CATHOLIC grammar schools across Belfast have confirmed they will use academic selection for their 2021-22 pupil intake — despite repeated statements from Catholic bishops who say the system fails working class children. In a joint statement today, the schools’ boards of governors said academic selection is “a key component of the admissions criteria”. While the […]
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WATCH: PSNI ask public to stand back as police lead focused search for Noah
PSNI officers and Search and Rescue volunteers today carried out a search of St Malachy’s College on the Antrim Road while police carried out door-to-door enquiries in the Dunmore area as the search for missing teen Noah Donohoe was stepped up. An update on the search effort will be given at 2pm today by the […]
OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: A rule of thumb for judging whether statues should stand or fall
Here, guess who said this: “We deny that it is a crime, or a wrong, or even a peccadillo to hold slaves, to buy slaves, to keep slaves to their work by flogging or other needful correction. We wish we had a good plantation well-stocked with healthy negroes in Alabama.” Right first time: John Mitchel, […]
EXCLUSIVE: As Irish playgroups lose out in funding stakes, principal warns it could be back to tin can collections
Three of Belfast’s leading Irish medium playgroups — all based in area of huge social need — have lost out in the latest Department of Education funding round. Naíscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh in Ballymurphy, Naíscoil na Móna in Turf Lodge and Naíscoil Ard Eoin in Ardoyne had applied for a £30,000 lifeline under the Department’s […]
VIDEO REPORT: Fears grow for missing Noah Donohoe as search enters third day
Hundreds of volunteers turned out at Seaview Park on Wednesday morning to help in the search for missing schoolboy Noah Donohoe (14). Fears are now mounting for the safety of the St Malachy’s pupil who was last seen in the North Queen Street/York Street area around 6pm on Sunday evening. Police say the South Belfast […]
North Belfast woman recalls seeing Noah on Sunday as Communities unite in bid to find missing St Malachy’s pupil
Community workers from across the peace line in North Belfast have come together in a frantic search for missing teenager Noah Donohoe. Police say the St Malachy’s pupil who hails from South Belfast was last seen on Sunday evening. It is reported that a search party of local people will leave from the Limestone Road […]
VIDEO REPORT: Faithful in their thousands tuning in for virtual Clonard Novena
ONLINE statistics are showing a very “significant uptake” for this year’s ‘virtual’ annual Clonard Solemn Novena as the event enters its fifth day. Up to 15,000 worshippers attend Clonard’s historic monastery for nine days each June, however, due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Novena, which began on Friday, is being streamed live with four sessions […]
Ulster players to undergo Covid testing ahead of August return
ULSTER players and staff will undergo the Irish Rugby Football Union’s Covid-19 testing programme next week ahead of a return to collective training. The governing body will start the PCR tests with Leinster and Munster this week, with Ulster and Connacht to follow. Dan McFarland’s Ulster squad is due to return to training at the […]
