A LOCAL hairdressers has been crowned Best Hair Salon in the north, a year on from winning a similar award for West Belfast. Wigs & Wags, based in the Upper Springfield, has been in business for six years. The salon won ‘Best Hair Salon 2016’ in the first ever Best of The West Awards. “Last […]
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‘Wigsters’ are now best salon in north
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Falls Park Masterplan is forging ahead
WORK is well and truly under way to make the Falls Park/ City Cemetery Masterplan a reality. The £6 million investment in the park, City Cemetery and surrounding areas aims to provide better facilities for the local community and make the area more attractive, safe and welcoming for everyone. Councillor Stevie Corr, who chairs the […]
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A night of song, story and poetry
Cuba, Ireland and The International Revolution, will be discussed next Wednesday July 26 in Gael-Ionad Mhic Goill, the next in the series of events held by The Ballymurphy Republican History Project. The Ballymurphy Republican History Project is a community education initiative, which seeks to mark the centenary of the first republican hunger striker, Thomas Ashe, […]
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It’s on yer bike for a sponsored spin cycle for South Africa trip
STAFF and young people from New Lodge Youth Centre recently have taken part in a sponsored spin cycle to raise much-needed funds to support a trip to South Africa later this year. The group are due to travel to Durban for two weeks in November, where they will help build a primary school and a […]
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Emmanuel looks to the future with optimism after crucial surgery
A Belfast man who underwent potentially lifesaving heart surgery has thanked the staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) following his successful recovery. 43-year-old Emmanuel Gibson was born with a type of septal defect commonly described as a hole in the heart and doctors thought he might only survive a few hours. Emmanuel’s mum, Philomena […]
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Joy as Father Philip celebrates first Mass in St Oliver Plunkett
A FORMER Manchester United footballer from West Belfast who was ordained a priest at the weekend took part in his first mass. Father Philip Mulryne was ordained on Saturday by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., who travelled from Rome for the occasion, in St Saviour’s Church in Dublin. The 39-year-old returned to celebrate a special […]
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