THE team behind Belfast Asian Women’s Academy (BAWA) have been putting their shoulders to the wheel to put together much-needed food parcels since the start of the Coronavirus lockdown. Working with Belfast Homeless Services these past eight weeks, BAWA have cooked and prepared hundreds of lunch packs for vulnerable people. Chair of BAWA Ana Chandran […]
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Inspirational Dáithí now two years on the transplant list
THE family of Ballymurphy toddler Dáithí Mac Gabhann say their organ donation campaign is continuing through the current Covid-19 lockdown. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, Dáithí’s father Máirtín and mum Seph say they are doing what they can to promote their message while navigating the ‘new normal’ and keeping their son safe. “We started off […]
Tributes paid to Naomh Gall stalwart Gerry Higgins
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Naomh Gall stalwart who has been described as a “gentleman to all”. Gerry Higgins (68) passed away on Sunday night at the Somerton Road NI Hospice following a brave battle with dementia and Covid-19. The Falls Road native is well-known in football and GAA circles. During the 1970s and […]
Police investigation launched into murder of Lenadoon man
A murder investigation has been launched into the shooting of a man at his Lenadoon Avenue home at around 10pm last night. The victim has been named locally as Kieran Wylie (57). Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey said the community had been shocked by the shooting. “Local people are shocked and angry that anyone would […]
OPINION – LIAM MURPHY: Post-Covid we must do things differently
TOM O’Connell was unable to speak or hear. He was the father of a family – his wife shared his disabilities – who all had their faculties. As a teacher I got to know Tom well. He realised that I would be in the school building shortly after 8am (waiting on phone calls from the […]
OPINION – ANDRÉE MURPHY: The unspoken public discourse rule: your dead are fair game, but never ours!
Click link above to listen to Andrée AT the weekend there were two Twitter exchanges that were worth noting for unspoken rules regarding public conduct. The first occurred on the anniversary of the killings at Loughgall in 1988. Those SAS extra-judicial killings and ambush are viewed very differently across our community spectrum, but at the […]
TUAIRIM: Más mall, is mithid – An chéad mhórfhoclóir Gaeilge ó 1959 le foilsiú
Buail an nasc thuas le héisteacht le Gráinne Tá dea-scéala ann an tseachtain seo a chuirfidh gliondar ar gach gráthóir Gaeilge faoin spéir, scoláirí agus saoithíní go háirithe. Tá an ‘Concise English-Irish Dictionary’ curtha chuig na clódóirí san Iodáil ag Foras na Gaeilge agus beidh 8,000 cóip ar an mhargadh faoi thús na scoilbhliana nua […]
OPINION – GERRY ADAMS: One good turn 173 years ago deserves another
THE Irish proverb “Is ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.” translates as “We all live in each other’s shadow.” In other words we are all interlinked. In our own lifetime probably no greater example of this connectivity between people and communities – of us living in each other’s shadow – is to be […]
