THE annual Belfast Film Festival is returning this month, and with it comes a brand new Irish language documentary charting the history of the city over the last 100 years. The new film, titled ‘Cathair Ghonta’ (Wounded City), is produced by Bóthar Ard, the filmmaking arm of the Belfast Media Group, publishers of the South Belfast News, and sister publications the Andersonstown News and North Belfast News.
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Police object to arcade opening
POLICE patrols in the wider Balmoral area could suffer if a proposed gambling arcade is opened in a South Belfast estate, the PSNI have warned. The concerns have been revealed in correspondence between the PSNI and Belfast City Council where cops said that should the arcade planned for the Erinvale area go ahead, it could lead to a rise in crime against both local residents and business owners.
Flagship restaurant still going strong despite closure of hotel
ONE of Belfast’s oldest Chinese restaurants will not be affected by its owners’ decision to close a city hotel due to turbulent economic conditions. The Welcome restaurant on Stranmillis Road first opened its doors in 1973, and is owned by the Wong family, whose Welcome Group also owns the Lansdowne Hotel in North Belfast, which shut last week with the loss of up to 35 jobs
Student group slams uni’s Jubilee closure
THE closure of Queen’s University to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth is further evidence that the institution is a “cold house for nationalism”, it has been claimed. A republican student group has slammed the decision to mark the jubilee event by offering June 4 and 5 as additional leave days, and said it followed a number of other university decisions that established the ‘overtly unionist’ character of the South Belfast institution.
Gunn hits the target with studies
A SOUTH Belfast Open University graduate has managed to complete a degree, in between working full-time, and looking after her young child who was born right in the middle of exam season. Sara Gunn, who hails from the Ormeau Road, and works for arts organisation Audiences NI, received her BA Honours degree in Media Studies at last week’s graduation ceremony in Belfast’s Waterfront hall, where almost 200 proud graduates received their certificates.
What’s not to like about new hate theme park?
At long last we are realising that there needs to be more for tourists to do here than clamber over funny-shaped rocks
