Right in the heart of downtown Belfast, below one of its tallest tower blocks, sits the nest of one of our most beautiful birds. Dúlra visited the plaza outside BT Tower and the Hilton Hotel this week after a reader who works in an office there said he was always being entertained by the twittering […]
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DÚLRA: City living during lockdown is golden opportunity for our prettiest bird
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Clonard Novena will be just a click away for the virtual faithful
A very different way of celebrating this year’s annual Clonard Solemn Novena will begin from next Friday – virtually. Up to 15,000 worshippers attend Clonard’s historic monastery for nine days each June, however, due to the Covid-19 crisis, the event, held in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will this year be streamed live […]
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OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: ‘Race is the big unresolved issue at the heart of US society’
You don’t get to be racist and Irish You don’t get to be proud of your heritage, plights and fights for freedom while kneeling on the neck of another! These are the first four lines of a new poem by the singer Imelda May. It is a powerful and moving poem which vividly […]
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OPINION – ELLY ODHIAMBO: Time to erect the statue of a real Blackman in Belfast
This is weird. Last week I went to Great Victoria Street in the centre of the city of Belfast with one mission. There is a man standing tall opposite the 19th century Belfast Academical Institution. Locals call this grand statue, the Blackman. A lot has been written about Henry Cooke, his confrontational intolerance of many faiths […]
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TUAIRIM: Cad chuige a raibh na póilíní ag fíneáil agóideoirí in aghaidh an chiníocháis
Leanadh le léirsithe Black Lives Matter ar fud na Stát Aontaithe agus níos faide i gcéin an tseachtain seo. Tharla eachtra dhána i mBriostó Shasana a chuir idir iontas agus lúcháir ar chuid mhór daoine. Tharraing lucht agóide anuas dealbh de Edward Colston a raibh gnó trádála sclábhaithe aige san ochtú haois déag. Bhí an […]
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Hate banner threatening GAA at Grove Playing Fields in North Belfast is removed by Council
A banner erected overnight at Grove Playing Fields with the slogan, ‘Anti British GAA Not Welcome’ has been removed by Belfast City Council. I’m going to leave this with the ones from my community who put this banner up #NoPlaceforHate pic.twitter.com/yEHrp2uChW — Cllr JJ Magee STAY AT HOME (@CllrJj) June 14, 2020 Cllr JJ Magee […]
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