THE Antrim club Championships get underway in earnest this weekend with three games down for decision on Saturday. Ahoghill hosts the opening games of the 2016 Intermediate Hurling Championship with last year’s junior champions, Rasharkin taking on Gort na Móna at 5pm before Glenariffe and Sarsfield’s do battle at 7pm. Sarsfield’s also plays host to […]
Archive | July, 2016
City sides bidding for Championship success
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Christine in Carl’s corner in New York
AS Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton prepares to go head-to-head with Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday night for the WBA World Featherweight title, his West Belfast wife is making last minute plans to join her husband in New York for what promises to be an epic battle. Former St Dominic’s pupil Christine Frampton is due to arrive […]
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‘Veiled threat’ to Féile an Phobail staff is a ‘sinister development’
AN unsigned letter naming staff and the management committee at Féile an Phobail has been described as ‘sinister’ by the festival director. A leaflet from the Irish Republican Prisoners’ Welfare Association (IRPWA) was put through the letter boxes of homes in the Beechmount area on Monday night claiming that Féile were pursuing a policy of […]
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Four provinces, four peaks in four days
SUICIDE is the biggest killer of young people in Ireland and an Omagh man and his partner are doing their bit to tackle the problem by raising funds for North Belfast-based suicide prevention charity. PIPS. Barry McColgan, from Omagh, together with his fiancée Catherine are climbing the highest peak in each province to raise much-needed […]
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Bikers’ barbed wire trail trap shocker
WORRIED mountain bikers have said it’s only a matter of time before someone loses their life after the latest sabotage incident saw barbed wire stretched across a popular South Belfast trail. The wire was discovered on Wednesday evening past by bikers who use the Hydebank Park trail near the young offenders centre – one of […]
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The rich and colourful story of Alice Milligan
FRESH from its success at the recent McCracken Summer School. The story of the life and times of one of Ireland’s most extraordinary human rights campaigners is set to be performed at the August Féile. Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company will bring the story of Alice Milligan – A Girl of Genius to the Cultúrlann on August […]
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