WEST Belfast boxer Michael Conlan has hinted heavily that his biggest fight to date will take place on home turf as part of this August’s Féile an Phobail. Speculation is growing that the Cavendish Street WBO Inter-Continental feather-weight champion will top the bill and potentially face Top Rank stablemate Vladmir Nikitin in front of 15,000 […]
Conlan Féile fight looks on the cards
Pic of the day, Friday, March 1
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Seamus’s inside story of life on the blanket
THE COURSE of Irish history has been marked by insurrection against British rule. The impacts of the various campaigns have been extensively debated, but certain events, such as the republican struggle against criminalisation in the H-Blocks and Armagh Gaol, are almost universally recognised as catalytic in effecting social change. While we know the blanket protest […]
Pic of the day, Thursday, February 28
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Pic of the Day, Wednesday, February 27
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Credit where credit’s due as Rosaleen travels afar
LOCATED in West Africa and with a population of over two million people, there are over 70,000 credit union members in The Gambia. Poverty rates are very high with over 60 per cent of the population living on less than €3 a day. For over 20 years the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) Foundation […]