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Homeless charity celebrates ten years of service

A North Belfast homeless charity has celebrated ten years of service in North Belfast. Antrim Road-based Depaul’s Mater Dei services have been providing accommodation and vital support for families experiencing homelessness since November 2006. A celebration event in Mater Dei was held earlier this week which brought together staff, current and former service users, funders, […]

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Innovative thermometer set to transform Health Service

AN innovative non-contact medical thermometer is set to transform the NHS with an entrepreneurial spark born out of the e3 campus in West Belfast. The thermometer, a brainchild of TriMedika’s Dr Roisin Molloy and Julie Brien, is the only EU-designed and built device on the market. Roisin explained how the device, which can read and […]

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Controversial Blair documentary coming to Belfast

THE controversial and acclaimed documentary THE KILLING$ OF TONY BLAIR is to be shown in Belfast later this month. This feature-length documentary, co-written and presented by George Galloway, examines the prime-ministerial career of Tony Blair and his business activities since leaving office – a role that Galloway describes as ‘The Blair Rich Project’. The documentary […]

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Excitement as new playpark opens in Whiterock

SEVEN months of hard work came to fruition yesterday  (Wednesday) with the grand unveiling of Whiterock’s children playpark. Excited school children from John Paul II Primary School and Gaelscoil na Móna sprinted onto the site as the ribbon was officially cut at 1pm. Whiterock and Ballymurphy Sinn Féin councillor Steven Corr said the new amenity […]

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Tears behind the laughter at the MAC

PATRICIA Gormley is a woman of many talents. At the age of 40 and after raising her four children she went to Queen’s University and studied English Literature and Politics alongside two of her daughters. She taught English to mature students, then went into working with the elderly and that’s where she discovered her talent […]

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Get ready to Deck the Falls this Christmas

AFTER the phenomenal success of the sell-out run of ’Em Two Balloons last Christmas, West Belfast’s dynamic comic duo are back to ‘Deck the Falls’. In a brief break from rehearsals, actors Ciarán Nolan and Gerard Jordan told Daily Belfast that they’ve a wealth of plans, scams and skullduggery up their sleeves to get audiences […]

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