There’s a clear sense of expectation surrounding the opening later this year of the £90m Titanic Building in Belfast — not just around the spectacular exhibition space highlighting the sinking of that famous liner in April 1912 but also around the tourism potential of this grand initiative.
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Buy Local message as crucial as ever
News this week that the retailers, Peacocks and Past Times are both under threat of closure after being placed into administration will come as no surprise to the small businesses also struggling to survive in these, the toughest economic conditions most of us can remember. 2012 has come in with all the vengeance which ended 2011 and noone can feel quite safe from the continuing economic ravages
Holyland rebirth
There is something deeply depressing about the dog’s breakfast the authorities have made about managing the town-gown tensions in the Holyland area.
Standing up for Gerry
AS THE rest of us look forward to the New Year with the usual mix of hope and expectation, one North Belfast family are left wondering when next they are to be visited by thugs and cowards. And not just any family – the family of the hugely respected and tireless community worker and politician […]
A fair crack of the whip is all that we’re asking
It’s not clear whether the old Chinese adage, ‘May you live in interesting times’, is a curse or a benediction but, either way, an interesting year lies ahead for West Belfast.
Hopeful signs amidst the economic gloom
It’s not clear whether the old Chinese adage, ‘May you live in interesting times’, is a curse or a proverb but, either way, an interesting year lies ahead for Belfast. Readers can certainly expect to be buffeted by the headwinds of a turbulent economy over the next 12 months.
