I WAS at the P J McGrory Memorial Lecture in St Mary’s University College on Friday last, given by the distinguished English barrister Michael Mansfield. It was the first time I’d seen in the flesh this man whose legal work has woven in and out through the history of the Troubles. He has represented […]
Archive | August, 2016
Reassuring words at Féile from a champion of justice
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Brexit threat
BREXIT has posed all kinds of challenges for our present and our future. Every single sectoral interest is likely to be affected to one extent or another. For victims and survivors the impact on their circumstances as victims is perhaps not immediately obvious. However, as we enter into a phase likely to deliver, at […]
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Bred and buttered in Belfast city
FOODIES along with city historians united under wet skies on Saturday for Kabosh Theatre Company’s Belfast Bred walking tour of the city’s cuisine haunts from past to present. Our band of early morning risers converged outside Belfast’s oldest deli, Fountain Street’s Sawers, were we met with “chef Barney” whose mission was to get our help […]
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Joseph and Mary to be laid to rest together
THE daughter of Ballymurphy Massacre victim Joseph Murphy has spoken of her mixed emotions that her beloved parents will be laid to rest together today (Thursday). Mother-of-12 Mary Ellen Murphy passed away on August 22 – exactly 45 years to the day that her husband Joseph died from gunshot wounds he received during the Ballymurphy […]
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Botanic art goes totally tropical
BOTANIC Gardens Tropical Ravine is taking a trip down memory lane in its new 27-metre long artwork Artist Peter Strain and poet Emma Must were commissioned by Belfast City Council to create artwork to surround the Tropical Ravine while its £3.8 million restoration is completed. The artwork stretches across the great lawn, almost to the […]
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17 arrested in three-month crackdown on diazepam abuse
DETECTIVES have seized 65,000 diazepam tablets and arrested 17 people in a huge three-month police crackdown on diazepam abuse. As well as thousands of pills, police seized £10,000 in cash, sparking a major money-laundering probe. The investigation is aimed at clamping down on the unlawful supply and sale of diazepam tablets into and throughout the […]
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