THE fear of having their children taken away prevents many mothers with mental health problems from coming forward for help, a conference in Belfast has heard.
A FORMER West Belfast teacher has penned a fascinating new book on the history of teacher training for young Catholic men in the north of Ireland from partition to the present day. Readers may think that ‘Strawberry Hill and Afterwards’ is a strange title for the book, until author Jim O’Hagan explains its significance. Strawberry Hill was the Catholic college in London where in the 1920s young Catholic men from the newly created state of Northern Ireland were sent to be trained as teachers. For those who would later attend St Joseph’s at Trench House the book features many familiar names of lecturers and students from the college’s 30-year history.
LAST night I walked home along a quiet road with noise cancelling headphones on. As I did so I thought once again about how I will never have the same type of anxiety in doing this as the women I know; my partner, my mother, my sisters, my friends. The fear of gender-based violence is one that does not populate my thoughts daily but is something I have thought about continually since returning from southern Zimbabwe.
Irish American small business leaders in New York have been told by the publisher of the Irish Echo that by extending the franchise to the diaspora, the Irish Government could turbo-charge transatlantic relations.
THE Anthony Cacace fairytale continued in Nottingham on Saturday night as the West Belfast man again avenged past Belfast defeats when taking out Leigh Wood in the ninth round of their IBO super-featherweight battle.
Kurt Walker tasted defeat for the first time on Saturday night as he fell to a points defeat against Liam Davies in their battle for the vacant IBF International featherweight title.
IT was the same old story for Antrim against Dublin on Saturday as the men from the capital once again proved too strong as they made it three wins from three in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
BBCNI is remaining tight-lipped over its policy on UVF and UDA bands appearing in Twelfth parades covered extensively on television by the corporation.
