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 […]
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Conlan Féile fight looks on the cards
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All eyes on the Sean Graham festival preview night
ALL eyes will be on the Europa Hotel on Monday for the brilliantly informative Sean Graham Cheltenham Preview Night. Gordon Elliott heads an all-star racing cast with Willie Mullins’ assistant and ex-jockey, David Casey also taking his seat at the top table. Sean Graham have signed up the Noel Meade stable jockey Sean Flanagan who […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Trade unionist movement launch in Belfast
A NEW trade union movement say unionist workers must be heard in the debate on ending Irish partition. Trade Unionists for a New and United Ireland (TUNUI) comprises more than 150 trade union officials, including a number of general secretaries. Having unveiled the movement in Dublin on Monday, the group held their launch in the […]
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Pic of the day, Tuesday February 26
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