Tá 21 mholadh le cúrsaí Gaeilge a fheabhsú sa saol poiblí anseo le fáil i dtuarascáil COMEX a seoladh ag tús na míosa seo. Coiste Saineolaithe de chuid Chomhairle na hEorpa atá in COMEX agus bíonn siad ag plé leis an Chairt Eorpach um Theangacha Réigiúnacha nó Mionlaigh. Tá ball ar an Choiste ag formhór […]
TUAIRIM – GRÁINNE NÍ GHILÍN: Molann na Saineolaithe Eorpacha limistéar Raidió Fáilte a leathnú amach
OPINION: Let’s give a big hand to Zanzibar singer and cabbie El Daddy who has made Belfast his home
THIS is a man who will not trade for his life his family. He loves his wee family life here in Belfast. The rest of the clan are thousands of miles away on the same island that gave us Freddie Mercury of British rock band, Queen. Alymuda Aly known by the stage name El Daddy […]
OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: Breaking the Falls Curfew of 1970 was a milestone
THE Falls Curfew 50 years ago was a tipping point in modern Irish history. The previous August (1969) unionist mobs had burned out hundreds of nationalist homes in West and North Belfast, killed and maimed and forced thousands of families to become refugees living in schools, with friends and family, or strangers who opened their […]
OPINION – ANDRÉE MURPHY: Permission to take a break is a gift to yourself
THE past few weeks in this wonderful place we call home have been incredibly difficult for various reasons. The disappearance and then discovery of Noah Donohoe was an emotional trauma which at its heart sees a devastated mother and family but extends to a population in grief. The passing and funeral of Bobby Storey has […]
Belfast City Council votes in favour of independent inquiry into events at Roselawn
Belfast City Council has voted in favour of an independent investigation into events at Roselawn Cemetery on the day republican veteran Bobby Storey was cremated. At a special sitting of the Council this afternoon 36 councillors voted in favour, with Sinn Féin and People Before Profit abstaining. The Council has been embroiled in controversy since […]
WATCH: Don’t be a melter! Youth asked to do their part in Covid fightback
Some of Belfast’s most recognised faces including comedian and actor Tim McGarry, boxer James Tennyson and local legend May McFettridge have joined forces in a short community-led film produced by Translink to support the on-going fight against Coronavirus. The bilingual film released today asks young people to keep social distancing particularly at bus & train […]