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Archive | May, 2020

Harbinson calls for leagues to be completed

ANTRIM senior football manager Lenny Harbinson remains hopeful that there will be a return to inter-county action later this summer and has reiterated his call for the GAA to finish the 2020 Allianz Football and Hurling leagues. Harbinson also expressed his disappointment at comments made by GAA president John Horan earlier this month. Horan not […]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Mark Cousins, child of the Grosvenor and filmmaking genius on bathwater, bullying and a better Belfast

Mark Cousins is the hottest documentary filmmaker on the planet – though some might say he’s slowing up. For his latest epic, Women Make Film, an acclaimed homage to female directors tops out at just 14 hours. His last gargantuan effort, The Story of Film: An Odyssey consisted of 15 one-hour chapters.  Regardless, he has […]

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The New Normal: Local company moves first — and fast — to protect customers

While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought serious challenges to workers and employers alike, local signage company Design & Display is helping to protect the community from the virus by fitting bespoke safety screens and signage. The firm, which specialises in a range of signage services, has been providing protective equipment and safety graphics for essential […]

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OPINION – Prof Mike Tomlinson: North’s Covid-19 death rate significantly higher than in South by mid-May

Anyone see BBC Newsnight last Friday (22nd May)? Me neither. But I was tipped off to watch it on iPlayer as there was a package on how the Executive is managing Covid-19. The opening narrative was that the ‘power sharing Assembly’ (sic) had steered a clear path towards the resumption of contact tracing last week, […]

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EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: A Brave New World – The City’s boldest Architect imagines a Belfast reborn post-Coronavirus

As the Royal Society of Ulster Architects launches a campaign to encourage new thinking about our post-lockdown city, leading urbanist and Forum for Alternative Belfast founder Mark Hackett (left), takes a radical look at how we could develop a new city for its all its people. If we want to kick start the city in […]

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Brunton Karate proving a hit as it goes virtual

INTERNATIONAL karate coach, James Brunton’s online classes have proven to be a great hit during the lockdown period. A qualified coach with the World Karate Federation, the global governing body for karate body recognized by the International Olympic Committee, James is also one of Ireland’s top international fighters. He has a large group of students […]

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