“THERE are festivals for chili, Guinness and oysters so why not one for our older people?” asks Springfield Charitable Association (SCA) General Manger Terry McNeill as Positive Ageing Month prepares to launch in October. Now in its fourth year, the festival includes activities to suit all tastes from introduction to iPad classes, a shipyard coffee […]
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Countdown is on to Positive Ageing Month
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Ballymurphy families walk out of ‘terrible’ Brokenshire talks
ANGRY relatives of the Ballymurphy Massacre victims walked out of a meeting with the new Secretary of State yesterday. They attended the meeting in the hope that James Brokenshire would release funds for inquests into the murders of their loved ones. Family spokesperson John Teggart, whose father was among 10 people shot dead in August […]
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Broken bottle and knife used in stabbing
A man stabbed in the face on Saturday evening was assaulted by a youth wielding both a knife and a broken bottle, Daily Belfast understands. The incident took place at the junction of Harcourt Drive and Manor Street in the Cliftonville Road area. The attack, which took place in broad daylight, is just the latest […]
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Imaginative GP and chemist initiative praised
HEALTH Minister Michelle O’Neill has been in West Belfast to hear about the integrated working arrangements between GP surgeries and pharmacies in the area. During her visit the Minister took in Cooper’s Pharmacy and Riverdale Surgery on the Andersonstown Road and the Springfield Road GP practice. The Minister said she appreciate the challenges facing GP-led […]
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Our Lady’s pupils on song for top conductor
ACCLAIMED conductor David Brophy led the Ulster Orchestra at BBC Proms in the Park on the Titanic Slipways in Belfast on Saturday night. But before the big event, the classical music celebrity paid a visit to Our Lady’s Girls’ Primary School in North Belfast to lend his expertise to the school choir. The girls performed […]
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New state-of-the-art Irish centre opens
AFTER four years of diligent work and planning, where many challenges and obstacles have been overcome, the doors of the new Gael-Ionad Mhic Goill Irish language centre were officially opened on Tuesday. The Upper Springfield’s Glór na Móna’s ground-breaking new £400,000 capital development was jointly funded by the Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (£160,000), […]
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