It has been announced that Belfast is to lose one of its oldest names in high street banking. After over two hundred years, the Northern Bank is to be rebranded in the name of its current owner Danske Bank, the Danish banking group that took over in two thousand and five. The Northern bank first opened its doors in Belfast in 1809 and currently has around eighty-two branches.
Community Relations Council Chairman Tony McCusker has said evidence showed that a lot of work remained to be done in dealing with the legacy of conflict and division. Speaking at the launch of Community Relations Week, Mr. McCusker pointed out that the number of unstable interfaces within Belfast and Northern Ireland as a whole, has risen to around ninety in the fifteen years since the Good Friday Agreement was made in Nineteen Ninety-Eight. Mr. McCusker praised the recent efforts made [...]
Community training provider Springvale Learning has launched SYNC, a new business creating full time jobs in computer repair, maintenance and data recovery. The business is partially funded by the Department for Employment and Learning, and the European Social fund, and will provide training and work experience in high tech skilled jobs over the next two years. In the long term, SYNC hopes to build a sustainable IT services business which can act as a springboard to full time or self [...]
SY:NC Transition through Technology Community training provider Springvale Learning has launched SYNC, a new business creating full time jobs in computer repair, maintenance and data recovery. The business is partially funded by the Department for Employment and Learning, and the European Social fund, and will provide training and work experience in high tech skilled jobs over the next two years. In the long term, SYNC hopes to build a sustainable IT services business which can act as a springboard to [...]
This week is the Rainbow Projects Anti Homophobia week. Harriet Long of Rainbow Project tells us more about the goals of Anti Homophobia Week.
Plans to cut nursing posts have met with criticism from the Royal College of Nursing. Janice Smyth of the RCN has said that a planned reduction of up to five hundred posts on top of the two per cent drop since 2009, will increase pressure on an already overstretched system and endanger patients.
The new Dock café in Belfast’s Titanic quarter has a unique selling point, it doesn’t sell anything. Instead, the café operates a fully-fledged Honesty Box system that means customers can eat and drink and then pop a donation in the box on the way out. The café operators have managed to get a “meanwhile” lease that means that they have the use of the space rent-free until a permanent tenant can be found. The café is stocked with as much [...]
Two youths have been arrested following a break in at Belfast Zoo. The pair are believed to have been responsible for releasing Three Shetland ponies which were later found wandering around the grounds. The ponies were quickly recaptured unharmed but staff at the zoo were dismayed that anyone would want to want to carry out any action that might have led to possible harm to the animals.
Pupils at North Belfast’s Integrated Primary School have said a fond farewell to a colourful character they have been creating for a competition in the Airtricity Garden Festival in Hillsborough Castle. The Allianz Scarecrow Street, which is co-ordinated by the integrated education Fund, will be home to around thirty scarecrows from schools all around Northern Ireland. The Festival runs from the eighteenth until the twentieth of May
Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland has confirmed that new legislation is to be put in place to authorise the use of on-street furniture outside cafes and restaurants. At the minute, Northern Ireland is the only area of the UK without any official authorisation for on street cafes although up until now, the roads service have turned a blind eye. The new scheme will enable councils to license suitable premises, and control growth. It is also believed that a [...]
Break in At Belfast Zoo Two youths have been arrested following a break in at Belfast Zoo. The pair are believed to have been responsible for releasing Three Shetland ponies which were later found wandering around the grounds. The ponies were quickly recaptured unharmed but staff at the zoo were dismayed that anyone would want to want to carry out any action that might have led to possible harm to the animals. Finn McCool leaves North Belfast. Pupils at North Belfast’s [...]
There is controversy over plans to zone the Forestside shopping complex within the new Lisburn Castlereagh “Super Council” The shopping centre on Upper Galwally Road currently provides around four million pounds in rates revenue and some Belfast Councillors believe that this will be used to keep the rates charges low within the new Council. The move comes as result of long running work to downsize the current twenty-six councils into just eleven.
