CAMPAIGNER Phillip McTaggart has called for a review into how people with mental health issues are treated. The Mindskills founder spoke out this week following several reports that people in crisis are being refused treatment at local hospitals. In recent weeks, the North Belfast News has reported a number cases where people at risk of […]
Campaigner calls for review of mental health treatment
Voting now open for the Urban Villages Aisling Award
VOTING has begun online to find the recipient of a new Aisling Award aimed at identifying the best community project based in an Urban Village area. An initiative of the Stormont Executive championed by the late Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson, Urban Villages were set up in some of the most underserved areas in Belfast […]
Council grants approval for Bank Buildings restoration
APPROVAL has been given for a historic restoration of the Bank Buildings by Belfast City Council’s planning committee. The application seeks to restore the grade B1-listed landmark to its totality after it was destroyed in the devastating Primark blaze in August last year. Proposed conservation-led works include the reinstatement of the upper floor structures on […]
Pic of the Day, Friday, November 8
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Shortlist is announced for this month’s Aisling Awards
WITH just three weeks to go until the prestigious Aisling Awards we can now announce the amazing shortlist for this year’s ceremony. Now in its 23rd year, the Belfast Oscars – which will be handed out at a gala event at the Europa Hotel on Friday November 29th – promises to be a night to […]
Health worker strike could be due election day
UNISON’s RVH Branch has called on Westminster election candidates to support its members who are being balloted for industrial action amid an ongoing pay dispute. The union, which represents around 27,000 health workers in the North of Ireland including almost 4,000 members in the RVH, is calling for pay parity with England, Scotland and Wales. […]


