FÉILE an Phobail Director Kevin Gamble has praised Saturday evening's Dance Night in the Falls Park which once again provided an alternative to August 8 bonfires.
AFTER a magical, whirlwind week of music, culture, craic, learning, competition, community and friendship among people of all ages and backgrounds, it’s almost time to bid farewell to the Fleadh tonight, Sunday 9 August – until next summer that is!
Bhí seomra lán go béal i nGael-Ionad Mhic Goill ar Bhóthar na Carraige Báine, áit ar seoladh go hoifigiúil an feachtas 'Tógáil Croí 500' de chuid Ghlór na Móna.
A BUSY weekend of events is underway as Belfast hosts the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann competitions this weekend, with 5,000 musicians and dancers from 22 countries taking part.
OUR two morning phone-in hosts were of one mind this week as Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann got under way in Belfast. Like most of us, Stephen Nolan and Frank Mitchell probably have a range of opinions on what’s lining up to be the biggest event to have taken place in the city of Belfast for 400 years.
DUTCH is a tough language to master. Not as tough as Portuguese, which Squinter’s been trying to get his head round without a great deal of success for some years now as a mark of respect to his Portuguese son-in-law and his Portuguese-Irish granddaughter.
ON Saturday a packed St Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson, who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – ‘Choosing the Struggle’.
“Yeah me brother and his girlfriend were up there at the weekend with a tent, camping on the Ormeau Road. They had to come back on the early train this morning for work, but they are going back up at the weekend. Me and me mates are going up too. None of us have ever been at a Fleadh before.”
