STAR of stage and screen Stephen Rea was on hand on Monday to officially launch the Respect Belfast Film Festival. The festival, which is part of Féile an Earraigh programme was launched at the Cultúrlann on the Falls Road where Stephen spoke in his capacity as Patron of the Respect Belfast Human Rights Film Festival. […]
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£8.5 million hotel project to reenergise the Shankill
A groundbreaking project that will see one of the most famous buildings on the Shankill turned into a four-star Titanic-themed hotel will help spark the regeneration of the famous road, the people behind the project have predicted. Argyll Business Centre is to take control of the old Shankill Road Mission Presbyterian Church and start the […]
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Movie star Rea on the way
LEGENDARY Irish stage and screen actor Stephen Rea will be heading to West Belfast on Monday next to help launch a very special double festival programme. The Oscar-nominated star of V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, The Crying Game and Breakfast on Pluto will be present to speak at the joint programme launch of Féile and […]
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There actually is such a thing as a free lunch
THE BIG Lunch initiative has been connecting people and communities in North Belfast since 2009, encouraging people to make positive change where they live. Run by the Eden Project and the Big Lottery Fund, the Big Lunch is the perfect recipe for having fun with neighbours, feeding community spirit and helping to build stronger neighbourhoods. […]
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North Belfast schoolkids urged go to the next level
LOCAL Young people were invited to the University of Ulster on Friday to take part in workshops that it is hoped will increase the number of working class schoolkids applying to college. Pupils from Edmund Rice College were among a number of schools to be given the chance to meet professors and get stuck into […]
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Belfast’s hidden history
THE FELONS was the setting this week for the launch of a new 1916 Belfast Heritage Trail. Whilst the main events of Easter Week centred in and around Dublin, the full story played by those from Belfast in the Rising has never fully been recognised – until now. This new heritage trail uncovers the story […]
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