Ability and Advantage
For some time, I have thought that the word ‘disadvantaged’ when applied to entire communities across Belfast doesn’t adequately capture
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Cause for cheer
What’s not to like about these numbers? £30m — the sum invested by Belfast City Council, Tourist Board and Europe
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Belfast On Song
Riverdance, in Belfast this week for a sold-out seven-show run, is so much more than a musical phenomenon. Born in
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Belfast is too great a city to tolerate the scourge of poverty
I grew up in the Belfast of the late Sixties and Seventies, a tough era by anybody’s playbook. But while
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Rolling out the red carpet
It’s been the best part of two decades since Belfast City Council last hosted an inward business mission from the
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Letter from America
During the World Police and Fire Games, I met with a marvellous group of US firefighters. This letter came in
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Turas ‘miracle’ on Newtownards Road
Linda Ervine, the community champion behind the first-ever Irish language centre in the heart of East Belfast, told 200 attendees
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No one left behind
On 20 January, as pledged in my Vision for Belfast, I will host the first-ever Civic Forum in Belfast to
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A successful year
As we come to the end of a successful year for the great city of Belfast, I want to thank
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Nollaig Shona Daoibh
Ba mhaith liom Nollaig mhór mhaith a ghuí oraibh uilig agus bliain úr faoi mhaise. Wishing all Friends of Belfast
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