STIFLED ambition is a well-worn topic within Irish theatre and it takes a writer of some skill to elevate their work beyond hoary old clichés. As the Blue Boy of Glenmore opens the set-up suggests it’ll be another depressing tour around the life of a dysfunctional family in a rural Irish backwater. But very quickly […]
Archive | May, 2017
Two hours tangled up in blue is time well spent
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Applejacks Café targeted for the third time
THE DEVASTATED owner of Applejacks café in West Belfast says she is ‘exhausted and devastated’ as her business has been targeted for the third time in a fortnight. Some time between 6.30pm on Wednesday evening and 7am on Thursday morning one of the main windows at the Glen Road café was shattered. A tearful Jackie […]
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Our Wildflower Alley is a hard act to follow as Belfast blooms
FLOWER power is about to sprout in communities around the city with the launch of the annual Belfast in Bloom event – with a successful South Belfast project having set the bar higher. The Council is launching its Belfast in Bloom competition offering awards in individual, community, allotment, and commercial categories to encourage everyone to […]
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Paula thinks South Belfast can be won for Alliance
WITH voters being asked to return to the polls for the fourth time in a year the South Belfast News met up with Alliance South Belfast candidate Paula Bradshaw. Paula has been selected by her party to run for the Westminster seat in the upcoming General Election. We met up with her at Alliance headquarters […]
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SDLP reject SF calls for them to stand aside in battleground constituencies
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has rejected calls from Sinn Féin to stand aside in the North Belfast and Fermanagh South Tyrone constituencies. Northern leader Michelle O’Neill made the call yesterday, arguing that Sinn Féin candidates had a better chance of winning in both areas and it made sense to help their pro-remain candidates win the […]
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Ardoyne dancers blaze a trail
FOR over 30 years, a North Belfast Irish dancing school have let their feet do the talking when it comes to the ancient Irish tradition. Although the origins of Irish dance are unclear, it is thought the dancing traditions of Ireland grew in close association with traditional Irish music before it’s popularisation really took off […]
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