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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
A West Belfast-born entrepreneur aiming to grow his health diagnostic company Cirdan into a Unicorn — a business with a valuation of $1bn — will address the next West Belfast Small Business Roundtable.
Dr. Hugh Cormican hails from Gransha but spent his formative years in Newry, Co. Down.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
A GROUP of teenage women have come together to launch the first ever Irish language exhibition to be displayed at the Public Record Office NI in its 100-year history.
Created to coincide with International Women’s Day, the historic ‘Mná na hAthbheochana’ exhibition focuses on the remarkable women who led the contemporary Irish language revival from the 1950s onwards.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
TWO armed and masked men ransacked and robbed a flat in Lenadoon in the early hours of this morning.
A man who was at home at the time escaped by using a ladder.
Detective Sergeant Kitchen said: “Police received a report this morning, Friday 14th March, at approximately 9am, that two masked men had entered a flat in the Carrigart Avenue area.
“The suspects who were dressed in black, were armed with weapons, believed to be knives.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
A PROTEST march will leave Queen's University on Saturday for the US Consulate to highlight what organisers say is "American complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza" and which are being given political cover by the Trump administration.
'Shamrocks For Palestine' is being organised by QUB Palestine Assembly, a collective of students and staff from the Belfast university.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
INFRASTRUCTURE Minister Liz Kimmins has welcomed the progress that is being made on a pilot scheme to provide traffic signs in both Irish and English in the Gaeltacht Quarter of West Belfast.
The pilot is being developed with input from Forbairt Feirste, and the sign layouts are being designed using guidance provided by Conradh na Gaeilge.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
STACKED Gourmet Sandwich Bar on the Glen Road is celebrating after scooping a prestigious award.
The popular café first opened on the Glen Road in April 2022 and has since opened a second spot on the Antrim Road.
Winning multiple awards and seeing customers travel from across Belfast and beyond for their food, the Stacked team recently picked up 'Best Café/Deli Takeaway in Northern Ireland' at the NI Takeaway Awards 2025.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
We look at the stories that were making the headlines this week in 1984
Reports coming in of Gerry Adams being shot
AS we go to press West Belfast MP Gerry Adams is recovering in hospital after being shot three times as he was being driven through the centre of Belfast.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
Allianz Football League Division ThreeAntrim v Sligo (Corrigan Park, Sunday, 2pm)
BETWEEN the standoff surrounding the venue of the Ulster SFC quarter-final and further tweaks to the new rules in football, there are no shortage of talking points ahead of Antrim’s Division Three game against Sligo at Corrigan Park on Sunday, but the only thing that matters for the Saffrons is gaining two points and removing the threat of relegation.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
SPRING has arrived, which means it’s time for the Antrim club leagues to get underway with Division One football - new rules included - doing the honours this week.
The format remains the same as last year with 16 teams in the top tier that will play each other once, with the title then decided by way of playoffs as the top four go into semi-finals, whilst at the foot of the table, it’s a battle to avoid the bottom four which will see relegation playoffs.
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1 month ago | 
belfastmedia.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Sean Fennell |Jude Collins |Gerry Adams
The race to secure a top-six finish in the Premiership continues as Cliftonville travel to Ballymena United on Saturday (3pm) with both sides keen not to lose further ground.
With no stopping Linfield in the race for the title, the prizes for the rest hinge upon the cup competitions and also the battle for a place in Europe.
