Robin Livingstone has been to the east African country of Burundi to visit projects that will benefit from Concern Worldwide’s Food in a Fragile World appeal. Here’s his third and final report. IT’S hot and sunny again and Esperance Ciza desperately needs to get her 22-month-old son Don Divin to hospital. He’s suffering from oedema, […]
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Concern battling to free prisoners of poverty
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Assault on the Irish language
DO we need an Irish Language Act? History suggests that we do. The creation of the Northern Ireland state was a mixed blessing for unionist politicians. They were still part of the United Kingdom and the British empire, but at a price. They had no long-term security. Their traditional enemies had not gone away. This […]
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History doesn’t reflect fine words
LAST week Edward Stevenson, Grand Master of the Orange Order, declared that the Orange Order had no quarrel with those who enjoy the Irish language and wish to use it and that it had never sought to deny anyone the right to enjoy those traditions. Fine words, but history tells a different story. During the […]
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So what’s the Irish for déjà vu then?
Unionist attacks on the Irish language began as early as June 1893 – six weeks before the Gaelic League was founded. During the committee stage of the second Home Rule Bill in Westminster that month, Thomas Lea, the anti-Home Rule MP for South Londonderry, proposed an amendment that would have prevented an Irish parliament from passing […]
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Halloween frolics for all the family
A WEEK-LONG Halloween themed family activities is underway for Parents’ Week in Colin and the surrounding areas. Colin Neighbourhood Partnership has teamed up with local voluntary and statutory organisations in the area to deliver a week of events especially for kids and their parents or carers until Tuesday 31 October. Events include family fun days, […]
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Gaol events are the perfect preparation for Halloween
WITH Halloween just a week away, a visit to Crumlin Road Gaol is always the perfect preparation to get your annual fix of all-things spooky and paranormal. Putting aside the history of the building which has played such a part in the story of the city, this year’s Halloween events at the former North Belfast […]
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