A co-founder of Springfield Road-based Andor Technology — the manufacturer of high-performance scientific digital cameras for research institutes which recently sold for £176m — has just secured funding for a new start-up. Hugh Cormican, a former member of the West Belfast Partnership Board, says his new company Cirdan will export medical diagnostic and imaging products […]
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Andor co-founder turns energy and efforts to a new project
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Plans unveiled for single Belfast super-parade to mark 1916 centenary
Negotiations are under way in an effort to bring together all republican groups in the city next year for a single, united Easter march to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. This year, various republican groups and factions will as usual organise their own Easter events across Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Last […]
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Case closed – why I’ve been left bruised by my court experience
I’ve always been fascinated by court – the robes, the wigs, the traditions and so on. I think I must have been the only person in the world to have got excited to be called for jury duty and I can honestly say that I was disappointed when I wasn’t picked. I spent a […]
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Friends and colleagues pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ Pam Brighton
WARM tributes have been paid to the theatre director Pam Brighton, who passed away on Sunday. Originally from Bradford, Pam co-founded the Dubbeljoint theatre company with Marie Jones in 1991. Director of landmark works such as Binlids, Murphy’s Law, A Night in November and Stones in His Pocket, her work received international acclaim and recognition. […]
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Young mum flees her home – after SIXTH burglary in a year
A Belfast mother-of-two has been forced to quit her home and move into a hostel after she was burgled for the sixth time in a year. Stacey O’Neill, 26, from the Victoria Barracks area of the New Lodge, says constant crime has resulted in her mental health deteriorating to the extent she can no longer […]
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Drugs gang behind spate of Belfast pipe-bombings
The criminal gang behind the murder of Belfast man Danny McKay was behind the recent spate of pipe-bombings in the north, west and south of the city, we can reveal. The gang – Action Against Drugs (AAD) – planted the bombs as part of an escalation in its criminal activities, sparking fears of a turf […]
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