A LOCAL woman has spoken of “a nightmare experience” during which she was treated “appallingly” at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s A&E department. Ann McLaughlin (64) was brought to A&E on the evening of Tuesday, May 22 on the advice of a Beldoc after she had been violently sick for five days.
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Movie premiere heals wounds
The annual Belfast Film Festival is returning this month – and with it comes an exciting new Irish language documentary charting the history of the city over the last 100 years.The new film, titled ‘Cathair Ghonta’ (‘Wounded City’), is produced by Bóthar Ard, the filmmaking arm of the Belfast Media Group.
Arizona Rose blooms in West
ARIZONA Rose Lucy Artt was in West Belfast this week preparing for the regional finals of the Rose of Tralee International Festival. As we reported in March, the Belfast-born beauty, who was crowned with the dual title of 2012 Arizona Colleen and Arizona Rose, was chosen to lead the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Phoenix.
No senior staff at centre
Concerns have been raised that two new multi-million pound health and wellbeing centres in West Belfast are without full-time management – nine months after they opened.
Aisling Bursary launch
The 13th annual Aisling Bursaries were launched this week. The Aisling Bursaries is an initiative which is delivered by the West Belfast Partnership Board in conjunction with the Belfast Media Group.
iPlunkett greets Minister
Education Minister John O’Dowd paid a special visit to St Oliver Plunkett Primary School to see how pupils are learning through daily use of their new iPads.
