It’s a warm Monday evening and I’ve a lot on my mind. We’ve a few big decisions to make at home in the next few days, and there’s tons to do in work tomorrow morning. My 20-month-old son is in bed but not sleeping; I’ve 580 unread emails; I’ve an article on diabetes to write […]
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The sweet – and sour – life of a Type 1 Diabetic
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Derby glory beckons for Dawn Approach
THE INVESTEC DERBY It’s Oaks and Derby weekend, folks, and we start with the big one on Saturday. Favourite Dawn Approach will face a maximum of 13 opponents in the Investec Derby at Epsom. Jim Bolger’s unbeaten QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner has stamina questions to answer, having never run competitively further than a mile, but that […]
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Close-up Census figures are revealing
New figures released this week from the 2011 Census suggest that the Catholic population of the North is set to grow at the expense of the Protestant population. In December last year the Census was published, revealing that the Protestant population of Northern Ireland now stood at 48 per cent, while the Catholic population was […]
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Mad for it: Happy Mondays and Charlatans are Féile-bound
It’s shaping up to be the best Féile ever with the news that two titans of the massive Madchester indie rock scene – The Charlatans and Happy Mondays – are to play the West Belfast festival. The Falls Park will play host to the joint headliners who will perform on Sunday, August 4 in what […]
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Casement 3D model put on show
A 3D scale model of the proposed Casement Park Stadium has been laid out for public viewing at the Westwood shopping centre. The model was unveiled at a press conference yesterday (Wednesday) and will be displayed for the community to view for the next two weeks. The stadium team have undertaken widespread community and stakeholder […]
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GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TÓM
The Irish language arts in West Belfast have reached dizzy new heights. A copy of An Chultúrlann’s arts brochure travelled 40 kilometres attached to a helium balloon up through the atmosphere to the edge of space on May 11 and returned to the earth by parachute. On-board cameras recorded the journey and provided spectacular images […]
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