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South Belfast News February 22, 2012

The other side of the lens

Professional photographer Carrie Davenport is one of Ireland’s brightest young snappers, and is also running a successful commercial photography firm.

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South Belfast News February 20, 2012

A hand of friendship to new city arrivals

Coming to a new city for the first time or moving to a different area can be a scary experience for many people. But one South Belfast organisation aims to help folks settle in the community by running a weekly event to let them be part of the local social scene.

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South Belfast News February 19, 2012

Kennedy’s way

Alt-country superstar Steve Earle called him the best singer songwriter he ever saw and he counts legends like Van Morrison and Shane McGowan as fans.

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Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Head in the Cloud

Malone man Philip Rees is a bar worker turned online entrepreneur, aiming for success with his Digital Cloud Art website, which offer upcoming artists a chance to sell their specially commissioned work.

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Andersonstown News February 11, 2012

Blogging’s wee buns for fabulous baker girl

Claire Magowan is the blogger behind ‘French For Cupcake’, a site which merges the fashion and food worlds.

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South Belfast News February 9, 2012

Ain’t nothing like the wheel thing

IT’S not everyday you get work in an area that combines two of your favourite past-times. But for 34-year-old Jerome O’Loughlin, a love of cycling and an interest in meeting new people is something he gets to enjoy everyday.

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Columnists February 17, 2012

Terms of justice should not be left to victims

Al Hutchinson, who is no longer officially our Ombudsman but is keeping the seat warm until his successor is installed, has stirred the pot of the past in recent days.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

A time for great rejoicing?

GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary

AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Chemical fly in the oinkment

A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Resilience a recurring theme, from Conamara to Ground Zero

That great hero of Conamara, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, was in the Cultúrlann on Saturday to launch his new poetry anthology Stadhan. A veteran troublemaker – in the best sense of the word – and the dynamo behind some of the best community ventures in the Gaeltacht,

Columnists February 15, 2012

Bitsa ramblings on travel – both time and otherwise

In the mid-90s I briefly took a break from playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 and worrying about who would win the musical face-off between Blur and Oasis to watch children’s television.