Members of Nipsa, Unite and the Public and Commercial Services Union took part in a twenty-four hour industrial action yesterday. There were various picket lines throughout the city and Rallies held at Stormont and Grosvenor House in Glengall Street. The Union members are challenging government decisions to raise the retirement age of public sector workers to sixty-eight.
Belfast’s hotel and Accommodation industry has already seen financial gains well ahead of next years World Police and Fire games. Belfast Visitor Centre has announced that they have already handled advance bookings of almost twenty thousand beds for participants from all over the globe. The event, one of the largest ever held in Belfast and Northern Ireland, will run from the first until the tenth of August next year. Details of the various sports and countries being represented are available [...]
Boost for tourism business ahead of games Belfast’s hotel and Accommodation industry has already seen financial gains well ahead of next years World Police and Fire games.Belfast Visitor Centre has announced that they have already handled advance bookings of almost twenty thousand beds for participants from all over the globe.The event, one of the largest ever held in Belfast and Northern Ireland, will run from the first until the tenth of August next year.Details of the various sports and countries [...]
The Owenvale Court care home in West Belfast has come under scrutiny after revelations about management and the standard of care provided by the home. An independent regulatory body the RQIA have said that the St John of God Association who manage the home, aren’t providing a suitable level of care and risk being deregistered. Concerns about the home came to light recently after the tragic death of an elderly resident during a fire in the building.
The Carnegie UK Trust has published a report which shows Northern Ireland at the bottom of the table for use of public libraries. The Trust’s figures show that while sixty six per cent of people here feel that a public library system is an important factor in our community, only forty per cent have actually used a library in the last year. Both of theses sets of figures fall below the rest of the United Kingdom and Ireland where Scotland [...]
Library attendance lowest in UK and Ireland The Carnegie UK Trust has published a report which shows Northern Ireland at the bottom of the table for use of public libraries. The Trust’s figures show that while sixty six per cent of people here feel that a public library system is an important factor in our community, only forty per cent have actually used a library in the last year. Both of theses sets of figures fall below the rest of [...]
A new report on the state of property prices in Northern Ireland has shown that while the total amount of completed sales is up. The actual price of residential property is still falling. It is thought that with an average drop in value of fifty per cent since 2007, properties at the lower end of the market are now within the budget of an increasing number of potential buyers and this has led to the increase in transactions. Many experts [...]
Belfast Festival of Fools opening act “Journey to the Land of Giants” which was performed recently in St. Anne’s Square, enthralled audience members with tales of Finn McCool and the Titanic and featured live music and acrobatics from a cast of all ages. The show which follows the adventures of Professor Dashwood and his sidekick Chip is a taster of what we can expect at the “Land of Giants” Festival which is taking place on the Titanic Slipway as part [...]
A new theatre production by Prime Cut Production has opened in the Baths on templemore Avenue in East Belfast. Director Louise Lowe has worked with local community groups to develop a show based on their own experiences as well as those of their ancestors. With only three audience members moving around the building at any one time, Prime Cut have produced a very intimate piece featuring a variety of performance types. One to One theatre, movement and dance pieces, soundscapes [...]
Journey to the Land of Giants Belfast Festival of Fools opening act “Journey to the Land of Giants” which was performed recently in St. Anne’s Square, enthralled audience members with tales of Finn McCool and the Titanic and featured live music and acrobatics from a cast of all ages. The show which follows the adventures of Professor Dashwood and his sidekick Chip is a taster of what we can expect at the “Land of Giants” Festival which is taking place [...]
Now in it’s 31st year, the Belfast City Marathon saw around Twenty thousand competitors brave the rain and wind on their journey around the city yesterday. The race is now split into five categories with wheelchair, veteran and relay groups competing alongside the Men and Women’s events. Despite the weather two new race records were set by Men’s and Women’s race winners Uega Negewo from Ethiopia and Alice Chelangat from Kenya.
Feile an Phobail have held a disability development event in Grosvenor Community and Recreation Centre. The event “Sportability” brought together young people with and without disability for a sporting competition to encourage inclusive participation. Feile an Phobail’s Disability Development officer, Margaret McKernan said it was “ fantastic to see so many young people come together cheering and giving encouragement to team members”.
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