THE decision to award £400,000 of ratepayers’ money to several community groups for “diversionary activities related to July and August bonfires” has been slammed by a group that has been knocked back for funding for a vital jobs initiative. Last month the decision was taken to award the funds to community groups, including £100,000 to […]
Decision to award Council funds to ‘bonfire diversion’ comes under fire

Pic of the day Monday June 11

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Clonard App-ealing to a new generation

IN preparation for the annual religious festival that is Novena, the Redemptorist Community at Clonard Monastery has launched the Clonard App. Up to 15,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the West Bekfast Monastery over a 9 day period between June 13 – June 21 with Clonard Rector Father Noel Kehoe on hand to welcome […]
Roma accuse the Trust of ‘walking away’ from them

A SOUTH Belfast MLA has accused the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) of creating a cold house for the local Roma community after it emerged that the Trust has withdrawn its services from the Romanian Roma Community Centre (RRCANI) in South Belfast just weeks after the Trust’s own report admitted major shortcomings in […]
Pic of the Day, Friday June 8

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Ceremony for 1916 hero Winifred

THE 1916 Relatives Association is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 75h anniversary of the death of North Belfast woman Winifred Carney at her Milltown Cemetery grave. As well as remembering Winifred’s passing, the ceremony, in conjunction with the National Graves Association Belfast, will also commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage and the centenary […]