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RTS NI Announce Winners Of 2023 Northern Ireland Student Television Awards

The Royal Television Society Northern Ireland (RTS NI) Student Television Awards winners were announced tonight (29 March 2023) in the Black Box, Belfast at an awards ceremony hosted by UTV journalist Sarah McKinley with the Joe McKinney Memorial Keynote Speech delivered by leading industry professional Jannine Waddell, MD of Waddell Media. In partnership with Northern Ireland Screen, these awards encourage, nurture and reward […]

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36 Local Community Groups Explore More Of Titanic Belfast

Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Michelle Kelly joined 36 community groups from across Belfast yesterday, Sunday March 26, as they enjoyed a day out at Titanic Belfast and SS Nomadic, as part of Local Community Day. Maritime Belfast Trust, the charity set up to preserve and promote Belfast’s maritime and industrial heritage, including the development of

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Investigation Finds That Northern Ireland Office Failed To Comply With Its Equality Scheme Commitments

An investigation by the Equality Commission has found that the Northern Ireland Office failed to comply with its equality scheme commitments in relation to its handling of its equality assessment of the policies in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (the Legacy Bill). The Commission’s report from the investigation was published today. In June 2022,

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Belfast Central Library Steps In To Support Arson Hit Businesses

Libraries NI has provided a creative space for four businesses whose offices were destroyed in the devastating fire in Cathedral Buildings in October 2022. Organised by Damien Corr, BID manager, Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) working with Julie Reid Deputy Head of Service, Libraries NI, the library has given the space free for a

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Investing In Electricity Grid Urgent To Meet Climate Change Goals

By Brian Alexander, Renewables Business Development Manager, PAC Group Northern Ireland stands on the cusp of major changes in how we generate our power, as global forces converge to shape a very different way of how we produce electricity for our homes and businesses.  A legacy of under-investment has created problems that put at risk

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Lord Mayor Encourages Residents To ‘take 5’ In City Parks

Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tina Black, has visited the recently installed ‘Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing’ bench in Dunville Park. The blue bench encourages users to focus on their mental and emotional wellbeing and features a QR code directing people to the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Minding Your Head website. The initiative is part

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10 Events To ‘Gorge’ On At This Year’s Imagine! Belfast Festival Of Ideas And Politics!

The Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics returns next week with a feast of events  Next week marks the return of one of Belfast’s most thought-provoking festivals, the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics during March 20-26. The festival will explore the theme, ‘Brain Food: A feast of ideas for a better world.’

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New Research Shows Cost-Of-Living Crisis Is Worsening For Disabled People In NI, As Charity Announces Emergency Financial Support For Households

The disability charity Sense, has announced that it will provide emergency financial support to disabled households, in response to its latest research, published today, that shows the impact of the worsening cost-of-living crisis on disabled people. More than four in five (83 per cent) of disabled people in Northern Ireland say that their financial situation

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Schools Back Bid to Plant a Million Trees with Self Help Africa

Schools across Northern Ireland are being urged to support a Northern Ireland wide campaign that’s aiming to plant one million trees, to combat climate change. In an initiative being backed by the Irish National School Teachers Association (INTO), development charity Self Help Africa Northern Ireland is distributing native Irish tree saplings and age appropriate classroom

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