BUILDING work on the Chinese Consulate in South Belfast is to go ahead – despite objection from local residents — courtesy of special diplomatic protocols between the UK and China. Martin McBurney from nearby Adelaide Park contacted the South Belfast News to raise his concerns after work began to build a wall between the boundary […]
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OPINION – Gerry Adams: Neglect of Moore Street battlefield is a morality tale for our times
REPUBLICANS across the island of Ireland and beyond commemorated the 1916 Easter Rising last weekend. The online Sinn Féin events were all exceptional and I want to commend everyone involved in producing them. The National Commemoration broadcast in particular – including Mary Lou’s oration – was very uplifting. As we continue to commemorate these events, […]
‘Mother of all send-offs’ promised for famed frontman Marty Lundy
Katmandu – I Can Make The Future Today we were saddened to learn of the death of Pat Fitzpatrick (Fitzy), original keyboard player with the legendary Katmandu. In a long, diverse and illustrious career Pat played with acts such as Katmandu, Van Morrison, The Blades, Something Happens and latterly as the 'sixth member' of Aslan. […]
VIDEO FLASHBACK 1964: Dublin and Belfast bakeries battle it out at Casement Park
If you’re missing your weekly football fix, take a look at the clip above where a GAA football match dating back to 1964 sees Kennedy’s of Belfast compete against their baking brethren from Dublin at Casement Park. (And for the chance to win a hamper of goodies to help you endure the lockdown, see competition details […]
Top GP says testing must be ramped up to save lives
A WEST Belfast GP has said that testing for the coronavirus needs to be ramped up dramatically to save lives. Dr George O’Neill was speaking after it emerged that around one hundred people per day were being assessed for Covid-19 at Beech Hall in West Belfast. The number of patients being assessed had doubled since […]
Estate agent housing frontline health staff
A LOCAL estate agent is helping to house health workers on the frontline battling Covid-19 – for free. House to Home Estate Agents, based on the Antrim Road decided to do their bit during the crisis to reach out to doctors and nurses treating patients with the deadly virus. Catherine McDyre, from the small family-run […]
EXCLUSIVE: New deaths stats reveal true scale of crisis as hospitals try to return Covid patients to nursing homes
Figures released this morning show that fully one third of deaths from the coronavirus had gone unreported to the public by the authorities. The new statistics published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), following an outcry from the public over the official policy to exclude care home fatalities from daily death updates, […]
OPINION – Dr Michael Donnelly: Covid-19 Pandemic Is the Grenfell Tower of Public Health
The progress of the pandemic has brought new concerns which has indicated that this is now the Grenfell Tower for public health. We knew the fire had started in China but we did not effectively review our pandemic precautions, we didn’t socially isolate immediately, we let Cheltenham Races go ahead (betting whilst Rome burned) when […]
