ONE of the most memorable images of recent Irish history was the release of the Guildford Four. Wrongly convicted of the IRA bombings of Guildford and Woolwich in 1974, the three West Belfast men, Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon and Paddy Armstrong, along with Paddy’s English girlfriend Carole Richardson were sentence to 35 years in prison.
A LANDMARK housing development in West Belfast has been completed, marking the transformation of a long-derelict former industrial site into a vibrant mixed-tenure community providing homes for almost 1,000 people.
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna has welcomed Taoiseach Micheál Martin's call for greater clarity on the circumstances that would trigger a referendum on Irish unity.
Bhí níos mó ná dhá chéad duine ó ollscoileanna ar fud an domhain i láthair ag comhdháil in Ollscoil Uladh le linn na seachtaine, áit a ndearnadh plé ar ról na ríomhairí i bhfoghlaim teanga.
THE question that needs to be asked of Portadown District is a simple one: Why Jamie?Jamie Bryson has walked into so many lampposts in his relatively short and hilariously colourful career that the Department of Infrastructure would probably have billed him for repairs by now were it not headed up by the DUP. Everyone has their favourite Jamie moment and the quotes and the clips are rolled out with savage predictability by his online detractors every time he declaims squeakily in the public square. To be fair to him, he seems relatively unfazed by the negative attention. If I took a battering like that every time I opened my mouth I’d have abandoned Twitter years ago.
