THE popular Belfast Mela will this year be marked with a special free virtual festival. The event, which attracted 30,000 visitors last year, was due to take place in Botanic Gardens on August 30 but has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisers will instead mark its 14th year with a special free virtual […]
Archive | May, 2020
Free and virtual, Mela 2020 will bring summer park joy to fans
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OPINION: Time for another ethnic face to light up hallowed halls of Stormont
ONE day, and I hope not too far away from today, another uninvited intruder will enlist him or herself in the hallowed corridors of power at Stormont. The last time an ethnic face featured in that place on the hill was former Belfast South MLA Anna Lo. Remember, the reason Ms Lo made an exit […]
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Gaelic for Mothers at St John’s going from strength to strength
AT a time when the playing fields of Ireland have never been quieter, the longing for the return to action has never been greater. Whether it’s inter-county or club action, players across all codes and various grades are eagerly awaiting the green light to return and this is no less true for many of the […]
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TUAIRIM: NÍL A MBRIARTHRA AGUS A MBEARTA AG TEACHT LENA CHÉILE
Bhí rialacha againn sa rang Tís ar scoil. Nuair a bhímis ag dul don chócaireacht, ní raibh cead againn seodra de chineál ar bith a chaitheamh ar na lámha. B’éigean dúinn fáinní, bráisléidí agus uaireadóirí a bhaint dínn. Lámha loma amháin a bhí ceadaithe sna babhlaí bia. Ba iad na múinteoirí a chinntigh go raibh […]
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OPINION – Andrée Murphy: Devastating impact of post-truth era is only starting to be felt
THE Dominic Cummings spectacle cannot be reduced to our view of two road trips during pandemic lockdown. We must look at the far-reaching implications of what is happening. We are living in an era where truth is not expected to be spoken, exposing lies does not have devastating implications and law can therefore be subverted […]
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OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: In the spirit of Martin McGuinness, let’s do our best to be our best
I REMEMBER Martin McGuinness, in response to a question, telling a journalist that he expected to be dead before he was twenty five. I told the same journalist the same thing. That’s the way it was in the 1970s when Martin and I first met the British government in an effort with others to negotiate […]
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