STUDENTS from a North Belfast school are being taught Arabic in preparation for a possible career in business. At a conference, held at Belfast Royal Academy on Wednesday morning, an audience was told of the importance of the Arabic language for business opportunities. Pupils at BRA have been offered the opportunity to learn the language […]
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Arabic lessons at Belfast school prepare businessmen and women of the future
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Arder signs off on his final day as city’s First Citizen
WITH the morning sun flooding the Lord Mayor’s chamber outgoing First Citizen Arder Carson is in relaxed form as he prepares to hand over the chain and civic duties to DUP Alderman Brian Kingston. Over the first of many cups of tea on his final day yesterda (Wednesday), Arder told Daily Belfast that the past […]
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North Belfast hits right note in D.C.
A choir made up of young people from schools in North Belfast have performed in Washington DC to celebrate a centenary of Irish music. Harmony North joined the all Ireland Camerata Ireland orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday where a number of musicians including Belfast poet Michael Longley […]
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Teen N’abbey golf prodigy is the new Ambassador of the Children’s Hospice
A NEWTOWNABBEY boy has become the new Ambassador of the Children’s Hospice. Golf prodigy and current World Junior champion, Tom McKibbin (13), was unveiled on Monday at the home of the Children’s Hospice in North Belfast, just a short distance from his home. He becomes the Children’s Hospice’s youngest ever Ambassador. The exciting young golf […]
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The Belfast coach and the fearless Foxes
THE remarkable story of Leicester City FC is one that has touched sporting fans all over the world, none more so than one West Belfast man who works for the club. Terrence O’Hara, originally from Hannahstown works full-time at the home of the new Premier League champions and has seen up close and personal the […]
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The tide flows in and out
THE PIERCING alarm of an electric meter that needs topping up, carpet stained with dog excrement and overflowing bins set our scene of rancid squalor in the living room of functioning – barely – alcoholic odd couple Fuzzy and Shasu in Pearse Elliott’s As The Tide Ebbs. Following sell-out runs of The Man In The […]
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