THREE interface projects are to benefit from £2.6m funding by the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) for 22 groups across the north. Twaddell Woodvale Residents Association (TWRA) received £229,330 to extend their project for a further two years. This new phase will focus on building links with the nearby nationalist community, developing cross-border linkages […]
Archive | April, 2017
IFI funding boost for North Belfast community projects
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Liam Murray Cup launched at Coláiste Feirste
THIS year’s annual Irish language schools football tournament Corn Liam Uí Mhuirí – the Liam Murray Cup – will take place on April 28 at Rossa and Sarsfields pitches. The popular tournament sees the cup winners traditionally progressing to the annual Gael Linn provincial Gaeltacht tournament each summer in Donegal. The yearly tournament exemplifies all […]
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Primary school bomb was ‘an attempt by violent dissident republicans to kill police officers’
POLICE say that a bomb left at the gates of Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School in North Belfast was “viable and capable of substantial harm”. Speaking after the conclusion of the overnight alert in Ardoyne, Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent Chris Noble said: “The device, which was found at the gates of a local primary […]
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Cliftonville FC: In defence of Gerard Lyttle
I HAVE read some of the comments about Cliftonville Football Club and especially manager Gerard Lyttle this week with shock, disbelief, anger and amusement. I think a few things need to be pointed out. Can any tradesman do a proper job without the proper tools? Can a joiner build a fence without a hammer, nails […]
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Hyde Park Dam public meeting cancelled
A PLANNED public meeting to discuss the draining of Hyde Park Dam due to take place this evening (Friday, April 21) has now been cancelled. The meeting had been organised by concerned local residents at the Academy Community Hub over the draining of the dam that is now the subject of a number of investigations […]
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New life begins at 40 for Edmund Rice College
The only thing constant, it is said, is change, and within the education sector that is doubly true with strategies and policies introduced at the whim of politicians who have their own ideas about the future of schooling. Edmund Rice College in Glengormley has experienced more upheaval than most over the years, but what sets […]
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