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Archive | May, 2019
Alliance Party secure best-ever result in European elections
A historic all female line-up will take their seats in the European Parliament after the count of last Thursday’s vote. The Alliance Party collected 170,370 votes, 115,000 more than the party received in the 2014 European election. The quota of 143,112 votes was not reached by any candidate. DUP’s Diane Dodds, who won the first […]
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Timely staging of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric
THEY told me to take a streetcar named Desire,” says self-designated southern belle Blanche DuBois, who stands neat as a pin in her vivid green suit, heels and ‘merry widow’ head dress as the Lyric audience is transported to the stifling heat of the 1950s New Orleans Latin Quarter. Blanche, who “taught school”, is someone […]
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Three MEPs from the North will be elected today
COUNTING is under way to elect three MEPs from the north to the European Parliament. Voters went to the polls last Thursday with a total of 1,278,951 people eligible to vote. The Electoral Office recorded turnout at just over 45%, down more than 6% from the 2014 election. Counting is taking place at the Meadowbank […]
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It’s second time out for The Adventures
ONE of the big hitters of the 1980s pop scene, West Belfast’s very own The Adventures, will bring their back catalogue of melodic classics to County Down next weekend as part of the Harmony Live festival. Fans will be able to hear familiar singles Your Greatest Shade of Blue, Feel the Raindrops and of course […]
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Pic of the day, Monday, May 27
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