Cities stand shoulder-to-shoulder to count cost of pandemic and plan for bright future The first opportunity to take stock of transatlantic relations since the Covid-19 storm hit will come next month at the — virtual — New York-New Belfast conference. A who’s-who of leaders in business, politics and civic life from both cities will line […]
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Rebuilding the theme as New York and Belfast come together for virtual summit
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Pobal Bhóthar Seoighe: Story of the Shaws Road Gaeltacht told in BBC documentary
In 1969 a group of young people from Belfast, who met and became friends through their interest in the Irish language, set up the first urban Gaeltacht in Ireland in over 100 years. A new BBC Gaeilge two-part series hears from some of those same people 50 years on. They tell their story about how […]
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Annual Féile an Phobail goes virtual for 2020
THE Féile an Phobail team have announced a ‘virtual’ festival for its 32nd year as a packed programme will be streamed to your front room. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 health and safety restrictions, an online programme will showcase a series of music concerts, debates, theatre, workshops and visual arts. “We are working with our […]
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FEATURE: A world without pubs, for better or worse
OUR pubs have been shuttered for over six weeks just now. Many people are coming up with ideas such as see-through snugs, Perspex segregation, bolted tables and chairs, no standing at the bar, coin-operated toilets etc to facilitate reopening. The list of suggestions is endless. I’ve no idea when they will reopen but surely after […]
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American student on lockdown life in Belfast
WEEK seven of lockdown. Many of us have adjusted to remote working from the kitchen table; home schooling from that same table while our healthcare and frontline staff continue to help loved ones and ensure we have provisions day and daily during the Coronavirus pandemic. But what if we don’t have the luxury of being […]
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VIDEO REPORT: Bishop Noel Treanor marks annual Blessing of Graves
THE annual blessing of graves took place privately on Sunday as Bishop Noel Treanor visited both Milltown and the City Cemetery. A different approach was adopted for ‘Cemetery Sunday’ due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as Bishop Treanor, assisted by administrator of St Peter’s Cathedral and Milltown Cemetery Fr Martin Graham, celebrated a Ceremony of Prayers for […]
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