IT was always going to be a Belfast City Council meeting like no other for the AGM on Monday night. (Click here for video of mayoral installations.) Often a highlight in the calendar year of local government, only 18 members were present in the Chamber at City Hall in order to obey social distancing guidelines […]
Archive | Front
RSS feed for this section
All change at top as Council meets under Covid restrictions to elect new Lord Mayor
Read More
Comments Off on All change at top as Council meets under Covid restrictions to elect new Lord Mayor
VIDEO REPORT: Filipino community to the fore as Grosvenor relief effort for needy is stepped up
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey paid tribute to the Filipino community and local sporting clubs which turned out to help the food bank relief effort in the Grosvenor Recreation Centre. The Sinn Féin man said it was great to see sporting organisations which weren’t able to use the centre during the lockdown put their shoulder […]
Read More
Comments Off on VIDEO REPORT: Filipino community to the fore as Grosvenor relief effort for needy is stepped up
OPINION – REV JESSE JACKSON: ‘The riot is the language of the unheard – America needs to listen and to change’
The murder of George Floyd was a lynching in broad daylight. Three police officers stood and watched as a fourth, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd’s neck. They watched for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, with Floyd unresponsive for 2 minutes and 53 seconds of that, according to the criminal complaint against Chauvin. They did nothing […]
Read More
Comments Off on OPINION – REV JESSE JACKSON: ‘The riot is the language of the unheard – America needs to listen and to change’
SQUINTER: The Lord Hamill’s bus stop, the gentleman bomber and the courteous UDR patrol
A DISCUSSION on Twitter this week about the respective city centre locations of hamburger joints Wimpy and Lord Hamill’s caught Squinter’s attention because back in the 80s Squinter used to get his bus outside Lord Hamill’s (which was in Wellington Place, to answer the question – Wimpy was in Royal Avenue). Early one evening around 1982 […]
Read More
Comments Off on SQUINTER: The Lord Hamill’s bus stop, the gentleman bomber and the courteous UDR patrol
Clonard Credit Union launches initiatives to support members through Covid-19 Crisis
One of Belfast’s biggest Credit Unions, Clonard Credit Union, has announced a cut in their interest rate to 7.5% until the end of June in a move designed to help members through the Covid-19 crisis The Credit Union has implemented a series of measures to support their members in the past few weeks. Chief Executive […]
Read More
Comments Off on Clonard Credit Union launches initiatives to support members through Covid-19 Crisis
OPINION – LIAM MURPHY: Soundbites as smokescreens to hide governments’ Covid shambles
AS I drove down the Antrim Road last Saturday on what was my first car journey of more than a mile I listened to Raidió na Gaeltachta. I must admit that I don’t understand all that I hear but I ‘get the gist’ of most of it. I choose this station because of the wonderful […]
Read More
Comments Off on OPINION – LIAM MURPHY: Soundbites as smokescreens to hide governments’ Covid shambles
