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Nicole starts New Year at home

NEWTOWNABBEY woman Nicole Adams has finally been allowed to return home after six weeks in hospital. We’ve been following the journey of cystic fibrosis suferrer Nicole (28) who last year won her battle for access to life-changing drugs. But Nicole was admitted to hospital at the end of November where her condition deteriorated after she […]

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Alex Maskey is new Assembly Speaker

WEST Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has been appointed Speaker of the Stormont Assembly following the end of the three-year Executive close-down. Sinn Féin and the DUP re-entered devolved government on Friday after the two main parties supported a deal to restore the political institutions in the north following its collapse in January 2017. […]

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Ó Theanga Leipreacháin go dtí Acht Ghaeilge

I 1987, caitheadh amach as mo chéad chruinniú den Chomhairle i mBéal Feirste mé as Gaeilge a labhairt. Nó “teanga leipreacháin” mar bhaist Sammy Wilson uirthi. Mhuscail mé inniu agus Acht Ghaeilge ar an táirseach againn. Moill ró-fhada ach d’éirigh linn mar phobal Gaeilge ó Thuaidh tabhairt ar na húdaráis an tAcht a bhí geallta […]

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Ruby Murray play back on The Lyric stage

FOLLOWING its critically acclaimed sell-out run earlier this year, Ruby! about Belfast singing star Ruby Murray will return to Lyric Theatre in February followed by a countrywide tour. Written by Michael Cameron and starring Libby Smyth as Ruby Murray, Ruby! is an intimate, fact based one woman performance which celebrates Ruby’s life, music, triumphs, as […]

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SDLP selects Matthew O’Toole as South Belfast MLA

THE SDLP has selected Matthew O’Toole as an MLA for South Belfast following Claire Hanna’s election to the House of Commons last month.  Mr O’Toole has a background in economic policy and communications having worked in roles in the private sector and in government, including in both the UK Treasury and 10 Downing Street. Announcing […]

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Orange Order says No to ‘New Decade, New Approach’ deal

ORANGE Order leaders have fired a shot across the DUP bows with a no-holds-barred attack on the ‘New Decade, New Approach’ deal tabled last night by the Irish and British governments. Previously, Order Grand Secretary Mervyn Gibson had warned the DUP that any concession on an Irish Language Act would be fiercely opposed by Orangemen. […]

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