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Street Pastors founder celebrates four years of Glengormley success

THE founder of the Street Pastors initiative that sees volunteers take to the streets at weekends to prevent anti-social behaviour was in Newtownabbey to celebrate local successes. The Reverend Les Isaacs attended an information breakfast at New Mossley Presbyterian Church on Friday where he outlined the work taking place across the Ireland and the UK. […]

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Matthew Fitzpatrick: Antrim star wins appeal

ANTRIM’S chances of upsetting the odds against Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship have been boosted with the news that Matthew Fitzpatrick has successfully appealed his one-match suspension. The St John’s ace was set to miss the clash in Ballybofey later this month after being retrospectively banned following an alleged off-the-ball incident in the […]

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Mark goes on the trail on mammoth fundraiser

A YOUNG father from Belfast is taking on the challenge of a lifetime in a bid to raise over £4,000 for local cancer charity, a second time around. After trekking the Great Wall of China in aid Cancer Fund for Children (CFC) in 2013, Mark Mead is lacing up his hiking boots once again to […]

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One man and his school: a life in education

CHALLENGED with writing a history of Edmund Rice College, it would be hard for an outsider to know where to begin. But for anyone who knows the school there can only be one starting point – and that is at the door of Paddy McMeekin. In many ways Paddy’s personal story is the story of North […]

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Chillin’ on the hills in the month of May

WITH the nights getting shorter and the days brighter, it’s time to get off that couch, unearth those trainers and head to the hills. This year, the Belfast Hills Partnership are encouraging people to get off that couch, unearth those trainers and head to the hills. The independent charity, which seeks to improve how the […]

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Odhrán stars in not-so-ordinary film

AN 18-year-old South Belfast student has taken the first step on the road to fame after starring in a short film. Odhrán Darragh from Moor Park Mews attends St Gerard’s Educational Resource Centre on the Blacks Road. It was through Mencap that Odhrán helped make and star in a short film called My Not So […]

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