JUST 14 fixed penalties were issued by Belfast City Council in the past year, even though they received over 6,000 complaints. Most people reading this would be able to identify 14 people within a hundred yards of their home deserving of a City Hall fine.
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Best and worst of Council
The compassionate best and bickering worst of our city’s councillors were on full display at their monthly get together at City Hall last week.
Dangers of drugs and hazards of social networking
I attended an exhibition in the City Hall last week run by the PSNI. There were a lot of different issues that they wanted to get across to young people, and I certainly had my eyes open by a few things. There was a brilliant production put together by a drama company, Spanner In The Works, which I myself have previously been apart of. The production was about young people going to university and the different problems
Oscar hopeful can teach us all so much
In June 2010, a hurricane hit the New York-New Belfast conference in the shape of Oorlagh George, film producer and daughter of Terry (of Hotel Rwanda fame).
A sign of the times in City Hall frontage
Although the Continental Market played its part in drawing Christmas crowds into the city centre, there’s now a new attraction in town that is leading families down to City Hall from Turf Lodge to the New Lodge – the Nollaig Shona Duit sign on the side of our civic building.
A sign of the times as our city puts on a new face
First things first: The intrepid Fermanagh-born but DC-based battler for justice Fr Seán McManus published the definitive book on Irish-America’s fight for justice in North Ireland, including the epic MacBride Principles campaign, earlier this year. It’s a book which should be in the Christmas stocking of someone you love.
