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Local MP Joins Community in Campaign Against
Speeding
By Lisa Smith
A COMMUNITY has united together
following the death of a tiny two year-old boy who was
struck by a speeding car and left for dead on a city
street....More
Paddy
Doyle back in Training
By Enda
Mullen
IRON MAN Paddy Doyle from Balsall Common
is once again going through the pain barrier, pushing his body
almost beyond its limit....More
Local Football Referee Dies During Match
By
Lisa Smith
HUNDREDS of mourners packed into a Roman
Catholic church in Kingshurst to pay tribute to a popular rugby
referee and former head teacher who collapsed and died while officiating
at a match....More
Hitting the right note in Roslea
By
Daniel O'Connor
IN FEBRUARY, Roslea Comhaltas from County
Fermanagh twinned with our local branch of Birmingham Comhaltas.
This was an initiative designed to combine the talents of both
branches and create a cultural relationship between them....More
A Little Bit of Ireland in Erdington
By Joan Cunningham
PATRICK McCABE wrote a book about a Butcher
Boy. Young Francie Brady – a bully and a violent young
tearaway plagued with mental and behavioural problems. The book,
and the film, haunted my thoughts and dreams for a good while
after I can tell you....More
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DRINKS WAR IN DONEGAL
In a bid to attract more customers,
a publican in Letterkenny as dropped 50 cents of a pint of Guinness,
bringing it down to 2 euro 50 cents. Bar Mono has been suffering
a decline in trade according to management. The
move has already been critised by the Donegal youth council,
which claims it will prompt a price war which will result in
drunkenness. The price reduction also covers soft drinks which
as pleased some of the bars regulars. As a result the bars
fortunes are on the up! |
PAISLEYS HISTORIC VISIT TO DUBLIN
Leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley, made his partys historic meeting
with the Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, at the beginning
of October, and he said it had produced a useful exchange of
views. Paisley went on the say that he felt further discussions
would secure a deal to get devolution up and running in Northern
Ireland for the first time in two years. |
ALGERIA
WELCOME’S
IRISH BEEF AGAIN
Irish
beef is now been welcomed back in Algeria after being given the
thumbs up by the authorities. Irish Agricultural Minister, Mary
Coughlin said the move was welcomed and is a well deserved vote
of confidence in the Irish beef sector. |
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