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South Belfast News May 9, 2012

Bredagh planning to make it a magnificent seven against Ballykinlar

BREDAGH manager Michael O’Callaghan has said that nothing less than promotion from Division 4 will do this year as his side look to maintain their 100 per cent record tonight (Wednesday) against pointless Ballykinlar.

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North Belfast News May 7, 2012

Senior and U14 hurlers hit form

A 35-point win certainly makes a statement and hopefully for Bredagh it will signal that they are a team to be reckoned with this season.

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South Belfast News May 6, 2012

Nelson Cup joy for tireless St Matthew’s

St Matthew’s won the Nelson Cup for the first time in the club’s history with a hard fought victory over a very talented, young Aquinas side.

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South Belfast News May 5, 2012

Great week for Aquinas U16s

Three games in six days is arduous enough for any team, let alone one coming off the back of a European adventure and an extra time victory in a cup semi-final, but this young side continues to prove they are not just any team.

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South Belfast News May 4, 2012

New facility for Doyle Youth Club

Belfast Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile returned to his former youth club on Monday 16 April to open a new 3G pitch and praised the ‘essential contribution’ of the work of staff at the Short Strand club.

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South Belfast News May 2, 2012

London calling for Gilroy and Ulster

LONDON is preparing for an Irish invasion as supporters of Ulster and Leinster will arrive en masse for the Heineken Cup final on May 19.

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Columnists May 18, 2012

Lock us up and swallow the key!

I was in Donegal at the weekend and I asked a man how he planned to vote in the south’s up-coming referendum. “Well,” he told me, “ if Sinn Féin say no about something, I say yes”.

Liam Murphy May 14, 2012

Big man of GAA celebrates in style

Veni, Vidi, Vinci . I came, I saw, I conquered, was the powerful message sent back to Rome by Julius Caesar when he won a war in Zela (currently known as Zile in Turkey. After spending two days with the Gaels of Glengormley, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh might well have sent a similar message back to headquarters. Throughout the two days he won the hearts of all who met him as he demonstrated his love and passion for the Irish language and Gaelic games.

Columnists May 13, 2012

That’s not the way to do it as summer nears

THERE’S nothing funnier for children to watch than a long-suffering wife getting battered with a cudgel by a short-tempered violent husband – or so you’d think if you watched a seaside Punch and Judy show.

Colin Millar May 12, 2012

Blues make it a double

Linfield replicated their end of season celebrations from 12 months ago as they lifted their second trophy in the space of a week, defeating Crusaders 4-1 in Saturday’s Irish Cup final.

Andersonstown News May 11, 2012

My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).

Columnists May 11, 2012

Who calls the shots in Europe?

I enjoy elections. I enjoy them so much, I was delighted when the Fianna Fáil wheeze of introducing electronic voting machines backfired, leaving them (and the taxpayer, of course) with machinery that couldn’t be used and cost a packet to store.