This was a week which saw Bobby Storey and Noah Donahoe go to their rest, the former amid a little controversy and during what must have been the first time Sinn Féin stewards were deployed at Roselawn Cemetery. The Bobby Storey funeral has provided unionists an excuse to allege breach of public health regulations and […]
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STORMONT HEALTH COMMITTEE: Minister quizzed on RQIA resignations inquiry
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Jewels in the crown of North Belfast throw open their doors to locals and visitors
NORTH Belfast is home to the highest concentration of historically significant and diverse buildings in the whole of the city. They are beautiful and unique, and each and every one has a story to tell. The North Belfast Heritage Cluster is a group of voluntary organisations that own or care for an historic building (and […]
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VIDEO: The Minnows are back after ten years with new single and album
BELFAST indie rock band The Minnows have released their first new single in almost a decade, with a long-promised and eagerly awaited new album due to follow later this year. Entitled ‘When You’re Not Here’, the new single is a melodic and uptempo pop rock number with a harder edge, created by its crunching electric guitars, […]
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CITY HALL REPORT: There’s life in Belfast City Council – but not as we knew it
IT was a Belfast City Council meeting like no other on Wednesday night with July’s monthly meeting held virtually for the first time. With Covid-19 restrictions still very much in place, the meeting was conducted using Google Meets technology. Of course, there were teething issues with connection problems for some councillors (I won’t name any […]
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“I stand over my actions”, Michelle O’Neill tells MLAs during heated committee meeting
Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said that she stands over her actions in attending Bobby Storey’s funeral in Andersonstown yesterday. The Sinn Féin Vice-President has been criticised in some quarters after several thousand people lined the streets to pay their respects to the veteran republican who died last week. Ms O’Neill was part of […]
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Officials recall defence of the Falls on 50th anniversary of Curfew
This is the 50th anniversary of the Falls Curfew, July 3-5 1970, the biggest single engagement between armed Irish republicans and the British army since 1916. 2,500 troops from a number of regiments against the small IRA, na Fianna Éireann and Cumann na mBan units on the Falls Road. The excuse for this pre-planned attack […]
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