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Tag Archives: ShanKill

The beating art of the city

I always feel a bit queasy when watching these cool sex education classes on TV where the teacher puts a condom over his/her head. But I suppose it has that unwatchable/unmissable quality Bill Wolsey was looking for when he suggested putting a 19th century condom on an appropriately shaped 21st century prop and popping the lot in the front window of Zara.

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Murder witnesses asked to ‘do the right thing’

The families of two men brutally murdered five years ago in Belfast have hit out at the investigation into their deaths. Eddie Burns was found shot dead at the Bog Meadows on March 12 2007. A short time later Joe Jones was found in an alleyway off Elmfield Street in North Belfast

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Womens groups join forces for gender equality

Two Ardoyne groups who have been campaigning for gender equality in their communities are to work together for the first time today on International Women’s Day (today, Thursday). Ardoyne Women’s Group and Ardoyne Association have joined forces for the first time to celebrate the day with an event that could see them form stronger links in the future.

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Stale bread and City Hall circuses

SQUINTER still doesn’t know the age of the British army cadet at the centre of the controversy involving the Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile. Is she 14, is she 15, is she 16, is she 17? Whatever the truth, the child is clanking unseen around a crowded, noisy stage, like Banquo’s ghost; her parents have similarly refused, for whatever reason, to join the doltish drama.

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‘Big House’ attitude scorns the workers

The different approach of nationalists and unionists to the public service workers’ strike yesterday reveals that the political divisions in our land go way beyond Orange and Green.

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Double joy for Aquinas U13 side

Despite the cold, the ‘Blue and Black Army’ marched onto another victory at Strangford.

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