A bid to revive the fortunes of the beleaguered red squirrel in Ireland is being led by Belfast Zoo with two males born at the North Belfast attraction released into the wild. The red squirrel is native to Ireland but the introduction of the larger and more aggressive grey squirrel from America in 1911 has […]
Archive | September, 2015
Belfast Zoo does its bit for the continuing red squirrel revival
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McGurk’s Bar families prepare themselves for crucial High Court hearing
FAMILIES of those murdered in the McGurk’s Bar atrocity will see the latest stage of their long battle for justice move to the High Court on Friday. Speaking to Daily Belfast ahead of the hearing, Robert McClenaghan – whose 73-year-old grandfather Philip Garry was the oldest person to die in the December 1971 blast – […]
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OX star rising thanks to a bit of the Glen Road lightly seasoned with Paris
BOOKINGS had already been made months in advance but having just been awarded a coveted Michelin star – the global benchmark in fine dining, quality and service – the demand to secure a seat and sample the menu at OX restaurant is bound to increase. OX opened its doors in Oxford Street in 2013 and […]
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Three members of Villiers’ paramilitary panel named
A former senior civil servant and two leading barristers will make up the paramilitary assessment panel announced last week by Secretary of State Theresa Villiers, it’s been revealed. They are Rosalie Flanagan, a former Permanent Secretary at the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure; Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, a Liberal Democrat peer in the […]
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Donna takes a positive outlook ahead of a Waterfront run for her latest work
I meet with the co-scribe and star of ‘A Night With George’, Donna O’Connor, at a city centre coffee shop and the beverages are on me as it is the actress’s birthday. After the runaway success of ‘George’, the prospect of premiering her latest work at the Waterfront might seem like a daunting one – […]
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New information leads cold case cops to reopen investigations into murder of two Catholics
New information has led police to reopen their investigations into the murder of two Catholic men in Belfast. John Devine was shot dead in his Fallswater Street home in July 1989. The 37-year-old father-of-three was with his 13-year-old son when the killers struck. The murder was claimed by the Protestant Action Force, a cover name […]
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