AMONG all the efforts made to resolve the problems of post-Troubles Belfast, Buddhism and the art of meditation would be considered an outlier as far as solutions go. But meditation and mindfulness are becoming a more widely known way of coping with the daily grind – and classes are available across the city. Frank Liddy […]
Archive | May, 2016
Belfast’s first ever dedicated Zen priest is up for a challenge
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West Belfast-based Delta Print sold for £80m
WEST BELFAST printing and packaging firm Delta Print and Packaging Ltd has been sold in an £80m deal. The business has been acquired by Huhtamaki, a Finnish-based packaging company for food and drink. Huhtamaki already employs more than 200 people in the north of Ireland at its molded fiber plant in Lurgan and paper recycling […]
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Feel Good Friday
Andersonstown News Feel Good Friday Deal McAuley’s Butchers Available from today until 5pm Monday 23rd May 1lb Extra Lean Mince, 1lb Steak Pieces, 4 Fresh Chicken Fillet Burgers, 1lb Sausages, 2lb Silverside Roast Only: £19.99 Please follow and like us:
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When the tide goes out
THE prolific pen of West Belfast playwright Pearse Elliott always manages to combine comedy with pathos. His latest work As The Tide Ebbs, currently running at the Lyric Theatre, tells the story of two middle-aged men who frequent a house which doubles as a late night shebeen. It’s here where stories of lost loves, lost […]
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Kids find heroin in clock
A MOTHER has described her horror after her eight-year-old son came across three bags of heroin while out playing with friends. Pauline Moore’s son Stephen was playing in Spinner Square in the lower Falls when he and his friends came across a child’s alarm clock placed under a parked van. Pauline said: “The kids spotted […]
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McKinley: ‘We won’t be taking Down for granted’
ANTRIM boss Dominic McKinley insists he won’t be taking the challenge of Down lightly ahead of Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup semi-final clash between the counties. With an outing at Croke Park for next month’s decider at stake, ‘Woody’ is expecting a typically tight tussle in Loughgiel. When the sides met earlier in the year in […]
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