Yesterday was a bruising day for Stephen Farry, the Alliance Party Minister for Employment and Learning, as the Stormont Executive pulled the rug from under him by vetoing his plan to take away £2.2m in special ‘premia’ from the city’s two teacher training colleges, Stranmillis and St Mary’s. In a long and sometimes ill-tempered struggle […]
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No, Minister: a study guide to that teacher training spat
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Health workers’ concern at plan to close dementia home
A Belfast residential home caring for 22 people living with dementia could be set to close under new proposals from the Health and Social Care Trust. Staff working at Ballyowen EMI (Elderly Mentally Infirm) Unit, known as Ballyowen House, are angry after being informed this week that a consultation process is in place that could […]
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Aaron dreams of Oscars glory
THE OSCARS could once again sprinkle their magic dust over Belfast after short film Boogaloo and Graham, starring St Colm’s High School pupil Aaron Lynch, bagged a Bafta at the weekend. Set in 1970s Belfast, the film follows two young brothers as they learn the lessons of life – with the help of their pet […]
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A&E crisis nothing to do with increase in patient numbers, says union rep ahead of planned strike
A SENIOR trade unionist at the Royal Victoria Hospital has denied that the A&E crisis is down to a surge in patient numbers and has instead placed the blame for the chaos on the decision to close the City Hospital emergency department. In November 2011 the Belfast Trust said that it was closing the City […]
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Queen’s academic on how the peace process is failing former prisoners
FORMER prisoners are being let down by a failure to fully implement the Good Friday Agreement, according to a new report. At the recent launch of the ‘Survey of Conflict-Related Prisoners’ Experiences’ at NICVA in Duncairn Gardens, Professor Peter Shirlow from Queen’s University Belfast said that issues affecting ex-prisoners’ welfare are not being fully addressed […]
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Emotions run high as Terry is cleared 44 years after wrongful conviction
SPEAKING 44 years after his wrongful conviction for rioting and the brutal murder of his brother, the pent-up emotion of those long, dark years was evident in his voice and on his face as Terry Laverty spoke to the press at the Laganside courts complex. “On August 11, 1971, my brother John, an unarmed and […]
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