after an internment commemoration march was blocked from marching to the city centre. Organisers of the march had ignored a Parades Commission ruling that the parade had to be clear of Millfield by 1.30pm on its return journey and when marchers attempted to […]
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Secret history of an extraordinary grandfather
A Belfast man is to fulfill the dying wishes of his father by attempting to turn a family heirloom into a best selling novel. Conor Bradley’s father Charles passed away five years ago at the age of 88 but before he died he handed over to his son an unfinished manuscript written by his own […]
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Belfast and Dublin to forge closer links
Belfast Lord Mayor Arder Carson has met with his Dublin counterpart to discuss forging closer links between the two cities and the importance of these links in the historic 1916 centenary year. The Sinn Féin councillor met with his party colleague Críona Ní Dhálaigh, the newly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, in Belfast this week. […]
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Féile enters final stretch after hectic week
The flagship West Belfast Talks Back at St Louise’s College and traditional music at Clonard Monastery were just the latest packed venues during what is shaping up to be the best Féile an Phobail to date. With celebrations now well past the halfway point with hundreds of talks, tours and community events having already taken […]
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Man arrested in murder hunt
Police have arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of withholding information linked to the murder of Jennifer Dornan. The West Belfast mother-of-three was found dead after a fire at her home in Hazel View in Lagmore in the early hours of Sunday morning. Thirty-six hours later police launched a murder inquiry. Police said Ms Dornan […]
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