THREE days into the New Year, the NI Commonwealth Games Council announced their squad and 12-player netball team confirmed Michelle Magee’s place on the plane to the Gold Coast, Australia, writes Rachel Tierney. The 18-year-old is the youngest member of the netball team by a considerable distance – eight years to be precise. However, the […]
Magee aiming to make the most of Commonwealth Games experience
Pic of the day, Thursday, March 29
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‘Hunted’ Burnett begins new chapter in Cardiff cracker
IT is a new dynamic for Ryan Burnett this Saturday at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff when the Newington man defends his WBA bantamweight title against Yonfrez Parejo (21-2-1). Having fought for and won two world title belts in 2017 against Lee Haskins (IBF) and Zhanat Zhakiyanov, it is now the 25 year-old who is […]
Mum’s fears over school mergers
A WEST Belfast mother is calling on the Education Authority to stop and think before they ‘rip’ her son away from the school he adores. Poleglass mum Seána Murray was speaking after EA proposals to merge seven of Belfast’s special schools came to light last week. Twelve-year-old Oisín Murray is a first year pupil in […]
Pic of the Day, Wednesday, March 28
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‘Priest in the Jeans’ Fr Gary features in new BBC NI film
FORMER Holy Cross parish priest Fr Gary Donegan is to feature in a new BBC documentary about his life to be shown tonight (Wednesday). ‘Priest in the Jeans’ tells the journey of the Passionist priest, from growing up in Fermanagh to a 16-year spell as rector of Holy Cross church in Ardoyne. Stephen Nolan talks […]