LOCATED in Duncairn Avenue, Bruce House is a residential home for people living with dementia run by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The home provides a bedroom for each resident, which is decorated to their personal taste. There are also homely communal areas and facilities such as a garden and hairdresser. Staff members provide […]
A lifeline for dementia patients in the community
: Andersonstown Road at standstill as gas main is damaged during new leisure centre construction
THE Andersonstown Road came to a standstill on Tuesday morning after damage was caused to a gas pipe. It is understood a gas line at the currently under construction Andersonstown Leisure Centre site was struck just after 9.30am. The area from lower Casement Park to the Bengal Spice Indian restaurant remains cordoned off as traffic […]
Thousands attend Love Equality rally
THOUSANDS of people took part in a marriage equality march in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. The Love Equality rally was led by Sara Canning, the partner of murdered journalist Lyra McKee. Addressing the crowd at Belfast City Hall, Sara said: “We pay our taxes, we are governed by the same laws, we live deeply and […]
The Adventures headline Holywood
BELFAST’S very own The Adventures are one of the headline acts at this year’s Harmony Live. Supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council, the exciting line-up has been revealed for this year’s festival, to take place in Holywood Rugby Grounds from 31 May – 2 June 2019. Topping the festival bill are iconic Welsh […]
Eastwood optimistic at taking third Euro seat
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says his party are in the “best position” to take a seat in the European Parliament. There are 11 candidates battling for seats in the north with sitting MEPs Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson and DUP’s Diane Dodds expected to win a seat following next Thursday’s election. A LuicdTalk poll, published by […]
Belfast election results bring fresh opportunities
BY Jake MacSiacais, Director Forbairt Feirste An open letter to all non-unionist councillors in Belfast: THE new Council is now elected. As we face into the new mandate it is high time to effectively deliver on the long-promised aspiration of Belfast as a ‘Diverse City of Equals’. The Gaeltacht Quarter Board has long engaged with […]


