WITH the announcement that some pupils will return to school in late August, work has already begun to implement the “new normal” when children enter the classroom. Many schools have been closed since March 13 ahead of St Patrick’s celebrations and before the Coronavirus lockdown. As preparations get underway in primary and post-primary school settings […]
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Racing Rossa rides into history books as Tour de Falls for NHS crosses finishing line
PEDAL power was the driving force in the Falls Park on Sunday as six-year-old Rossa Doherty completed his month-long cycle to raise funds to purchase vital PPE for hard-pressed staff and volunteers at the NI Hospice. The Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh pupil with the support of his family and friends cycled – no matter what […]
Sharp-eyed Dúlra meets up with our most awe-inspiring bird of prey, the long-eared owl
IT felt magical, even otherworldly, when Dúlra stood on the forest floor as the last light drained from the sky. His eyes strained to see through the darkening tangle of leaves and branches to the source of the most unusual bird call he had ever heard. The sounds were all around him – three, no, […]
LIAM MURPHY: King Billy ruled the quiz scene
“Who would you associate with a Monstrance?” “What is a paraprosdokian?” I was delving in a cupboard the other day and ended up with an old school copybook in my hand. On opening it I found it contained a series of questions and the questions above leapt out at me. I immediately realised that the […]
New Lord Mayor to perform first international engagement virtually at New York-New Belfast summit
The New York – New Belfast Conference, a major transatlantic conference celebrating and forging links between Belfast and New York, will move online for the first time, bringing together some of the senior leadership tasked with the fight against coronavirus in both cities to look at economic recovery plans. Belfast City Council is sponsoring the […]
VIDEO REPORT: Jean Smyth-Campbell’s sister makes emotional appeal for information on 48th anniversary of her death
The family of West Belfast woman Jean Smyth-Campbell have urged witnesses to her death to come forward 48 years after she was shot dead. The 24-year-old mother-of-one was fatally wounded on the Glen Road around 11.40pm on June 8 1972 after a night out with friends. The family believed for several years that the IRA […]
A post-lockdown vision for Blessed Trinity College
THE Principal of Blessed Trinity College says he is already planning for a new era of learning post-lockdown at the school. The Antrim Road and Somerton Road sites of the school have been closed since March with little sign of re-opening any time soon due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Principal Jim McKeever and his […]
All over at Carnmoney
ALL available new burial plots in Carnmoney Cemetery have been used, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council have said. In 2019, 264 additional plots were made available at the Prince Charles Road site, however these have now been used as of last week. The local council say they have provision of new burial plots at other graveyards […]
