THE Principal of Blessed Trinity College says he is already planning for a new era of learning post-lockdown at the school. The Antrim Road and Somerton Road sites of the school have been closed since March with little sign of re-opening any time soon due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Principal Jim McKeever and his […]
A post-lockdown vision for Blessed Trinity College
All over at Carnmoney
ALL available new burial plots in Carnmoney Cemetery have been used, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council have said. In 2019, 264 additional plots were made available at the Prince Charles Road site, however these have now been used as of last week. The local council say they have provision of new burial plots at other graveyards […]
Stormont Health Committee hears Chief Scientific Advisor to Department of Health missed crucial SAGE meeting that scrapped Covid testing due to ill-health
The Health Minister and the Chief Scientific Officer to the Department of Health were before the Stormont Health Committee on Thursday. Robin Swann stated that this was his sixth attendance at the health committee and he had also attended three Ad-Hoc Committee meetings about Covid-19. Whilst deaths were down he did not want complacency around […]
SEE INSIDE THE NEW-LOOK BLACK TAXIS: Community transport Service back on the road from Monday
West Belfast’s famous Black Taxis are to return to service on all routes from Monday 8 June – but passenger numbers will be reduced from six to four. The Black Taxis, which travel routes from the city centre to as far as Lagmore in West Belfast and Ardoyne in North Belfast, have implemented comprehensive safety […]
Clock ticking down for Malachy: Ormeau man faces deportation
A FORMER INLA prisoner has said he is being “scapegoated” by the Trump Administration as he faces deportation from United States. Malachy McAllister fled Belfast after a loyalist gun attack on his home in 1988 and now runs a construction business in New Jersey. He was previously jailed for seven years for two attacks on […]
All change at top as Council meets under Covid restrictions to elect new Lord Mayor
IT was always going to be a Belfast City Council meeting like no other for the AGM on Monday night. (Click here for video of mayoral installations.) Often a highlight in the calendar year of local government, only 18 members were present in the Chamber at City Hall in order to obey social distancing guidelines […]


