I’ve always been fascinated by court – the robes, the wigs, the traditions and so on. I think I must have been the only person in the world to have got excited to be called for jury duty and I can honestly say that I was disappointed when I wasn’t picked. I spent a […]
Archive | February, 2015
Case closed – why I’ve been left bruised by my court experience
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Friends and colleagues pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ Pam Brighton
WARM tributes have been paid to the theatre director Pam Brighton, who passed away on Sunday. Originally from Bradford, Pam co-founded the Dubbeljoint theatre company with Marie Jones in 1991. Director of landmark works such as Binlids, Murphy’s Law, A Night in November and Stones in His Pocket, her work received international acclaim and recognition. […]
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What gets measured gets done – so when it comes to ‘social clauses’ where’s the information?
Sara Boyce examines why large scale infrastructure projects are not delivering in the way that they should for the disadvantaged Members of the Assembly’s Finance and Personnel Committee were recently updated by officials on how government departments have been integrating ‘social benefits’ into public contracts. The use of ‘social clauses’ was first championed here over […]
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Young mum flees her home – after SIXTH burglary in a year
A Belfast mother-of-two has been forced to quit her home and move into a hostel after she was burgled for the sixth time in a year. Stacey O’Neill, 26, from the Victoria Barracks area of the New Lodge, says constant crime has resulted in her mental health deteriorating to the extent she can no longer […]
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Sofa so good as pioneering project brings community together
Warm memories are being shared on cold tiles in a ground-breaking project aimed at fostering community cohesion. 35 tenants of Hemsworth Court, a supported housing scheme in the Shankill area for people with dementia, have designed and constructed a ‘Social Sofa that’s set to bring all sections of the district together. At the launch this […]
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Drugs gang behind spate of Belfast pipe-bombings
The criminal gang behind the murder of Belfast man Danny McKay was behind the recent spate of pipe-bombings in the north, west and south of the city, we can reveal. The gang – Action Against Drugs (AAD) – planted the bombs as part of an escalation in its criminal activities, sparking fears of a turf […]
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