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Tag Archives: Belfast
A Model for Belfast Regeneration?
The amount of vacant land in Belfast city centre is equivalent to the size of 265 football pitches, according to the Forum for Alternative Belfast. If this space was used efficiently, at least 50,000 more people could live within 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Sunday Business Post
Tagged Belfast, Fab, Forum for Alternative Belfast, Mark Hackett, the Maze
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Belfast Businesses Count Cost of Unrest
The weeks leading up to Christmas are normally a bumper time for the Mourne Seafood Bar in Belfast. One of the most popular restaurants in the city, empty tables at the Mourne are usually a collector’s item at weekends during … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland, Sunday Business Post
Tagged Belfast, Business, flags, loyalist
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Between the Lines
In 1971, a parliamentary Working Group criticised the speed with which walls, gates and fences were being put up to separate Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland. The ‘peace lines’, constructed mainly by the British army, were creating an … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Society and Culture
Tagged Belfast, LRB, peace lines
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Sectarian Legacy of Belfast Riots
From the Irish Examiner, June 24. Sectarian Legacy of Belfast Riots On Tuesday evening, the newly crowned US Champion Rory McIlroy touched down at George Best airport in East Belfast. It should have been a homecoming to unite Northern Ireland, … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Examiner, Northern Ireland, Politics
Tagged Belfast, Rory McIlroy, Short Strand, UVF
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Belfast’s Booming?
Feature on how small retailers in the North have been affected by shoppers (and their cash) coming over the border. First appeared in Sunday Business Post 03/01/2010. On Chichester Street, in the centre of Belfast, the lines of southern registered … Continue reading
Posted in News, Northern Ireland, Sunday Business Post
Tagged Belfast, Peter Geoghegan, The Bureau, The Merchant Hotel, Yoke
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Tribal Divide Behind Racist ‘Stain of Shame’
An analysis piece on the racist attacks in Belfast i wrote for the opinion pages of The Scotsman: On Monday night the windows of City Church in Belfast were smashed by vandals. Attacks on religious buildings are common in Northern … Continue reading
Racist attacks on Roma are latest low in North’s intolerant history
ANALYSIS: Can recent violence towards immigrants in Belfast be linked to the BNP’s success in European elections, writes PETER GEOGHEGAN. (The Irish Times 18/06/09) WITH ITS new, purpose-built Chinese centre, popular Asian supermarket and plethora of speciality shops, the Ormeau … Continue reading