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I went through a dark tunnel, but I finally emerged

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); Due to the recent spate of suicides in North Belfast I feel compelled to write this letter. Let me begin by extending my deepest sympathy to all the families in North Belfast and further afield who have been touched by suicide. My own family have had their brush with suicide. It was me who [...]

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Truth and justice, that’s all we ask

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); With reference to the article in the North Belfast News on September 10, ‘Massacre Anniversary Plans Gathering Pace’: The family of Kathleen Irvine, killed in McGurk’s Bar on December 4, 1971 would like it to be known that we do not have anything to do with the fundraising event or the asking of monetary [...]

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Shameful behaviour

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); The British government should hang its head in shame at the treatment of British ex-service personnel.  On the one hand it praises their dedication and bravery, while on the other hand it refuses to adequately support those injured while serving their country   (‘Maimed Para’s Payout Halved’).  The most seriously wounded soldier to survive injuries [...]

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Well done to all involved in Finley Park refurbishment

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); Have just read in last week’s edition of the refurbishment and opening of the playground at Finlay Park on the Whitewell Road. Very well done to all the statutory bodies and local groups for they must have moved mountains to ensure this happened. I was at a meeting called Save Our Park and, excluding [...]

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Clarification by the RNU over petition

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); On behalf of the Republican Network for Unity (RNU), I would like to clarify a number of points regarding a recent petition in the Newington and Parkside areas, after a number of misleading texts were published in the North Belfast News. RNU activists consulted the Newington/Parkside community about our organisation wanting to erect a [...]

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Parish thanks

GA_googleFillSlot(“Belfast_Media_Left_Skyscraper_120x600″); WORLD Youth Day is an event organised by the Pope every two to four years in which all the young people within the Catholic Church are called throughout the world to one place, to come and celebrate their faith and love for Jesus Christ in an open environment. This year World Youth Day was [...]

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Terms of justice should not be left to victims

Al Hutchinson, who is no longer officially our Ombudsman but is keeping the seat warm until his successor is installed, has stirred the pot of the past in recent days.

A time for great rejoicing?

GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.

Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary

AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…

Chemical fly in the oinkment

A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging

Resilience a recurring theme, from Conamara to Ground Zero

That great hero of Conamara, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, was in the Cultúrlann on Saturday to launch his new poetry anthology Stadhan. A veteran troublemaker – in the best sense of the word – and the dynamo behind some of the best community ventures in the Gaeltacht,

Bitsa ramblings on travel – both time and otherwise

In the mid-90s I briefly took a break from playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 and worrying about who would win the musical face-off between Blur and Oasis to watch children’s television.