Belfast One City Conference

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One City Conference (£125+VAT)
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The Belfast One City Conference will spotlight the vibrant, emerging city of Belfast and propose ways in which its citizens can speak with one voice on the most urgent issues of the day. As well as giving a healthcheck on the city since the Belfast One City Conference in March 2011, this civic summit will look at the best ways to unlock the potential of Belfast.

Speakers will represent political, business and community life and include both national and international contributors of note, most notably Rep Eugene O’Flaherty, Chair Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who will lead the biggest delegation from Boston to Belfast in a decade to coincide with the conference. Also invited are Minister Nelson McCausland MLA, Minister at Department for Social Development, Minister Carál Ní Chuilín MLA, Minister at Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Mayor of Cardiff Cllr Prof Delme Bowen.

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Belfast One City Conference 2012
Dates: May 10th – May 11th
Venues: Cultúrlann McAdam-Ó Fiaich, Waterfront Hall, Titanic Signature Building.
Speakers will include: Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty, Chair Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

Columnists February 17, 2012

Terms of justice should not be left to victims

Al Hutchinson, who is no longer officially our Ombudsman but is keeping the seat warm until his successor is installed, has stirred the pot of the past in recent days.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

A time for great rejoicing?

GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary

AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Chemical fly in the oinkment

A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Resilience a recurring theme, from Conamara to Ground Zero

That great hero of Conamara, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, was in the Cultúrlann on Saturday to launch his new poetry anthology Stadhan. A veteran troublemaker – in the best sense of the word – and the dynamo behind some of the best community ventures in the Gaeltacht,

Columnists February 15, 2012

Bitsa ramblings on travel – both time and otherwise

In the mid-90s I briefly took a break from playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 and worrying about who would win the musical face-off between Blur and Oasis to watch children’s television.