Belfast’s Paddy Gallagher took on Dublin’s Paul Ryan in an middleweight contest in Croke Park on Saturday evening. The fight was a messy one, not one of clean shots nor slick footwork; the pair grappled throughout. The Belfast man did land the biggest punch of the bout in the fifth with a huge right hand. Ryan was lucky to make it back to his corner at the end of the round and unfortunately Gallagher couldn’t build upon this momentum and inflict further damage in the sixth. It didn’t seem to matter though as the judges awarded him the win.
WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has called on Irish broadcaster RTÉ to make boxer Katie Taylor's historic final fight available to watch for viewers in the North.
Statement from Loyal Ulster after last week’s High Court judgment on their Drumcree parade... WE recognise that the victory handed to us by the Lord Almighty at nearly the highest court in the land will have caused some concern among the residents of the Garvaghy Road.
IT wasn’t demographics that lost Drumcree for Loyal Ulster. It wasn’t two-tier policing or the Good Friday Agreement. It was good old-fashioned hubris.
SCHOOL is back after a great summer, and we can’t complain about the weather we’ve had. But now it’s time to get back into a routine and kickstart that healthy eating again post-summer.
ANYONE who believes for a second that the renewed focus on the Garvaghy Road is about religious freedom and inalienable rights needs to focus a little bit more on the dramatis personae of this bleak new production of a grim old drama.
POLICE have launched a video on the consequences of getting involved in interface disorder as part of a multi-agency approach to dealing with interface anti-social behaviour at the Broadway roundabout.
BELFAST City Council will be lit up to mark International Safe Abortion Day later this month after it was approved despite major division amongst councillors.
A MOTION at Belfast City Council calling for urgent action to secure the entry of three purpose-built mobile maternity units into Gaza has been passed at Belfast City Council despite Unionist opposition.
I currently work for Community Garden Support, a charity involved in the support of and development of community growing groups. It also focuses on strategic networking and policy work to develop the community growing sector.
