THE Andersonstown News is set to honour our young people with the paper’s fourth Inspirational Youth of the West Awards. The awards will highlight and draw attention to all the good and inspiring work that our young people do – and which is sometimes overlooked – and we’ll shine a big light on our youth […]
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Inspirational Youth Awards 2019 kicks off
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Pic of the Day, Thursday, September 5
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Fight Night to raise funds for Sunflower
THE Devenish is set to open its doors to welcome a ‘fight night’ in aid of West Belfast’s own ‘Sunflower’ Sharon McCloskey as part of the Save Our Sunflower campaign. The Andersonstown News reported back in June on the launch of the campaign after the Mount Eagles mother-of-three was diagnosed with blood cancer in February. […]
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Book is launched to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mary Ann McCracken
A NEW publication has been released to celebrate the forthcoming 250th anniversary of the birth of Mary Ann McCracken. An updated version of The Life and Times of Mary Ann McCracken 1770–1866 by Mary McNeill has been published by Irish Academic Press, in association with the Belfast Charitable Society. Mary Ann McCracken was an abolitionist, […]
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Crocodile Fever – new riotous dark comedy gets ready to rip up Lyric stage
FUELLED by Taytos, gin, 80s anthems and a chainsaw, it’s the Devlin sisters versus the world. It can’t end happily, but it can end gloriously. Fresh from its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe, Crocodile Fever by Lyric new playwright Meghan Tyler, produced by the Traverse Theatre Company in association with the Lyric, is getting ready […]
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City Hall in the ‘pink’ for Organ Donation week
BELFAST City Hall was illuminated pink on Monday night as part of Organ Donation week. The civic building was cast in colour following Sinn Féin Councillor’s Micheál Donnelly’s council motion calling for cross party support for a ‘Soft Opt-Out Organ Donation’ during the full monthly meeting. Cllr Donnelly called on council to support the introduction […]
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