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South Belfast News May 18, 2012

Carryduff Colts claim third title of the season

The U17 team produced a great performance to get the point they needed to claim the First Division title against an excellent Ards Rangers.

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Online 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.

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South Belfast News May 11, 2012

Albion Star youth teams finish season on a high

Albion Star finished off their final ‘Play Ball’ game of the season in style against very strong opponents.

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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 April 29, 2012

St Matt’s bring it to the Boyle

Ciaran Boyle stole the show with his man of the match performance that earned him four goals to cap off an excellent afternoon for himself and his team-mates.

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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.