A leading Belfast psychotherapist has told how people are “heightened with stress and anxiety” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mandy McDermott, from Shankill-based Compass Counselling, said that nine-out-of-10 of her organisation’s service users are experiencing issues linked to the Coronavirus. “The novelty of the lockdown is wearing off and people are getting very frustrated,” she […]
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Concern over mental health issues as Coronavirus lockdown continues
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VIDEO: Musicians come together to perform Broken Land for Covid-19 fundraiser
The evocative Broken Land written by Belfast’s Pat Gribben from The Adventures has been reissued, bringing together some of our best musicians, in support of our hero health workers. Please follow and like us:
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A ray of sunshine for local care home
CHILDREN at Thorndale Family Centre are bringing much-needed joy to the elderly during tough times thanks to an intergenerational partnership with a nearby care home. The specialist family centre in Duncairn Avenue is run by the Salvation Army and is home to around 31 families. With the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forcing many people to self-isolate, […]
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EDITORIAL: Trusting in Ourselves amidst jaw-dropping ineptitude of British Government
IT seems likely that when the British government finally gets round to counting people who have died at home or in care homes from Covid-19, the United Kingdom will be the second-hardest-hit country on the planet. If we haven’t already had enough evidence of the jawdropping ineptitude of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government, […]
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VIDEO REPORT: ARDOYNE SAYS A FINAL FAREWELL TO FR FERNANDO
ARDOYNE said goodbye to much-loved Passionist priest Father Fernando Carberry – but not in the manner that local people wanted to. The 85-year-old became another victim of Covid-19 this week, but the man who in his lifetime buried so many of the faithful with dignity and love was laid to rest before only a handful […]
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Council: Castle residents’ recycling will be collected next week
BELFAST City Council say Castle residents in North Belfast will have their wheelie boxes collected next week after over five weeks of no collections. Households in the area have been left with overflowing stack boxes which are used for their recycling needs as a result. Local Alliance councillor Nuala McAllister said she has been inundated […]
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