THIRTY years of Europe’s largest community festival, Féile an Phobail, are set to be condensed into an hour and a half as the Aisling Award winning Brassneck Theatre Company tunes into A Station Once. The play will resurrect the heady summers of the past when the sound of Triple FM/Féile FM filled the airwaves and […]
Latest Brassneck play to celebrate 30 years of Féile an Phobail
Belfast Media Group photographer awarded a first place for work
BELFAST Media Group freelance photographer Marie Thérèse Hurson has scooped first place for her work at the annual NIPPA (Northern Ireland Press Photographer Awards). Marie’s Thérèse’s winning photograph was taken for the Andersonstown News during August 2016. Entitled Son of a Gun, the photo was taken during a march along the Falls Road to commemorate […]
Parents of local toddler in heart transplant plea
THE parents of a 19-month-old Ballymurphy toddler are calling on local people to sign up to the organ donor register. Little Dáithí Mac Gabhann does everything that a baby of his age should do. He loves laughing and walking, learning new words and he adores his doting parents. But he needs a new heart. During […]
Pic of the day, Friday, June 29
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Legacy conference to be held this weekend
FAMILIES who lost loved ones during the conflict will gather this weekend for a special conference in the Balmoral Hotel, organised by Relatives for Justice. It offers family members the opportunity to discuss the current NIO consultation on draft legislation required for the implementation of legacy mechanisms agreed almost four years ago between both governments […]
Conlan homecoming
MICHAEL Conlan says the next 18 months of his career could depend on how he fares against former world title challenger Adeilson Dos Santos at the SSE Arena tomorrow night (Saturday). Having amassed a 7-0 record away from home, Conlan returns to his native city to box competitively for the first time in over seven […]


