THE Lyric Theatre foyer was packed with Christmas jumpers, palpable excitement – and that was just the adults as we all gathered for the Saturday matinee of Peter Pan. The classic and beloved story of JM Barrie’s boy who never grew up, his band of merry Lost Boys, Wendy and her brothers Michael, John and […]
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Capture the Christmas magic with Peter Pan
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Voters go to polls for Westminster election
POLLING stations have opened across the North in the General Election. 102 candidates are competing for 18 Westminster seats. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 10pm with results expected to be finalised early on Friday morning. A total of 1,293,971 people are eligible to vote across the north. North Belfast is expected […]
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Frank was murdered for throwing a stone: Friend
A West Belfast man who witnessed the 1971 shooting of his 17-year-old schoolmate has said video footage featured in a recent BBC documentary proves he was “murdered for throwing a stone”. Francis McGuinness, known to his friends as Frank, was shot dead by the British Army’s Parachute Regiment during rioting on Finaghy Road North at […]
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Enda is paddling his own canoe
Journey to the Edge by Enda O’Coineen, £14, Ballpoint Press Book Review By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Enda O’Coineen has lived a life of extremes. From businessman behind the Iron Curtain to Sunday Business Post owner, his approach is characterised by one indelible characteristic: he likes to paddle his own canoe. Those given to radical even […]
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