Thousands of pilgrims will flock to West Belfast next week for the start of the annual Clonard Solemn Novena. This year’s event will run from Wednesday 17 to Thursday 25 June and is the first with new rector Fr Noel Kehoe at the helm of the monastery. Up to 15,000 people are expected to attend […]
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Thousands to descend on West Belfast during Novena
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Pop-up galleries turn Writers’ Square into a picture of colour and creativity
Twelve large shipping containers in Writers’ Square are painting a picture of just what’s in store for the city as the 2015 Belfast Photo Festival gets under way. Now into its third year, this year’s festival is set to boast local and international works of photographic art at centre stage of a packed bill of […]
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Queen’s academic says past can’t be healed while protagonists continue to be punished
A leading Queen’s academic who claims that the Good Friday Agreement is failing ex-combatants has said that it is impossible to heal the past while continuing to punish people in the present and in the future. Professor Peter Shirlow, Deputy Director of the Institute for Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s University, made the […]
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For families living with a child’s brain injury, funding for new project is a godsend
A BELFAST charity has received £700,000 to work with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in order to support children with brain injuries. The Family First project will offer intensive support to children under 12 with acquired brain injury and their families. Fiona McCabe, Chief Executive of Brain Injury Matters, said: “Acquired brain injury […]
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When the Rabbie Burns of Ulster marched with the United Irishmen
They say you don’t go through Ballycarry, you go to it. Situated between Larne and Carrickfergus, this village might be seen as something of a backwoods but it has an illustrious past and was home to one of the most talented rhyming weavers who flourished in Antrim and Down in the nineteenth century. Known as […]
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Queen’s dig aims to unearth hidden 17th century secrets of the Belfast Hills
The truth behind a mystery piece of land in the Belfast Hills which historians believe may have been a 17th century artillery fort is set to be dug up as part of a major community archaeological dig. Ulster Wildlife’s Slievenacloy Nature Reserve, which lies at the southern end of the Belfast Hills, has been examined […]
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