A GROUP of Belfast singers and dancers have made it through to the next stage of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show. West Belfast duo Brian McBride and Ambrose Donnelly together with Allen Gordon and North Belfast man Robert Brown make up the modern day Bearforce 1. Bearforce 1 take their name from the original […]
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WE SAY: Executive right to paddle its own canoe on Covid exit roadmap
THE five-point plan signposting the way out of the lockdown outlined by the Stormont Executive on Tuesday is a thoughtful and considered response at a critical time in the Covid crisis. The work done on it is also an encouraging sign that the seriousness of the pandemic has finally hit home and that local geopolitical […]
Search on for more families willing to help troubled children as Foster Care Fortnight kicks off
FIND OUT MORE: www.adoptionandfostercare.hscni.net or 0800 0720 137 Foster Care Fortnight™ is the biggest foster care awareness raising campaign, delivered by leading charity, The Fostering Network. Belfast Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust is delighted to support Foster Care Fortnight 2020. We hear from two families who show the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers and […]
‘The Jackal’ giving back to the community during lockdown
WITH the world of sports ground to a halt, many athletes and teams have been putting the downtime to admirable use as they give back to the community and Carl Frampton has been no different. ‘The Jackal’ has gone back to his roots, helping deliver hot meals to the vulnerable along with his old […]
Hotel proposal for Glen Ten site ‘an absolute joke’ as pandemic craters tourism sector
There are fears this evening for the viability of a mammoth mixed-use development at the former St Pat’s Home on the Glen Road which has been ten years in the making. The Glenmona plan, which includes a hotel and “a retail hub” alongside social and affordable homes has been in the works since the Glen […]
Rebuilding the theme as New York and Belfast come together for virtual summit
Cities stand shoulder-to-shoulder to count cost of pandemic and plan for bright future The first opportunity to take stock of transatlantic relations since the Covid-19 storm hit will come next month at the — virtual — New York-New Belfast conference. A who’s-who of leaders in business, politics and civic life from both cities will line […]
Pobal Bhóthar Seoighe: Story of the Shaws Road Gaeltacht told in BBC documentary
In 1969 a group of young people from Belfast, who met and became friends through their interest in the Irish language, set up the first urban Gaeltacht in Ireland in over 100 years. A new BBC Gaeilge two-part series hears from some of those same people 50 years on. They tell their story about how […]
Annual Féile an Phobail goes virtual for 2020
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 […]
