IT was a strange experience for Michael Conlan to purchase one-way flight tickets last week for when he heads to Los Angeles on January 10, but he confirms he can’t wait to get his professional journey underway. The 2015 world amateur champion will return to the Rock Gym to train under rising coach, Manny Robles […]
Archive | December, 2016
Conlan excited to begin his American adventure
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Contrasting fortunes ahead of West Belfast derby
SPORT and Leisure Swifts and Donegal Celtic may be neighbouring clubs, but the gap between the sides in the Premier Intermediate table couldn’t be greater. Ahead of this Saturday’s league clash at Glen Road Heights (2pm), DC top the standings after an impressive run of form in the opening half of the season. Sport and […]
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Belfast link to Dakota pipe protest drama
AN indigenous peoples campaigner whose relatives live in Belfast has spoken of her family’s work to prevent oil pipelines being built on native land in Dakota. Cecilia Point’s mother, Rita Clenaghan, was from outside Glenavy and after travelling to Canada in the 1950s to teach on a First Nation (Native American) reservation met local man […]
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Paint attack on home is a case of ‘mistaken identity’
A TERRIFIED Springfield Road woman has spoken of her fear and disgust after her house was targeted in a case of ‘mistaken identity’. Charlene Chapman from the Cluain Mór area had her house and car spray-painted in the early hours of last Friday morning. Charlene awoke to find a Nazi swastika daubed on her home […]
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Don’t miss this classic Disney animation
Moana (PG) ★★★★ Directed by: Ron Clements et al Starring: Dwayne Johnson & Auli’i Cravalho What’s the story? BORN with a spirited streak running through her veins, Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the daughter of a Polynesian chief. Heir to the throne, she’s not your typical princess type, but independent, intelligent, brave and selfless, Moana […]
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M’learned friends and not refs will soon make rugby calls
JUST before the start of the GAA Championships it is customary for the President or one of his acolytes to call a press conference to gravely inform the public that the Association are determined to eradicate foul play. Last year we were told that referees were going to concentrate on “cynical fouling” which was a […]
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