THE Féile an Phobail team have announced a ‘virtual’ festival for its 32nd year as a packed programme will be streamed to your front room. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 health and safety restrictions, an online programme will showcase a series of music concerts, debates, theatre, workshops and visual arts. “We are working with our […]
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Annual Féile an Phobail goes virtual for 2020
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Little Rossa pedalling for vital PPE
An Irish school pupil is doing his bit to raise much needed funds to purchase vital PPE for hard-pressed staff and volunteers at the NI Hospice. Folks how amazing is this young lad❤Rossa asked his mum what he could do to help the Doctors and Nurses to raise… Posted by Daniel Baker on Wednesday, 6 May 2020 […]
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Keenan Seafood casts its net further to help locked-down families through crisis
Established in 1942, Keenan Seafood off Kennedy Way have been in the family fish business for three generations, but like every other food business, no amount of expertise or experience can make it easy to navigate the economic impact of Coronavirus. Among the early casualties of the Covid crisis have been regular catches of fish reaching our […]
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In the frame: The Belfast Trust worker who is capturing images of Covid crisis while helping on frontlines
A local lensman, who also works for the Belfast Trust, who took the powerful photo below, has told how he is capturing “history” with a camera while working to distribute vital PPE to health and social care workers. Gary Johnston is one of a number of workers who have been redeployed by Belfast Trust to […]
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VIDEO REPORT: Gym transformed into food supply hub as Lower Ormeau fights back against virus
400 vulnerable residents of the Lower Ormeau area are contacted everyday by community workers to ensure they are in good health and in fine spirits despite the lengthening lockdown. And Gerard Rice, manager of the Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group says the main hall of the Shaftesbury Recreation Centre – once a hub of sport […]
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‘Great Wall of China’ sparks South Belfast residents’ row with Consulate
BUILDING work on the Chinese Consulate in South Belfast is to go ahead – despite objection from local residents — courtesy of special diplomatic protocols between the UK and China. Martin McBurney from nearby Adelaide Park contacted the South Belfast News to raise his concerns after work began to build a wall between the boundary […]
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