Belfast Media Group | Andersonstown, North & South Belfast News

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Weaponising culture isn’t a two-way street, it’s a motorway at rush-hour with one lane closed

I CAN’T say for sure if the Irish language has been hijacked by violent republicanism. Personally don’t think it has, but I can’t – even as someone with as fine a Planter name as mine – put myself in the shoes of a Protestant or unionist who thinks it has. I’m going to accept that’s how they feel about it if people who I know to act in good faith tell me so. Although of course I retain the right to exercise extreme scepticism in the case of bucketmouths, louts and microphone-chasers.

SQUINTER: Loyal Ulster parades its Easter hypocrisy

LOYAL Ulster is united in its disgust at the Irps and the dissies dressing up for Easter. Again. As the Keepers of the 1916 Flame stomped up and down the place in their eBay camouflage gear and Poundland sunglasses, the DUP, the UUP, the Belfast Telegraph and the News Letter made it clear that this was such an egregious declaration of violent intent that a latter-day Tet Offensive couldn be far off.

Holy Child Primary School celebrate launch of new website

HOLY Child Primary School in Andersonstown is celebrating the launch of a brand new school website.

GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to John in a fitting place

I JUST spent an enjoyable couple of hours in the company of my good friend, American trade union leader John Samuelsen, and the staff of Áras Uí Chonghaile and Fáilte Feirste Thiar – the West Belfast Tourist Board. Unbeknownst to John, both organisations had agreed to name one of the Áras rooms after him and a former Transport Workers; Union, (TWU) President, Mike Quill.

JUDE COLLINS: Trump has grabbed a tiger by the tail in Iran

It was a neck-and-neck race to recover the airman shot down by Iran in Iran. The Americans won the race, much to their relief. Had the Iranians found him first, he would have been put on display as someone several thousand miles from his home, part of the attacking American forces intent on conquering a country that has faced attack and division for decades. Today Trump’s boast is that they’ll be beaten“back into the Stone Ages”