WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has appealed to the public to respect the Divis and Black Mountain following a gorse fire, apparently set deliberately, on Monday. In recent years, large sections of the mountain have been burnt as arsonists have set fire to dry scrubland, including yellow-flowered gorse shrubs. On Monday afternoon, smoke could be […]
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MP fumes at the Mountain arsonists and calls for respect for ‘our greatest assets’
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Councillors warn youth on nitrous oxide canisters ‘craze’
NORTH Belfast councillors are warning over the dangers of young people inhaling nitrous oxide from canisters in a new ‘craze’. Large numbers of empty canisters of the potetially deadly gas, also known as laughing gas, have been found around Marrowbone Park on the Oldpark Road where large crowds of young people have been gathering, despite […]
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OPINION: Our very own Great Wall of China will have Louis MacNeice spinning in his grave
Is anything more awfully emblamatic of this time of lockdown in which we live than the Great Wall of China at the Sino superpower’s consulate on the Malone Road? One of South Belfast’s finest houses transformed into a Green Zone bunker — and nary a finger lifted in protest by the same authorities who go […]
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Mark Cousins, child of the Grosvenor and filmmaking genius on bathwater, bullying and a better Belfast
Mark Cousins is the hottest documentary filmmaker on the planet – though some might say he’s slowing up. For his latest epic, Women Make Film, an acclaimed homage to female directors tops out at just 14 hours. His last gargantuan effort, The Story of Film: An Odyssey consisted of 15 one-hour chapters. Regardless, he has […]
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The New Normal: Local company moves first — and fast — to protect customers
While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought serious challenges to workers and employers alike, local signage company Design & Display is helping to protect the community from the virus by fitting bespoke safety screens and signage. The firm, which specialises in a range of signage services, has been providing protective equipment and safety graphics for essential […]
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OPINION – Prof Mike Tomlinson: North’s Covid-19 death rate significantly higher than in South by mid-May
Anyone see BBC Newsnight last Friday (22nd May)? Me neither. But I was tipped off to watch it on iPlayer as there was a package on how the Executive is managing Covid-19. The opening narrative was that the ‘power sharing Assembly’ (sic) had steered a clear path towards the resumption of contact tracing last week, […]
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