MILLTOWN will be the place to be for GAA action in Belfast this evening as the 19-time Antrim Senior Football kings begin their championship campaign when they face St Ergnat's Moneyglass with both sides hoping to find an opening day victory.
TRANSLINK have revelled that there have been over one million passenger journeys across network over the first five days of the Fleadh – an additional 275,000 passenger journeys compared with the equivalent period last year
TODAY, Friday 7 August, sees the start of the hotly anticipated Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann competitions in Belfast, with over 5,000 competitors from 22 countries vying for All-Ireland titles in music, dancing and sean nós singing.
Thug an Reachtaire Gary Hastings, ar bronnadh Ard-Ollamh na Fleidhe air, caint ar an cheol traidisiúnta ar an dá thaobh den phobal anseo, dár teideal 'Traditional Music: Orange and Green."
When Maria O'Neill's late and dramatic score secured victory over Carlow in Croke Park, the celebrations began and after a long hard-fought year which saw them earn promotion to the second-tier, an Ulster title and of course the All-Ireland Junior Championship.
IT is day five of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast and spirits are still high, ahead of what is traditionally the busiest period of the festival, from today Thursday through until Sunday 9 August.
THE annual Plastic and Rubber Bullets Vigil took place on Wednesday evening at Groves/Reilly Corner – former Andersonstown Barrack Site. The Relatives for Justice annual white-line protest seeks justice for victims of rubber and plastic bullets and was held to commemorate those who have died and reiterated the call for the banning of such lethal weapons which killed 17 people, including eight children.
