A SPECIAL bench has been unveiled at Valley Leisure Centre in Newtownabbey by friends and family in memory of a Yorkshire man who loved playing football there. Mark Hemingway passed away suddenly from pneumonia on Christmas Day in 2015. The 43-year-old worked as a boiler and gas engineer and first came to the north in […]
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Family and friends pay bench tribute to Marco
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When Catholics and Protestants united
A NEW book that tells the story of Belfast’s 1932 Outdoor Relief riots will be launched at the MAC theatre next Tuesday. Written by Andersonstown man Seán Mitchell, ‘Struggle or Starve’ documents the fascinating events that took place during a time that saw working class Catholics and Protestants unite to oppose the government’s draconian Poor […]
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Conlan aims to impress on Pacqaiuo undercard
MANNY Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title defence against Jeff Horn may be the main attraction at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane on Sunday morning, but Michael Conlan views this as the perfect opportunity to take centre stage on the landscape of professional boxing worldwide. The West Belfast man enters his third pro contest as a featured attraction on […]
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Alastair decides to follow his dream
MANY of us dream of packing in our office jobs and demanding careers to follow our passions – and one man from South Belfast has done just that! Solicitor Alistair Macauley from always had the ambition to open his own shop, but after qualifying as a lawyer in 2012 he expected it would be a […]
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James Connolly centre deal sealed with $50,000 pledge
Plans to create an interpretative centre on the Falls Road focusing on 1916 leader James Connolly has got a fillip from New York City’s transport workers. Addressing the opening evening of the New York-New Belfast Conference, Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen said the TWU’s 44,000 workers had “always felt a kinship with Belfast”. “Both […]
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Young dancers’ unBeliebable break
TWO best friends from the Grosvenor Road joined Justin Bieber on stage on Wednesday night in Dublin – performing a dance routine alongside the Canadian superstar. 11-year-old Meghan Sewell and 12-year-old Holly Sullivan were picked from thousands of hopefuls who auditioned across the Island to perform at the sell-out RDS Arena show. Part of the […]
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