The life of Michaela McAreavey will be celebrated at a major event in Andersonstown next month. The ‘Match for
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Flying the flags (nearly)
THEY’VE been flying the English flag in the streets and shops and pubs of West Belfast since Euro 2012 began two weeks ago. Not on its own, of course, but with the other 15 flags of the competing nations. In the East of the city, clearly they aren’t quite as relaxed about ‘foreign flegs’ – even wee tiny ones. These (right) are the windows of McLean’s bookmakers on the Woodstock Road,
I’ve no problem standing up for the Ulstermen
I must take exception to Jude Collins’ rant in the Andersonstown News (May 26) regarding his ‘Dilemma of standing up for the Ulstermen’.
Rugby internationally is played by Ireland – all 32 counties of it – and I as an Ulster Prod have stood in Lansdowne Road and Croke Park and sung Amhrán na bhFiann with the best of them. I have also followed Ireland and Ulster to all part of the British Isles and beyond (I know Jude won’t like to see the word British here but it is a fact of geographical life that Ireland is part of the British Isles, whatever he may think).
Not standing up for the Ulster men
What a weekend of, um, foreign games we had last Saturday, eh? There was Blackpool vs West Ham
Ulster poised for European glory
ULSTER fans will be hoping to party like it’s 1999 at Twickenham on Saturday when Brian McLaughlin’s side take on Leinster in the Heineken Cup final.
London calling for Gilroy and Ulster
LONDON is preparing for an Irish invasion as supporters of Ulster and Leinster will arrive en masse for the Heineken Cup final on May 19.
