A FORMER Manchester United footballer from West Belfast who was ordained a priest at the weekend took part in his first mass. Father Philip Mulryne was ordained on Saturday by Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., who travelled from Rome for the occasion, in St Saviour’s Church in Dublin. The 39-year-old returned to celebrate a special […]
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Joy as Father Philip celebrates first Mass in St Oliver Plunkett
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Lagmore teenager left with fractured eye socket after attack at Dunmurry station
THE devastated mother of a 15-year-old Lagmore girl who has been left with a fractured eye socket after she was attacked with a brick on Saturday night has said that parents need to know where their children are. Clare Corr’s teenage daughter Lara McGlade was waiting with her friend on Saturday night at Dunmurry train […]
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Funding boost enables young people to stay on in education
A YOUTH project in North Belfast is supporting young people to stay in education and employment, thanks to National Lottery funding. Streetbeat Youth Project has been awarded £585,375 from Big Lottery Fund’s Empowering Young People Programme for the ASPIRE to Succeed project. The five-year project is supporting young people aged 14 to 16 from North […]
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DUP and PUP plan ‘Cultural Convention’ to counter bonfire crackdown
The DUP and PUP are to hold an Autumn ‘cultural convention’ in an attempt to counter Council efforts to crack down on rogue bonfires. Amid growing anger in the unionist community at efforts to improve safety at bonfires, party group leaders Lee Reynolds and Billy Hutchinson drafted a statement blaming “republicans” for prosecuting a “cultural […]
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RVH released my child too early, says distraught dad
A LOCAL father has spoken of his anguish after his daughter was readmitted to hospital days after being discharged despite his protests she wasn’t ready. Five-year-old Annabel Mongon was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children with a chest infection in February. Her father, Tom Mongon, questioned the hospital’s decision to discharge his […]
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Blythefield come up trumps
BLYTHEFIELD Primary School is celebrating after becoming the first primary school in the north to attain ‘School of Sanctuary’ status. The school, located in the South Belfast Urban Village area, embarked on the journey to School of Sanctuary status over a year ago. Everyone, from staff, parents, pupils and wider community has embraced the ethos […]
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