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Friel play returns in major Lyric Theatre production

THE Lyric Theatre is delighted to announce that Brian Friel’s acclaimed masterpiece Faith Healer will return to Belfast from 10 October to 14 November, as part of the theatre’s 75th anniversary celebrations and Belfast International Arts Festival, in a major new production with Olivier Award-winning actor Conleth Hill alongside Lisa Dwyer-Hogg, Chris McCurry and directed by Emma Jordan.

A VICTIMS' charity has launched an interactive digital resource which aims to commemorate every life lost as a result of the conflict in the North since 1966.

Gaelic Games: - JHC: McCaffrey shines as Gorts clinch semi-final berth with win over Davitts

Antrim Junior Hurling ChampionshipGroup TwoGort na Mona 3-21Davitts 3-12At Hannahstown

SQUINTER: When did the DUP wash its hands of Ulster Resistance?

SQUINTER got asked on the radio last week to talk about Ulster Resistance and the DUP. He had assumed – perhaps naively – that the basis of the conversation would be firmly in place before he put the headphones on. That uncontested basis being that Ulster Resistance was founded in November 1986 by the DUP at a star-studded event at the Ulster Hall, during which senior members of the party donned red berets and paraded alongside notorious paramilitaries and gunrunners carrying swagger sticks in a none-too-subtle attempt to frighten the Brits away from the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

Uisce Bhéal Feirste whiskey club preparing to mark three years at Madden's Bar

A WHISKEY club in Maddens Bar in Belfast city centre continues to go from strength to strength and is soon to celebrate its third anniversary.

Concerns raised over one-way system around Cavendish Street

CONCERNS have been raised about road safety around the one-way system in Cavendish Street in the Beechmount area of West Belfast.

Debut novel by West Belfast writer takes place 'entirely between Riverdale and Glen Road'

A DEBUT novel by a West Belfast man has been selected as one of the 12 winners of the prestigious Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition 2026.

Gerry Adams: County Mayo pays tribute to the hunger strikers

THIS Sunday the National Hunger Strike Commemoration will commence at 2.30pm in Ballina, County Mayo. The event will mark 45 years since the 1981 hunger strike in which ten men died. It will also remember all of those Irish republicans who died on hunger strike and especially the resolve and courage of three Mayo hunger strikers. Michael Gaughan (1974); Frank Stagg (1976); and Jack McNeela (1940).

Ardoyne young people boost fitness and wellbeing through summer programme

YOUNG people in North Belfast are getting fit and active as part of a new summer programme based in Ardoyne’s newly opened ABC Hub.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Mike Nesbitt was never rewarded for his decency

Is being decent and professional in our local politics now a vote loser?

DÚLRA: A little gratitude would go a long way at the lough

YOU don’t have to look too far to identify the root cause of the tragedy to befall Lough Neagh – it lies across the Irish Sea. Rules that date from colonial times that we thought we had consigned to the dustbin of history mean that the lough is in effect owned by an absentee English landlord.

HEALTHWISE: Take steps to reduce the cancer risk in your food

CANCER is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly ten million each year. The most common causes are lung, breast, colon, rectum and prostate cancers.

Friel play returns in major Lyric Theatre production

Victims’ charity launches Interactive Memorial Map marking nearly 4,500 lives lost in conflict

Soccer: 10-man Cliftonville suffer home defeat to Swifts

Man in 40s shot in leg in Falls alleyway

Gaelic Games: IHC: St Gall's survive late scare to clinch last-gasp victory over Creggan

Gaelic Games: - JHC: McCaffrey shines as Gorts clinch semi-final berth with win over Davitts

SQUINTER: When did the DUP wash its hands of Ulster Resistance?

Uisce Bhéal Feirste whiskey club preparing to mark three years at Madden's Bar

Concerns raised over one-way system around Cavendish Street

Debut novel by West Belfast writer takes place 'entirely between Riverdale and Glen Road'

Gerry Adams: County Mayo pays tribute to the hunger strikers

Ardoyne young people boost fitness and wellbeing through summer programme

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Mike Nesbitt was never rewarded for his decency

DÚLRA: A little gratitude would go a long way at the lough

HEALTHWISE: Take steps to reduce the cancer risk in your food

Foireann ag Laochra Loch Lao sa Chorn Domhanda Frithchiníochais

Gaelic Games: St John's thrash local rivals St Paul's in quarter-final clash

MATCHDAY LIVE: Moneyglass lead Tír na nÓg in relegation play-off as final ten minutes unfold

BREAKING: Antrim announce McShane as new Antrim senior hurling manager

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Hillsborough parade a right royal poser

JUDE COLLINS: Time to shame Martin and Harris into action

TRÓCAIRE: Belfast donations have changed lives in Zimbabwe with UK government support

ANDRÉE MURPHY: The gods of fair play were AWOL on Sunday in Croker

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