AFTER a training weekend spent fine-tuning their Championship preparations, the Antrim team bus reverses into the car park at Casement Park. The pitch may be over-grown, the stand a derelict eyesore, but the club remains at the heart of Antrim GAA and the senior teams still gather there before and after games. The Antrim senior […]
‘Cut the grass and we’d play it in Casement!’
Rio is on the ball on the Springfield Road
FORMER Manchester United and England footballer Rio Ferdinand was in West Belfast on Tuesday to officially open the new office of one of the UK’s top football agencies at the Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road. Rio is an ambassador for New Era Global Sports Management, which is the first big name football agency to […]
Finucane new Lord Mayor of Belfast
JOHN Finucane said his father was in his thoughts as he was officially made the new Lord Mayor of Belfast last night. The Sinn Féin councillor, a new face on Belfast City Council, was nominated by the party for the position of the city’s first citizen. John’s father, prominent Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was shot […]
Pic of the day, Tuesday May 21
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A lifeline for dementia patients in the community
LOCATED in Duncairn Avenue, Bruce House is a residential home for people living with dementia run by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The home provides a bedroom for each resident, which is decorated to their personal taste. There are also homely communal areas and facilities such as a garden and hairdresser. Staff members provide […]
: Andersonstown Road at standstill as gas main is damaged during new leisure centre construction
THE Andersonstown Road came to a standstill on Tuesday morning after damage was caused to a gas pipe. It is understood a gas line at the currently under construction Andersonstown Leisure Centre site was struck just after 9.30am. The area from lower Casement Park to the Bengal Spice Indian restaurant remains cordoned off as traffic […]


