TWO Northern Ireland high streets have been recognised amongst the UK's best in this year's Great British High Street Awards, each winning £5,000 for their local communities. Portadown was crowed Nor[...] You have reached your limit of free articles Registered users get 5 regular articles and 1 free Premium article per week. … [Read more...] about It’s right up their street for Portadown and Lisburn
Site of proposed Belfast student accommodation on the market for £2.5m
A PROPOSED multi-million pound Belfast student accommodation block, previously the subject of a High Court challenge, has been put up for sale. The site on Library Street, which has full planning per[...] You have reached your limit of free articles Registered users get 5 regular articles and 1 free Premium article per week. … [Read more...] about Site of proposed Belfast student accommodation on the market for £2.5m
Five reasons why Rotterdam ought to be your next foodie destination
HANG on tight if you sit out the back on a water taxi in Rotterdam. Time is money in Europe's biggest port – so forget snapping at the skyscrapers, or your smartphone might just end up bleep[...] You have reached your limit of free articles Registered users get 5 regular articles and 1 free Premium article per week. … [Read more...] about Five reasons why Rotterdam ought to be your next foodie destination
Newton Emerson: Rather than take credit for deal, DUP is rushing over the cliff edge
Rather than take some credit for the best EU withdrawal deal Northern Ireland was ever likely to get, the DUP has decided to push its Brexit brinkmanship over the cliff edge. Realistically it was neve[...] This story is for Premium subscribers only Registered users get 5 regular articles & 1 free Premium article per week. … [Read more...] about Newton Emerson: Rather than take credit for deal, DUP is rushing over the cliff edge
Steafán Hanvey and Bobbie Hanvey on new book of photos and verse, Reconstructions
BOBBIE Hanvey has been documenting life in Northern Ireland for almost 50 years now. During the Troubles, the Downpatrick-based photojournalist slept with a radio scanner chattering away by his bedside: Hanvey (73) could be up, dressed and into the car in a matter of moments once a local codeword crackled over the airwaves, his trusty Nikon slung and ready to capture the aftermath of a nearby atrocity – bombings, shootings, arson attacks and other grisly 'greatest hits' of mid-1970s Ulster. Often, Co Fermanagh-born Hanvey would open the bedroom door to find his eldest son, Steafán, waiting – also dressed and ready for action. The pair would then speed off into the waning night to get their story, occasionally beating the RUC and emergency services to the crime scene. Job done, they would return home to develop the shots in Bobbie's darkroom. "It was definitely a 'less ordinary' childhood," comments Helsinki-based Steafán (46), now a seasoned musician who has … [Read more...] about Steafán Hanvey and Bobbie Hanvey on new book of photos and verse, Reconstructions