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Councillors call for clamp down on dog fouling

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Mark Simpson |Amy Stewart

Councillors call for clamp down on dog foulingMark Simpson and Amy StewartGetty ImagesThe fine is currently £80, reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days - councillors are calling for this to be raisedThere are calls for a clampdown on dog-fouling in Belfast after more than 1,000 complaints last year but relatively few fines. Only 10 fixed penalty notices have been issued since April 2023, according to the latest figures released by Belfast City Council.
The Peach Caretaker

Jul 16, 2024 | orionmagazine.org | Amy Stewart

Reagan WytsalucyMonticello, Utah“I started college as a business major, but I just knew that wasn’t what I was supposed to be doing,” Reagan Wytsalucy recalled. “So I went to my dad for advice. He’s the one who told me about the Navajo peach trees.”Wytsalucy grew up in Gallup, New Mexico, in what she remembers as a very westernized childhood. “One time I heard these words, Native American, and I asked my dad what that meant. He just looked at me and said, ‘That’s you.
Bruce Springsteen in Belfast: Everything you need to know

May 3, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Amy Stewart

Born in the USA but loved the world over - Bruce Springsteen is coming to (lucky) town. The European leg of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2024 World Tour kicks off in Cardiff on 5 May, with Belfast the second stop on the tour. The Boss has played on the island of Ireland about 30 times in his five-decade career. His first Irish concert was in Slane Castle in County Meath on June 1985 as part of his Born In The USA tour.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Who is the former DUP leader?

Mar 29, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Jayne McCormack |Amy Stewart

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has stepped down from leadership of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) after being charged with sexual offences of a historical nature. Who is the Lagan Valley MP and former DUP leader and how has his political career played out in Northern Ireland and Westminster? His decision to enlist in a life of politics was influenced initially not by power, but in protest against IRA violence.
Iran to Ireland: Irish cyclist praises the kindness of strangers

Mar 10, 2024 | bbc.com | Amy Stewart

Image source, Tomás' World Cycle"I've found 99% of people in the world are kind and good". For Tomás Mac an t-Saoir, from Ballyferriter, the world is no bigger than one turn of a wheel. The County Kerry man has just returned from cycling across Afghanistan, Iran, India and Pakistan as part of a mission to cycle across the globe, and meet as many people as possible along the way. It started in 2016 after university in Galway - when he packed up his bicycle and belongings to cycle across the USA.
Irish townlands: What they mean and why they matter

Dec 31, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Amy Stewart

Cities, towns, villages, parishes, roads, streets - these are more than just dots on a globe, they're where we're from and a big part of who we are. Before modernity redrew our maps - more urban sprawl, housing estates and roads everywhere - people identified primarily with townlands. Some were big and some were small, but from Tullychurry to Ballywatticock, it was your townland that defined who you were.
Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag

Nov 21, 2023 | news.zordo.in | Amy Stewart

By Amy StewartBBC News NIA social media post about Northern Ireland which used an Irish tricolour has been removed by 10 Downing Street. An edited version of the Instagram post has now been uploaded without the flag. The post was about an event in Downing Street on Sunday featuring Northern Ireland businesses. The Irish tricolour is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland and has no official status in Northern Ireland, although it is used by many Irish nationalists.
Downing Street deletes post about Northern Ireland with Irish flag

Nov 21, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Amy Stewart

A social media post about Northern Ireland which used an Irish tricolour has been removed by 10 Downing Street. An edited version of the Instagram post has now been uploaded without the flag. The post was about an event in Downing Street on Sunday featuring Northern Ireland businesses. The Irish tricolour is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland and has no official status in Northern Ireland, although it is used by many Irish nationalists.
Northern Ireland's maximum taxi fares to go up

Nov 10, 2023 | bbc.com | Amy Stewart

Image source, Getty/MaskotThe maximum prices that a taxi driver can charge are to rise across Northern Ireland. The maximum fare will increase by 9.5% during the day and 19.5% at all other timesHowever drivers can still charge less than the maximum if they want. The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) said "challenges about the availability of taxis, particularly in the evenings and at weekends" has led to concerns around public safety. The DfI said this was a context which had led to the rise.
PSNI's Jon Boutcher hopes for fresh policing money with Stormont's return

Nov 8, 2023 | bbc.com | Amy Stewart

Image source, PA/Liam McBurneyImage caption, New PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher is greeted by Policing Board vice-chair Edgar Jardine and chief executive Sinead Simpson before a press conferenceThe new chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said he hopes Northern Ireland's executive will return and more funding will be released to the force. Jon Boutcher, who had been interim PSNI chief constable, was speaking after his appointment.