It’s a regular occurrence at the mound on the hill: the arrival of busloads of chattering schoolchildren more interested in a day off than the Neolithic monument, which has, for millennia, confounded antiquarians, unnerved locals and sparked debate. Is it a tomb, an astronomical observatory, home of pagan gods, a passage between worlds? For centuries, […]
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A ray of sunshine peeks through the millennia to light the secrets of Newgrange
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West Belfast cast for Hitchcock classic
A new play based on a Hitchcock classic film that is due to open later this month has a cast and crew almost entirely from West Belfast. Dial M for Murder, the stage version of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic tale of suspense, is coming to the Grand Opera House courtesy of West Belfast’s Wireless Theatre Company. […]
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Hit Belfast play set for run at Lyric
Following an acclaimed run of shows overseas, the hit play Man in the Moon is set to return to Belfast and the Lyric Theatre next week. A hilarious one-man show with deeply poignant undertones, Man In The Moon tells the story of Sean Doran, a young dad struggling to deal with everything that life has […]
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New Folktown Market to be filled with the sights, sounds and smells of the real Belfast
THE result of six years hard work will come to fruition tomorrow (Thursday) morning as the ribbon is cut at Belfast’s first Folktown Market. The market is the latest phase in the ongoing drive to regenerate the long-neglected western gateway to the city that comprises Castle Street, King Street and the lanes near the Berry […]
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Abuse campaigner welcomes attendance of inquiry chairman at redress event
Campaigners have welcomed the attendance of the chairman of the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry at a weekend seminar which discussed possible redress for victims. Sir Anthony Hart, who is heading up the Executive’s inquiry into institutional child abuse in the north, attended the Redressing Historical Institutional Abuse: International Lessons seminar on Saturday as a […]
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Belfast conference hears how sport gave direction to the Jackal in Tigers Bay
Belfast boxing hero Carl Frampton has spoken of how sport offered him a way out of some potentially destructive situations whilst growing up on a North Belfast interface. The Tigers Bay native – who’s Ambassador for the Sport Changes Life Foundation – made the admission at a conference at Ulster University promoting the role of […]
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