Mark Simpson
Reporter at BBC
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Mark Simpson |Amy Stewart
The 43rd Belfast City Marathon is due to kick off later with runners aiming to complete the 26.2-mile course. The race will start at Stormont at 9:00 BST on Sunday and finish in Ormeau Park. Record numbers are due to take part this year - organisers say 6,500 full marathon runners have signed up, 2,750 relay teams (which have between two and five people in them) and there are 1,200 walkers. AdvertisementA number of roads are closed and there are changes to public transport.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mark Simpson |Keiron Tourish |Darran Marshall
Members of the public and church leaders have expressed "sadness" after the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning. The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, said the Pope had been "showing immense courage and serenity in the face of frailty and suffering". Catholics in west Belfast and Londonderry expressed their shock at hearing the news on Easter Monday.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Mark Simpson |Keiron Tourish |Catherine Doyle
NI church leaders and mass-goers pay tribute to Pope FrancisGetty ImagesPope Francis is greeted by Archbishop Eamon Martin as he arrives at Dublin Airport on 25 August 2018 in DublinMark Simpson, Keiron Tourish and Catherine DoyleMembers of the public and church leaders have expressed "sadness" after the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Mark Simpson
Former principal says he took 'risk' over McIlroy's absences Mark SimpsonBBC News NI communities correspondentBBCMcIlroy's former principal, John Stevenson, said the school needed to match the sacrifices the golfer's parents madeA confidential memo from Rory McIlroy's time at school shows how plans were in place in case his golf career did not work out. Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, County Down, went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the golf-mad teenager kept studying.
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4 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Mark Simpson
Mark SimpsonBBC News NI communities correspondentThe American mediator who negotiated the peace deal in Northern Ireland has called on young people to ensure political progress is not lost. Senator George Mitchell said he was "alarmed" by the number of people still leaving to live elsewhere. Speaking to an audience at Queen's University Belfast, including many teenagers and students, he encouraged them to work to cement peace.
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