LAST Friday was a normal day at work. I work in mental health support services. I clocked off at 9pm, had an hour’s break before starting a second shift from 10pm to 7am Saturday morning. So, I decided to head on to a supermarket. Mission: to buy a sandwich for work. When I got there, […]
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: Lectures from Leo on food bank photo-ops should be taken with pinch of salt
Thank you Johnny a great video put together. Showing how our Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey was well received within Strabane today ?? Posted by Michaela Boyle on Friday, 15 May 2020 SO, should Sinn Féin ministers in the north have posted images of themselves delivering food parcels to vulnerable and elderly people? Well, no, not if […]
Vaccines, Bill Gates, global conspiracy decried by lockdown protesters in Ormeau Park
They came after a call from the so-called UK Freedom Movement for a mass protest against the coronavirus lockdown but their complaints went way beyond the restrictions which forbid public gatherings. Global conspiracies involving Bill Gates and the World Health Organisation were cited by the Ormeau Park protesters as reasons why they opposed the lockdown […]
VIDEO REPORT: New Lodge céad míle fáilte home for Mary after Covid-19 battle
Posted by Leah McEvoy on Friday, 15 May 2020 A NEW Lodge woman has returned home after battling Covid-19 in hospital for over five weeks. Mary Butler (76) was greeted with cheers and applause by neighbours and family as she was welcomed back to her Spamount Street home on Friday afternoon. Mary had complained […]
Experts lay it on the line at Stormont Health Cttee: If you have all-island policy to protect animals, why not humans?
Against the background of the Chief Scientist calculating R from minimal data for every scenario on Nolan (would you buy wine which might be 7.9. then 4.9 and not less than 1.00 no matter how young or the calculator?), the Health Committee met at Stormont yesterday to hear from real experts. Firstly, Sian Griffiths from […]
VIDEO: Ghost lights still shining as our actors deal with lockdown
With theatres closed and work dried up for the present time, some of the North’s best known actors – including many familiar faces from the Belfast arts scene – have come together to release a video to show support for one another during these unprecedented times. The idea was the brainchild of Andersonstown actress Debra […]
WATCH: Starjets punk anthem finds new audience thanks to Green Day
A punk anthem from late 70’s Belfast quartet The Starjets has been introduced to a new audience some 40 years later, thanks to Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. The Starjets which included Terry Sharpe – later The Adventures’ lead singer – as well as Paul Bowen, Sean Martin and drummer Liam L’Estrange, discovered their […]
Otter spotted in the Waterworks
My daughter @HewittScarlett took this video around 20.45 tonight at Waterworks Cavehill/Antrim road is this an otter? #northbelfast pic.twitter.com/pwVp8i5tjg — @HotlipsStGeorge (@HotlipsStGeorge) May 11, 2020 A FEMALE otter has been spotted in the Waterworks this week. A video of the wild animal gained plenty of attraction after being captured by Hewitt Scarlett on Monday […]
