A FORMER Manchester United footballer from West Belfast who was ordained a priest at the weekend took part in his first mass. Father Philip Mulryne was ordained on Saturday by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., who travelled from Rome for the occasion, in St Saviour’s Church in Dublin. The 39-year-old returned to celebrate a special […]
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Joy as Father Philip celebrates first Mass in St Oliver Plunkett
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Funding boost enables young people to stay on in education
A YOUTH project in North Belfast is supporting young people to stay in education and employment, thanks to National Lottery funding. Streetbeat Youth Project has been awarded £585,375 from Big Lottery Fund’s Empowering Young People Programme for the ASPIRE to Succeed project. The five-year project is supporting young people aged 14 to 16 from North […]
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DUP and PUP plan ‘Cultural Convention’ to counter bonfire crackdown
The DUP and PUP are to hold an Autumn ‘cultural convention’ in an attempt to counter Council efforts to crack down on rogue bonfires. Amid growing anger in the unionist community at efforts to improve safety at bonfires, party group leaders Lee Reynolds and Billy Hutchinson drafted a statement blaming “republicans” for prosecuting a “cultural […]
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Boxing clubs score a knock-out win
FUNDING for the Belfast Boxing Strategy was reinstated on Monday night by Belfast City Council after members reversed cuts to amateur boxing. Funding in the region of £45,000 over the next four months was thrown into doubt at last month’s Strategic Policy and Resource Committee after members voted against continuing financial support. Before Monday’s meeting, […]
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Family and friends pay bench tribute to Marco
A SPECIAL bench has been unveiled at Valley Leisure Centre in Newtownabbey by friends and family in memory of a Yorkshire man who loved playing football there. Mark Hemingway passed away suddenly from pneumonia on Christmas Day in 2015. The 43-year-old worked as a boiler and gas engineer and first came to the north in […]
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Anger after flags erected at shared housing estate
NATIONALIST residents living in one of North Belfast’s first shared space social housing communities have expressed dismay at the appearance of unionist flags on lampposts this week. Residents of Fortwilliam Parade in the Glandore area awoke last Tuesday morning to find union and Ulster banner flags had been put up overnight. That is despite anyone […]
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