IT WAS not the start we wanted. Ireland’s parade was well and truly rained on as a brace from Mario Mandzukić either side of Nikica Jelavic’s strike ensured Giovanni Trapattoni’s side are now fighting for their Euro 2012 lives.
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New York visits starts with a bang
There are a few places you don’t want to find yourself when you’ve queued for an hour and finally come within
SERIOUSLY ILL BABY is sent TO CRAIGAVON
A YOUNG local mother has hit out after her sick baby was sent to Craigavon for urgent treatment after a seven-hour wait in the RVH’s A&E department.And Mary McNulty says staff at the A&E department of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children urged her to make an official complaint about a lack of beds at the facility as it was the “only way” that hospital bosses would sit up and take notice of the problem.
Cuba plays the race ace
It’s 1944 and World War II rages on land, sea and in the air. The US Air Force is engaged daily in violent scraps with the Nazi menace and the airborne battles above Italy and Germany are taking their toll as the Luftwaffe fight for survival in the skies above Europe.
Iconic church ‘would make perfect home’ for Buddhists
ONE of the North’s biggest buddhist organisations is planning a move to South Belfast. The Black Mountain Zen Centre, located in the city centre, is hoping a move to the south of the city will help accommodate the group’s booming membership numbers.
Cops defend presence on Road
THE PSNI have defended their “visibility” record on the Lisburn Road, following the latest armed robbery in which shop staff were threatened with a knife. Traders have called for more foot patrols to curb the number of shop robberies on the road, following the recent incident, in which a Co-Op store was raided.
