WHAT have bats ever done for us? Perhaps not a question one has ever asked before, but the answer is quite a lot. For example, did you know that without them there would be no chocolate or tequila – such is their important role as pollinators in the Americas? Closer to home their healthy appetites […]
Archive | August, 2016
Richard goes in to bat for our flying mammals
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Irish Language job cuts at Ulster University
ULSTER University is to press ahead with three job cuts in its School of Irish Language and Literature, despite having already cut 142 academic posts in other areas. The redundancies raise questions about equality and diversity, since the School of Irish looks set to lose its only female member of staff. On top of this, […]
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Fears that West Belfast women’s hostel could close over funding issue
REGINA Coeli House, the West Belfast homeless shelter that has been supporting women for nearly 80 years, is facing closure after its residents were notified its last day of operation will be the end of this month. In notification sent to its 21 residents, management stated that it will no longer be providing “accommodation and […]
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Scotland’s finest set to bring their big hits to Féile – as well as that certain something extra
WITH six million albums and counting, 12 Top 40 singles and two number one albums, Scottish favourites Deacon Blue are set to bring the party to the Falls Park Féile Big Top on Saturday night. With plans for a 30th anniversary tour shaping up for the autumn, the band have had continued success since their […]
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God bless Frank O’Connor
THE treasured short stories from the prolific pen of Cork’s finest scribe Frank O’Connor are returning to the Lyric Theatre this month due to unprecedented demand. In God Bless the Child, Frank O’Connor’s stories of life growing up in rural Ireland are universally regarded as classics of their kind and in a coup for the […]
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Feared UDA gunman shot dead
A FEARED UDA gunman who built up a lucrative criminal empire in the wake of the Troubles, was shot dead last night in North Belfast. John ‘Bonzer’ Boreland was gunned down in Sunningdale Gardens near Ballysillan shortly before 10pm with speculation on who carried out the hit focusing on other UDA factions or members of […]
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