BEFORE he received the latest piece of official mail, an order to report to Newark for deportation, there was another piece of official mail. Last November, Malachy McAllister was in receipt, via his lawyer in Belfast, of a letter from the Police Service of Northern Ireland asking him for information about the incident that resulted […]
Archive | April, 2016
An Ormeau murder bid emerges from the past
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Design team looks at ‘Ireland’s Ugliest Bridge’
A FINAGHY Councillor says “transformation is possible” in the ongoing saga that is Ireland’s Ugliest Bridge. Cllr Geraldine McAteer of Sinn Féin revealed that Belfast City Council have agreed to bring in an urban design team to draw up plans for the transformation of Finaghy railway bridge, a former redbrick period structure which has been […]
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Why doesn’t MS matter to our MLAs?
EVERY three months, all members of the MS Society receive a magazine called MS Matters. Yes, MS matters to me, to my family, to all of you and your families but, unfortunately, MS would appear not to matter to those who control the purse strings in our local Assembly here in Stormont. The MLAs are […]
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Debra set to step into the round for epic Belfast staging of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
A cast of 300, 3D holographic sounds, choirs and even the barnacled remains of a shipwreck are set to delight audiences for a mammoth re-imaging of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Taking centre stage at Belfast’s industrial cathedral, T13 in the Titanic Quarter, the in-the-round production will form part of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary celebrations when it […]
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Parents voice frustration of school management at mass rally
Worried parents and students braved the rain last night to protest at the way De La Salle College is currently being run. People turned out in their droves to the rally with placards and signs in an attempt to show their anger and frustration with the current infrastructure of the school. Gerry Carroll, the Chairman […]
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Schools are in close harmony in exciting new vocal initiative
A trailblazing interdenominational choir made up of 190 young people from nine post-primary schools in North Belfast have wowed an audience at Belfast City Hall. Harmony North were taking on the latest stage of their incredible journey which coincided with the official launch of their newly commissioned anthem Dusty Bluebells, written by well-known Belfast poet […]
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