It’s started. And you’ll hear lots more of it over the coming years. DUP Minister for Social Development Nelson McCausland said this week he’s prepared to consider participating in activities relating to the commemoration of the Easter Rising. No, Virginia, he did not say he would wear a beret and snap a salute outside the GPO.
Make a move if you’ve got to dance
OVER the last six years, schoolchildren across Belfast have been dancing their way to fitness, confidence, and greater self-esteem thanks to the innovative ‘Teenage Kicks’ programme offered by Belfast City Council.
Making real progress for voters at City Hall
Following the last local elections, Sinn Féin increased its vote across the city and increased its representation by electing two additional councillors. This brought our representation to 16, making Sinn Féin the biggest single party in Belfast City Hall.
Go on and get your Granny a goat for Christmas
What a world, eh? People being laid off, shops shutting up shop, the air thick with the crunch of bankruptcy. Even the Christmas trees are looking smaller and sadder this year. But if it’s bad here in the North it’s worse in the South. When a government has to break the budget bad news into bite-size chunks and feed it to the public in instalments, you know things are bad, bad, bad.
Plunkett win Club of the Year award at IFA event
St Oliver Plunkett FC has been named as the Accredited Club of the Year during the McDonald’s Irish FA Community Awards.Football legends Pat Jennings, Geoff Hurst and Eric Harrison were the special guests at the awards event coordinated by McDonald’s and the Irish FA to celebrate the clubs
Boundary changes: Meet the new Westies
THE Market, Donegall Pass and Sandy Row are not places you would normally associate with West Belfast.