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Reaching new musical heights at the Earagail Arts
THE Earagail Arts Festival runs every July and brings a wealth of talent to Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way. The festival has been running this year from July 10 and will wrap up its calendar of events for another year on Sunday, July 28. With Belfast’s love affair with Donegal well established, what was once a […]
Fears that flight school dream could crash
A YOUNG Lagmore man who has obtained a place at a prestigious flight school in Cork has told how he is unable to borrow tuition fees for the course because he is from the North of Ireland. After a gruelling three years of effort and setbacks, 21-year-old Caolán McGarry was accepted to the Atlantic Flight […]
McLaughlin would ‘probably’ support switch to summer football
CLIFTONVILLE manager Paddy McLaughlin admitted that he would probably be in support of summer football if the Northern Ireland Football League decide to press ahead with the idea. The Reds’ boss has experienced summer football in the League of a Ireland with both Derry City and Finn Harps and enjoyed playing on the warm, bright […]
Belfast Strongman aiming to give charity a lift with fundraising event
MICHAEL Downey is well-known for his fundraising efforts across Belfast, but the local strongman competitor admits one cause is very close to his heart. As he prepares to run his third annual ‘Belfast Strongman’ event, Downey says that raising funds for suicide awareness charities is a way of remembering a dear friend. Just over two […]
Race for the Volunteer Cup gets underway
THE ANTRIM Club Championship season gets underway in earnest this evening (Friday, 7.30pm) when Rossa host Ballycastle in the two-legged Senior Hurling Championship preliminary round tie. McQuillan’s, of course, are no strangers to this format, having played in the preliminary round last year when the group stages were first introduced. However, the North Antrim men […]