RUN by the Crescent Arts Centre and funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council, the Belfast Book Festival offers yet another incredible programme for all ages and tastes. Now a firm fixture on the literary circuit, the Belfast Book Festival is getting ready to showcase a unique and magical experience […]
City book festival opens its latest chapter
Leisure centre staff out on strike over pension and staff disputes
STAFF across 14 leisure centres in Belfast have gone on 24-hour strike protesting against pay, pensions and cuts to employee numbers. A number of staff from Andersonstown and Whiterock Leisure Centre took to the picket line from 7am this morning after Unite union members voted for strike action in a dispute over a pensions guarantee […]
I Believe in Superheroes
Tribute to Mona McConnell, 1942-2016 I can’t remember when I stopped believing in superheroes. Perhaps when I was 13 or 14 when I stopped bringing my Superman and Batman comics to mass and instead started watching the girls going up for Communion. But I never really entirely gave up hope that there were out there […]
Police ignored Orange assault and targeted photographer victim
A Belfast photographer assaulted at an Orange parade by marchers and subsequently prosecuted should in fact have been treated as the victim, according to a Police Ombudsman finding. But the report on the incident that took place in June 2014 at the contentious Whiterock Parade says that the PSNI officer who failed to investigate the […]
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