I LIKE hats. And caps. I have quite a nice collection of headwear, worn and aged, like myself, dispersed between Dublin and Belfast, Donegal, the car boot and all the places in between. It used to be customary for men to wear headware. Look at any old photos. Dunchers and flatcaps galore. Peaky blinders in […]
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Bringing the best of Irish music to the Waterfront Hall
THE guy who cut the ribbon on the Waterfront Hall back in 1997 would have been pleased with the TG4 Gradam Ceoil tour de force on Sunday past. For he once declared that “there are few responsibilities more absolute than those which flow from custodianship of a language and culture”, adding that society is “immeasurably […]
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My diabetes pain is coming to an end
ANYONE who has met me on occasions when I have talked about diabetes awareness will probably think, jeez, he talks about it like he has been struck by lightning. Surely, he is milking it! Yes I do talk a lot about diabetes and people respond with utter ignorance. I remember one of my former jobs […]
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Chemist strike will have ‘huge impact’
A BELFAST pharmacist has blamed “chronic” underfunding and workforce pressures for the upcoming industrial action at community pharmacies. At a closed meeting in Belfast on Monday, 98 per cent of community pharmacy contractors in attendance voted for the action. The meeting was attended by 95 contractors representing 418 pharmacies across the north. Community pharmacists say […]
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Mallon: no plans to raise height of three suicide hotspot bridges
INFRASTRUCTURE Minister Nichola Mallon says she has no plans to raise the height of railings at three bridges in North Belfast notorious for suicide attempts. The Minister was responding to an Assembly question from North Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín on whether her Department has plans to raise the railings on Arthur Bridge, […]
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They just can’t get enough of Shirley
PATHOS, poignancy, hilarity and a fortnight in Greece will collide once again as Tara Lynne O’Neill revives her Shirley Valentine on the Lyric stage this month. Before the initial Shirley run back in September, she had been approached to play one of Willy Russell’s most iconic creations by Lyric Executive Producer Jimmy Fay, a part, […]
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