A BELFAST teenager has appealed for drivers to park on the roads instead of parking over tactile paving that has been installed at junctions for the blind and visually impaired. 13-year-old Tiernan Devine was born at 24 weeks weighing only 1lb 3oz. Throughout his life Tiernan has suffered various medical difficulties and has had to […]
Archive | June, 2017
Tiarnan’s appeal to thoughtless drivers
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Gerry Adams cautious over DUP Tory deal
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said the future of the north remains best served by a working Assembly after the DUP announced a £1.5 billion ‘confidence and supply’ deal with the Tory party. The unionists have cut a deal at Westminster to ensure Theresa May’s government survives critical votes in parliament, in return for […]
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Plaque unveiled after Conor O’Neill walk
Pupils from Holy Cross Boys have taken to the streets of Ardoyne for the annual road safety walk to remember Conor O’Neill. The 5-year-old died on June 11, 2014 when he was hit with a car as he cycled his bicycle close to his Rosehead home before going to class. To commemorate Conor and to […]
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James Connolly centre deal sealed with $50,000 pledge
Plans to create an interpretative centre on the Falls Road focusing on 1916 leader James Connolly has got a fillip from New York City’s transport workers. Addressing the opening evening of the New York-New Belfast Conference, Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen said the TWU’s 44,000 workers had “always felt a kinship with Belfast”. “Both […]
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Family in limbo years after fleeing home
A SUDANESE family of five forced to flee their North Belfast home after a racist attack remain stuck in a cramped New Lodge flat three years on. Mohammed Idris, Darelsalaam Yaquob and their three children, Alaa (9), Anan (2) and Azam (three months) fear their ‘temporary’ accommodation in a two-bedroom flat in Gráinne House has […]
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Young dancers’ unBeliebable break
TWO best friends from the Grosvenor Road joined Justin Bieber on stage on Wednesday night in Dublin – performing a dance routine alongside the Canadian superstar. 11-year-old Meghan Sewell and 12-year-old Holly Sullivan were picked from thousands of hopefuls who auditioned across the Island to perform at the sell-out RDS Arena show. Part of the […]
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