CELEBRATED playwright and actress Marie Jones sits down with this reporter in a quiet enclave of the Grand Opera House in what has already been a busy year for her work. The curtain is set to come up on one of her most revered pieces, Stones in His Pockets, on April 15, which made its […]
It started in Féile and now it’s in Opera House
Trainor hails late heroics as Crumlin Star book Windsor Park date
IFA Intermediate Cup semi-final Crumlin Star 3 Banbridge Rangers 2 CRUMLIN STAR booked a trip to Windsor Park next month following a dramatic late victory against Banbridge Rangers in Tuesday night’s Intermediate Cup semi-final at Holm Park. The game looked destined for extra-time after Josh Cahoon pounced to level the game at 2-2 when Crumlin […]
Ballymurphy: Soldier saw paratroopers ‘kill’ civilians
A FORMER British soldier saw paratroopers shoot and kill civilians, the Ballymurphy inquest heard on Tuesday. The solder, known as witness C4, was a serving member of the Royal Corps of Signals. He was 24 in 1971 and had married a woman from Ballymurphy. C4 told the court he acted as go-between for the army […]
Pic of the Day, 2nd April 2019
Colin Neighbourhood Project held a Community Boxing Event in the Dairy Farm as part of Creativity Month Please follow and like us:
From very humble beginnings to global peace-building recognition
FORMED in 1995, the origins of North Belfast-based peace-building charity Intercomm are fascinating to say the least. Take Liam Maskey on one hand – a republican former internee working in nationalist and republican areas. On the other hand was Billy Mitchell – a loyalist with a background in the PUP who spent 17 years in […]
From very humble beginnings to global peace-building recognition
FORMED in 1995, the origins of North Belfast-based peace-building charity Intercomm are fascinating to say the least. Take Liam Maskey on one hand – a republican former internee working in nationalist and republican areas. On the other hand was Billy Mitchell – a loyalist with a background in the PUP who spent 17 years in […]