A FORMER office building, the Grand Central hotel soars through Belfast’s city skyline, making it the largest and most impressive of the Hastings Hotels portfolio. A 40th birthday treat booking for my husband and a six minute walk from Great Victoria Street station found us at check in, amidst gleaming marble, metallic shades throughout, the […]
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Life’s grand at The Grand Central Hotel
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1971 killing of Bernard Watt to be heard in High Court
THE High Court is to hear a civil action brought against the Ministry of Defence and the Chief Constable of the PSNI by the widow a man who was shot dead by the British Army in Ardoyne. On February 5, 1971, Bernard Watt had been socialising in the Ardoyne area. At approximately 11pm a crowd […]
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Pic of the day, Friday, June 14
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Pic of the Day, Wednesday, June 12
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Soldier describes giving first aid to man during Ballymurphy Massacre
A former soldier has an inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre how he administered first aid to a dying man during the shootings. Soldier M5547 described how he used shell dressing to treat the victim’s wounds at Henry Taggart Hall on the Springfield Road. The testimony emerged during evidence into the shootings of Daniel Teggart, Joan […]
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Shaking up the voting system
LAST month political parties began a new round of talks aimed at restoring the Stormont institutions. While news from the secret proceedings have been scarce the issues that have been at stake since the Assembly was collapsed in January 2017 continue to dominate the political discourse. However, underlying issues of majority and binary decision-making processes, […]
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