THERE have been renewed calls this week for Belfast City Council to re-open the historic Clifton Street Cemetery to the public. The gates at the Henry Place site are locked to the public and can only be accessed by prior arrangement with Council officials. Local Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee seconded a motion brought by […]
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Renewed calls to open historic cemetery
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Everyday sacrifices behind the music
THURSDAY afternoon at a kitchen table and West Belfast actress Antoinette Morelli is poring over old photographs of her showband legend father Tony. She’s also got stacks of postcards he sent home from wherever he was performing in the world. It’s that legendary Showband era that forms the basis of Keep Telling Me Lies, a […]
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Council apologise after grave mistake
BELFAST City Council has had to apologise to a recently bereaved family after falsely informing them that a stranger was buried in their loved one’s grave. Last week, Council officials told the West Belfast family they could not bury their relative alongside her mother as there was an additional person interred in the burial plot. […]
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The craic’s ninety but where’s the snow?
“WHEN you travel to a new place, you try to make the best of it and that is what I have done,” says Penina Kaumbuthu with a bookish strong smile. 25-year-old Penina was a bit emotional when she boarded that eight-hour long flight last year. “I did my research about where to study. I wanted […]
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SF will be ‘equal partners’ in government
SINN Féin Deputy Leader Michelle O’Neill has said her party would be “equal partners” in any government coalition involving Fianna Fáil. The election in the 26-counties saw Sinn Féin receive the largest share of first preference votes, picking up 37 seats to Fianna Fáil’s 38. Parties began talks aimed at forming a government yesterday. Speaking […]
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Family’s fitting tribute to Danielle
THE family of a Glengormley woman who died just weeks before she was due to begin a new life-extending cystic fibrosis drug have raised over £1,500 in her memory. Danielle McFall (30) died at Antrim Area Hospital in October after a week in intensive care. She was diagnosed with the disease aged just six weeks […]
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