FIFA World Cup Playoff second leg Republic of Ireland 1 Denmark 5 (Denmark win 5-1 on aggregate) A NIGHT that began so brightly ended so bleakly for the Republic of Ireland as Denmark came back from a goal down to hand out a drubbing and stamp their ticket to next summer’s World Cup in Russia. […]
Archive | November, 2017
Ireland’s World Cup dreams ended by dominant Danes
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Confused? Welcome to Samuel Beckett
MAYBE it’s an indicator of the under-representation of women in serious art that the entrance of three female actors for Beckett Women: Ceremonies of Departure immediately conjures up The Three Witches of Macbeth, nevertheless, that was my reaction at The Mac on Thursday night. The production, brought to Belfast by the renowned Poets Theatre in […]
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NI budget deal to go before House of Commons
THE Budget bill for the north will go before the House of Lords later today (Tuesday). It was passed through the House of Commons on Monday after being backed by all parties. The 2017/18 budget includes an increase in health spending of 5.4%. NI Secretary James Brokenshire previously said that public services would begin to […]
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New sports pavilion opens in Poleglass
BOXING hero James Tennyson was on hand to do the honours as the new sporting pavilion at Sally Gardens in West Belfast was unveiled. A four team changing facility was also officially opened as the WBA International super featherweight champion praised the standard of the pavilion. “I’m confident our area will see a lot more […]
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Houses a must for Gasworks
A SOUTH Belfast councillor has given a “guarded welcome” to plans by Belfast City Council to host community consultation events for the Gasworks site. Cllr Deirdre Hargey told the South Belfast News that the vacant land had originally been zoned for housing and adopted formally for such in 2014. However, Ms Hargey said residents from […]
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Oldpark Massacre: Son of victim remembers ‘horror’ after UDA gun and grenade attack
THE son of a man murdered in the Oldpark bookies massacre has spoken for the first time of the “complete horror” of the scene in the aftermath of the UDA attack that took place 25 years ago on November 14 1992. Pat Burns, who now works in the same building where his father Francis was […]
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