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Archive | April, 2016

‘Antrim are where they deserve to be’

THE Antrim senior hurling panel will be hit with a severe reality check by the new management team ahead of their Christy Ring Cup opener against Kildare next Sunday. Following the sudden and surprise departure of PJ O’Mullan at the start of the month, former hurlers Dominic McKinley, Terence McNaughton, Gary O’Kane and Neal Peden […]

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Liam Murray Cup goes from strength to strength

THIS year’s annual Irish language school’s football tournament ‘Corn Liam Uí Mhuirí’ – the Liam Murray Cup – will take place tomorrow, Friday. The Liam Murray Cup is held each year to honour the memory of Liam who played Gaelic football and hurling for St Paul’s GAC and was a former pupil of Bunscoil Phobal […]

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Heartless: Ring and life savings taken by thugs

A BEECHMOUNT pensioner has been left devastated after being robbed of his lifesavings by callous thieves who also stole his late wife’s jewellery. Sixty-five-year-old Tony Gibson returned home from visiting his son on Friday night and made the discovery. He said he realised something was wrong when he noticed the light was out in the […]

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New local project gives hope to young homeless

YOUNG people living in the Simon Community’s Belfast Foyer in the South of the city have launched an exciting project exploring their experience of what it’s like to be young and homeless. The young people, all aged between 18 and 21 years, launched the project in their new-look common room which was styled and furnished […]

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Bogus workmen may have struck twice

POLICE suspect a gang of bogus workmen who targeted an older man in his South Belfast home may have struck in the same area days later. Three men in a white van called to the man’s home in Greenwood Hill off the Purdysburn Road and discussed with him the possibility of carrying out work at […]

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Local nano-brewery set to offer a refreshing sup of Divis Diva and Derriaghy Darling

“BEER is like cooking, it’s all about trying different recipes,” says Speckled Hen proprietor Martin Caldwell, who is about to launch his own Black Mountain Brewery ales and lagers. “The smallest breweries are labelled as micro, well ours is nano, it’s even smaller,” he laughed.” The popular Derriaghy pub, which has collected a host of […]

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