THERE are over 100 organisations working on the creation of a vaccine to combat Covid-19. In the worldwide race for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, the frontrunning laboratory is at Oxford University. Most other teams have had to start with small clinical trials of a few hundred participants to demonstrate safety. But scientists at […]
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OPINION – LIAM MURPHY: I’m optimistic that an Irishman’s team will create a Covid-19 vaccine (and I’ll be getting it)
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: My advice to parents worried about their children’s homeschooling: Chill
SO – how’s your lockdown going? Assuming you’re not one of those brave men and women who are out there working as shop assistants, check-out people, food-supply drivers, health workers of all kinds. The rest of us are at home, on our own or with our partner or with our family. And it has been […]
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Celebrations as Cultúrlann is crowned overall Glór na nGael winners
Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on Belfast’s Falls Road has been crowned the overall winners of the Glór na nGael 2019 competition. The competition recognises the work carried out by voluntary committees across Ireland and has grown and evolved substantially over the years. The main award, which includes €20,000 prize money, recognises work covering many aspects […]
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Care homes did not have to be ripped apart by Covid-19: Dr Michael Donnelly spells out what should have happened to protect the most vulnerable
“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honours.” Tia Walker The Covid-19 disaster in our care homes could have been averted. It wasn’t inevitable that the virus would rip through our care homes, leaving hundreds of our most vulnerable dead in its wake. Pandemic control should have begun on […]
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Paddy Raff to bring his unique comic talent to the BBC over the summer months
FROM the sold out SSE Arena in March, West Belfast’s comedic titan Paddy Raff has been commissioned to create his own TV pilot for BBC NI. Having continued to lift thousands of spirits during the Coronavirus lockdown with his social media output via his Facebook page, Paddy told the Andersonstown News that viewers can look […]
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IN MEMORIAM- Lives Remembered: Gerry Higgins
GERRY Higgins- a stalwart of Naomh Gall GAC in West Belfast and a gentleman to all. The 68 year-old passed passed away on May 17 at the Somerton NI Hospice following a brave battle with dementia and Covid-19. Born in 1952, Gerry grew up in Dunlewey Street, off the Falls Road with his four sisters, […]
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