Conor McParland joined Belfast Media in the summer of 2014 working as a freelance journalist at the sportsdesk and later the Andersonstown News as a reporter. Since May 2016, he works as a news journalist for the North Belfast News and contributes weekly to both the Andersonstown News and South Belfast News.
A SPECIAL festive performance by St Clare’s Primary School Choir will be aired on BBC Newsline tonight.
IRISH language rap group Kneecap will feature on the shirt of Dublin football club Bohemian FC in a move designed to raise funds to build a community music studio in the occupied West Bank.
BLESSED Trinity College in North Belfast is through to the final stage of the ABP Angus Youth Challenge.
LENADOON Community Forum has hosted a hugely successful winter health information morning in the Glen Community Centre.
PUPILS and staff at Dominican College in North Belfast have donated thousands of items to a local food bank thanks to their annual Christmas appeal.
A CLONARD priest is set to publish his first novel this month after being inspired to take up writing.
CHILDREN and staff at Victoria Nursery School in the New Lodge were delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor of Belfast Councillor Tracy Kelly and the NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Chris Quinn to celebrate the school’s successful Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspection.
RECYCLING items were left uncollected from a shared living complex in North Belfast for nine weeks.
AN acclaimed visual artist is set to launch her new exhibition in Belfast this week.
A POPULAR West Belfast gym has hosted a men’s mental health awareness morning, drawing strong support from the community, including West Belfast MLA Aisling Reilly and Councillor Róis Marie Donnelly.
A NEW outdoor youth sanctuary and sensory garden has been opened in the Ballymurphy area by pioneering Irish language youth and community organisation Glór na Móna.
RESIDENTS in the upper Falls area got a welcome boost last week as Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins paid a visit to assess a number of long-standing road safety concerns across the district.
WEST Belfast MLA Órlaithí Flynn has welcomed progress on plans for a dedicated Mother and Baby Unit in the North.
A POLEGLASS grandmother has turned her passion for crafting into a heart-warming act of generosity.
THE festive season gets underway in Hannahstown this weekend as the local community association hosts its much-loved Christmas Market at Lámh Dhearg.