IT’S not often that I read a book twice. Twenty-five years ago Danny Morrison’s first novel West Belfast was published, but it’s been out of print for several years and as a result Danny has decided to re-release it. That, however, meant editing the book and it was during this process that he says he […]
Book Review: West Belfast is well worth revisit 25 years on
Assembly calls for colleges’ grant to be reinstated
Sinn Féin West Belfast MLA Rosie McCorley has welcomed the Assembly support for the reinstatement of the annual £1.1m premia funding to St Mary’s and Stranmillis teacher training colleges. Unionist and nationalist MLAs united yesterday at the Assembly to call for the retention of the extra payments to both colleges. A Sinn Féin amendment passed […]
Antrim draw in first Belfast game in 18 months
Antrim and Carlow had to settle for a point each as they battled to a draw in the opening round of the National League Division 4 campaign at a snowy Páirc Naomh Pól on Sunday afternoon. Antrim, playing their first football match in Belfast in over 18 months, got off to the perfect start when […]
Minister’s campaign to close St Mary’s for High Court?
Plans by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry to pull the plug on St Mary’s University College in West Belfast are set to be challenged in the courts. Despite impassioned appeals from students, staff, community leaders, politicians and Catholic clerics for a stay of execution, the Alliance Minister last week reiterated his determination to remove […]