THE aroma of freshly baked cakes, pastries and sweet treats filled the air in Tullymore on Friday as the hugely popular Big Andytown Bake Off returned as part of this year’s Féile an Phobail programme.
IT is the middle Saturday at Féile an Phobail and it promises to be a huge day of events with another major concert, the annual Carnival Parade and much more.
WITH just days to go until Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann arrives in Belfast, Belfast City Council alongside Translink are urging everyone to plan ahead and leave extra time for journeys during one of the biggest events ever held in the city.
Crowds queued around the corner at Áras na bhFál on Friday morning in anticipation of getting their hands on tickets for Kneecap's Féile an Phobail concert.
IS a united Ireland inevitable? No, according to SDLP leader Claire Hanna, who added that it needs to be worked at. Former Ulster Unionist councillor Linzi McLaren believes that a united Ireland is inevitable but not immediate. The only panellist who agreed with the question during the Féile an Phobail debate at St Mary’s University College was Newtownards writer Claire Mitchell, who contended that a united Ireland is indeed inevitable.
The Irish Language Commissioner, Pól Deeds, has said that the conversation around language and identity is toxic, has gotten worse, and has gone backwards.
D'fhógair an Coimisinéir Gaeilge, Pól Deeds, gur ceapadh Colm McGuigan, iar-Oifigeach Gaeilge le Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste, mar an chéad fhostaí buan le bheith ag obair in Oifig an Choimisinéara Gaeilge.
MY friend and comrade Gerry Kelly has announced his decision not to stand in the Assembly election next May. That does not mean that he will no longer be a republican activist. No chance of that. As I found out when I stepped back from electoral politics, there is still a lot to do. And I am certain Gerry Kelly will also find that to be true.
