A BOOK on the life and times of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington will be launched tonight, Thursday, in the James Connolly Visitor Centre on the Falls Road. Fearless Woman sees Margaret Ward revisit the complex and fascinating life of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, a pivotal figure in feminist, labour and nationalist movements in Ireland in the twentieth […]
Fearless Woman book set to be launched in the Connolly Centre
Willkommen to the Cabaret
YOU cannot take your eyes off either actor or scenery – from Berlin border control to the hedonistic Kit Kat Club – in Bill Kenwright’s important and timely production of Cabaret. Idealistic writer Cliff Bradshaw (Charles Hagerty) disembarks from a train, boxed typewriter under his arm, keen to find inspiration and new adventures as Berlin […]
Blessed Trinity students set for South Africa
NINE Year 14 students from Blessed Trinity College are preparing for the trip of a lifetime to South Africa. The young people have teamed up with Paddy Doyle from New Lodge Youth Centre and the Connections Youth Project. They will travel to South Africa on October 28 to spend 16 days working on a number […]
Neurology waiting lists “a disgrace”
ALLIANCE Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has branded the latest neurology waiting lists “a disgrace” and warned they are the latest example of people paying for others’ political irresponsibility. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after it was revealed the number of people waiting for a first neurology outpatient appointment here has more than doubled in […]
Police appeal for information following ‘appalling’ damage to war graves
POLICE are appealing for information following the further desecration of war graves in the City Cemetery. It is understood several graves were attacked on Saturday and Sunday night. A cross marking the resting place of a baby was also broken in half. Sinn Féin Councillor Steven Corr said it was “hard to find the words” […]



