In America there are over six million first and second generation people with a close connection to Northern Ireland. This is a country which is changing for the better and NI Connections has been actively working to ask those with an affinity to the country to help us to update perceptions around the world. You […]
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How Northern Ireland is making vital connections in the Big Apple
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New York journalist says Belfast’s controversial peace walls are nearing tipping point
A NEW book to be released this summer will address the thorny topic of the ‘peace walls’ which still mark Belfast’s urban landscape in the wake of the Troubles. In ‘Belfast: Toward a City without Walls’ New York-based English journalist Vicky Cosstick tells the story of the one hundred walls, gates, barriers and other interfaces, […]
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Luke’s Tall Ships challenge is set to be the adventure of a lifetime
A Belfast schoolboy is to embark on the voyage of a lifetime after being selected to take part in one of the world’s most exciting seagoing adventures. Hazelwood College pupil Luke Robinson (17) will begin his life on the ocean wave in July when vessels arrive in Belfast for the start of the eagerly anticipated […]
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All aboard for a tour of Belfast’s troubled and fascinating history
Thousands of tourists flock to West Belfast every year to see some of the area’s best known landmarks on the Falls and Shankill Roads. Every day hundreds of visitors can be seen at the international wall, the peace line and the Somme memorial taking pictures and hearing from local tour guides about West Belfast’s long […]
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Late Wilson Goal seals St. Gall’s Win
Antrim Senior Football League Division One St Gall’s 1-7 Creggan 0-6 A LATE goal from Ruairi Wilson sealed victory and the league points for St Gall’s on Sunday as they overcame a stiff Creggan challenge at De La Salle Park by four points. It was quite a defensive game with both sides defending and attacking […]
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Phil Lynott was a force of nature in Dublin long before he was famous
The following is an excerpt from Larry’s new book, A History of Irish Music… It was hard to ignore Phil Lynott. He was like a force of nature breezing through the Dublin streets, often times a bunch of inner-city kids trailing and flailing behind him as though he was a reincarnated pied piper – and […]
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