A 64-mile walk from Belfast to Derry will take place later this month in memory of murdered North Belfast journalist Lyra McKee. The 29-year-old was killed by the New IRA after shots were fired during disturbances in the Creggan estate in Derry on April 18. The walk has been organised by a group of people […]
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Friends to walk from Belfast to Derry for Lyra
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Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
THE showband era, love, betrayal and the iconic Floral Hall, will fuse together in the upcoming theatre production Keep Telling Me Lies. The play tells of the journey of two Belfast women set against the backdrop of the crumbling Floral Hall as they recall the fateful night they met their future musician husbands. Old grudges […]
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Voter registration surge ahead of election
BELFAST has seen a surge in people registering to vote ahead of tomorrow’s (Thursday’s) local government elections. Across the north, a total of 819 candidates will compete for 462 seats across 11 councils at a time when the number of registered voters is at a record level. Five years ago at the last local elections, […]
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Pic of the day, Tuesday April 30
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Arrests made after police foil cash machine theft
POLICE have arrested two people after a foiled bid to steal a cash machine in an overnight robbery at a filling station in County Antrim. The incident happened at around 3.30am this morning on Tully Road, one of the main routes to Belfast International Airport. The latest attempt at an ATM robbery took place some […]
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Why Joe sees sport as so much more than kicking a ball about or training at the gym
AS a former player and coach at St Patrick’s Football Club, Joe Donnelly has always been passionate about sports and has a keen sense of how sport can impact on the lives of people in our communities. When his friend Thomas McLaughlin took his own life in 2009, Joe decided to use that passion as […]
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