BARS, restaurants and cafes are working behind the scenes to ensure their premises are ready for a July 3 reopening date after the Stormont Executive confirmed the sector can open for business on Monday. Economy Minister Diane Dodds announced that public houses and bars will be permitted to open for the purpose of selling food […]
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WATCH: All Stations Go! Lockdown blues to clear shortly for thirsty punters as Devenish prepares to reopen doors
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It’s the property market, Jim, but not as we know it
From Monday 15 June, the housing market was open and allowed to operate as part of the relaxation of the Covid-19 guidelines — but government ministers were keen to point out that this isn’t a return to business as usual. Restrictions and new ways of working have been introduced, covering almost every element of the […]
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Condemnation after man shot in ‘paramilitary-style assault’
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey has condemned the shooting of a man in the Colin area on Tuesday night. The man, in his thirties, was shot in the leg in a “paramilitary-style assault” in Hazelwood Avenue in Poleglass around 10.30pm. The victim has been taken to hospital. The Sinn Féin MP: “I absolutely condemn the […]
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Tragic Gavin’s family pledge to amend organ donor legislation
THE family of a West Belfast man who died while waiting for a heart transplant are to launch a campaign for new legislation to encourage organ donation. 37-year-old Gavin Casson passed away at his home in Poleglass on June 5, just six months after being placed on the heart transplant list. The father-of-one had battled […]
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Black Taxi tours are back in Belfast in July
THE Belfast Black Taxi Tours are to recommence on July 3. It comes after Monday’s announcement by the Executive that the date to reopen hotels and B&Bs has been brought forward. The tours, which have proved incredibly popular among tourists from across the world over recent years, were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic but […]
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WATCH: Deputy Lord Mayor visits care home which was hit hardest by Covid-19
Newly-appointed deputy Lord Mayor Paul McCusker has visited Bradley Manor in North Belfast — one of the care homes hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Crumlin Road home lost six residents to the coronavirus in April at the height of the surge but the situation at the home has since stabilised. During his visit […]
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