Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Godson, Rosalind Northern Ireland School Nursing Conference The 9th Unite/CPHVA Northern Ireland (NI) School Nursing Conference was held in Belfast last month, themed 'Children and young people: a public health challenge?' It included government updates and fascinating input from practitioners on many innovative approaches across NI.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Earth Times DPA 04 Oct 2008 Belfast - The 40th anniversary of a civil rights demonstration that changed the course of Irish history is being remembered at a conference in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry on Saturday, attended by Irish President Mary McAleese and Nobel Peace Laureate John Hume. The demonstration, since referred to as the Duke Street March, took place in the city (known to Irish...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Five years ago, Gil Kenan was an unknown university student with a video camera; today he is an Oscar-nominated director strolling around one of the largest indoor film sets ever made. And it's his.
elpis (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Friday, February 24, 1989. This is the day my family and I arrived in Canada from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I was 6. Wednesday, October 15, 2008. This is the day that I shall travel downtown to write a test to become a Canadian citizen. I am 24. This has been 18 years in the making. To [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The crisis in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government deepened Thursday as Protestant leaders defeated plans for an all-Ireland summit.
Land of Pics (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
The Titanic was a British registered four funneled ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York. Constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland she was, at the time of her maiden voyage, the largest vessel afloat. On April 10th 1912 the Titanic set sail from Southampton with 2,200 passengers and crew, four days later...
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
I see that up to 4,000 public sector jobs should be relocated out of Belfast to other parts of Northern Ireland, an independent review recommended today. "In a review of the location of public sector jobs in Northern Ireland Sir George Bain, the former vice-chancellor of Queen’s University, recommended that a series of pilot schemes should take place. He said: “We have identified a small number of...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
UP TO 5,500 public sector jobs should be relocated from Belfast to towns across Northern Ireland, a study has recommended.
icWales (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
THERE is no basis for a meeting of Northern Ireland’s ministerial Executive tomorrow, the Deputy First Minister said last night.
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
While in Belfast this past July to play a show at Mandela Hall, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner sat down and recorded acoustic takes of a couple beloved Boxer tracks. Our tipster, Comprachio, mentions that the "filming took place in a kitchen set from an upcoming Irish independent movie which was on a break from filming." We get " Apartment Story " minus the dance party and a "Slow Show" that goes...
Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey had to endure a day of frustration as he was overtaken at the top of the leaderboard at the Dutch Fututres presented by Royal Bank of Scotland, eventually finishing in a tie for sixth place. The Belfast 29 year old had carved out a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the European Challenge Tour event at the Golf club Houtrak in Holland, but he could do nothing...
Women's Bioethics Project (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Art Caplan's recent trip to Ireland prompted him to pen this Op Ed in the Hartford Courant on Prisoner's Rights: Earlier this year, I spent a week in Belfast, Northern Ireland. While there, my wife and I took a tour of the city focusing on the events surrounding "The Troubles" -- the bitter fight by the Irish Republican Army to gain independence from Britain. The troubles have, happily, been resolved...
Irish Golf Desk (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey will take a one stroke lead into the final round of the European Challenge Tour’s Dutch Futures presented by Royal Bank of Scotland. The Belfast 29 year old carded an excellent third round of four under par 68 at the Golf Club Houtrak on the outskirts of Amsterdam for a three round aggregate of ten under par 206 and lead England’s Chris Gane by a stroke. Hoey, already...
Avian Influenza (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
MedicalNewsToday.com reports Queen's University Belfast scientists are involved in projects aimed to protect Northern Ireland's agri-food industry from Bird Flu and African Swine Fever. http://
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
News.com.au From correspondents in Belfast September 23, 2008 09:27am A CONVICTED Protestant paramilitary has denied he tried to murder the leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic Sinn Fein party, saying his attempt to storm parliament buildings was an "artistic protest". The 53-year-old told Belfast Crown Court he had not intended to harm anyone when security guards stopped him trying to enter the...
