Rang 4 (Primary 4) pupils from Gaelscoil Éanna have raised over £2,000 after running a collective marathon in aid of Belfast Trust. While adhering to social distancing and lockdown rules, a class of 27 kids took their back gardens or local park on Thursday when they each ran a mile to help the local Trust […]
Marathon effort by Gaelscoil pupils for Belfast Health Trust
OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: Ireland will have to work as one to get out of this death-pit
I WAS talking to a former journalist the other day (of course it was a virtual conversation, Virginia) and he said he’d been out for a short walk, in the course of which a man had passed him, rolled his eyes and asked, “Don’t you miss Brexit?” You could see the man’s point. There was […]
TUAIRIM: An Ghaeilge ar lár le Linn ‘biggest push’ an Beeb
Cliceáil an nasc thuas le héisteacht le Gráinne ag léamh an allt seo. Chuir an BBC tús le Bitesize Daily an tseachtain seo, seirbhís a dhíríonn ar scolaíocht bhaile daltaí de gach aois. Dar leis an eagras féin, is é seo an “biggest push” riamh sa stair acu ó thaobh cúrsaí oideachais de. Mairfidh Bitesize […]
OPINION – ANDRÉE MURPHY: All-island approach to Covid-19 best way to ensure children share Christmas with grandparents
THOSE of us advocating a unified Ireland know any meaningful discussion involves the Health Service on the island. Discussions on health stem from those living in the north seeing universal, free health care as a plus and will be very up front in not wanting to lose it. It is worth noting that our health […]
OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: Pandemic underlines need for Government for Change in Dublin
Notwithstanding the primacy and priority that the pandemic deserves, not least because of the deaths and distress it is causing, I want to return to the need for a Government for Change in Dublin. In fact the pandemic and the recovery from it requires such a government. In the days before the February general election […]
Noel pays tribute to partner with special Thank You to Ambassador carers
A North Belfast widower has told how he helped organise the first mass clap for carers at the Ambassador Nursing Home in North Belfast in honour of his late partner. “The staff were absolutely magnificent in their treatment of Mary who was a former theatre nurse at the City Hospital,” said Noel. “And of course […]