UP to 1,500 people are expected to attend the Waterfront Hall on Saturday for the highly anticipated ‘Beyond Brexit – the Future of Ireland’ conference. Taking place from 11am to 2pm, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and Fine Gael Education and Skills minister Joe McHugh, among others, will chair and […]
New centre a fitting tribute to a child victim of injustice
FOR anyone who has visited the west of Ireland, particularly around its remaining Gaeltacht areas, the sight of the so-called ‘famine cottages’ – empty shells that were once home to a generation of poor wretches who abandoned them or died of starvation during An Drochshaol or An Górta Mór (1845-1851) – are all too familiar. […]
Pic of the day, Thursday, January 24
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Two men sentenced for assault in paramilitary-style attack
TWO West Belfast men have been sentenced at Belfast Crown Court for assaulting a man and threatening to subject him to a paramilitary-style attack in an attempt to persuade him to give information on local drug dealers. Robert O’Neill (42) from Belfast and Daniel McClean (52) from Dunmurry pleaded guilty earlier this month during a […]
Two men sentenced for assault in paramilitary-style attack
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Fly Me To The Moon: Hilarity and reality in equal measure
THE opening night of Marie Jones’ dark comedy Fly Me To The Moon at the Grand Opera House was one full of raucous laughter. The Belfast playwright’s scripts have a reputation for their intense humour, but at the heart of this play are the stark realities of working class life, isolation, and the emotional labour […]