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A Pensioners Manifesto
2010 Launch at City Hall of a unique pensioner's election campaign, which aims to harness the power of the 'grey vote' in the lead up to the General Election. The campaign which has been named 'A Pensioners Manifes...
Auld Lamas Fair
The Auld Lamas Fair is a traditional fair held in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is associated with the Lammas harvest festival. The fair has been...
Interfaces 4
Part four in a four part series on Interfaces in Belfast. This final episode examines the issues of investment and regeneration in Interface areas. With the Assembly established, politicians and community worker...
Ó Bhéal Feirste Thiar go dtí na h-Eileanan Siar (From West Belfast to the Western Isles)
Buíon shuáilceach de dhrámadóirí ag preabadh ó oileán go hoileán ag blaiseadh aoibhneas na háite agus ag léiriú iontas na drámaíochta Gaeilge do mhuintir na n-oileán. Belfast drama group, Aisteoirí Aon Dráma, tours ...
And then there was Silence…
Documents the experiences, feelings and needs of people who have been closely affected by the violence of the Troubles, based on in-depth interviews and survey work conducted by the pioneering Cost of the Troubles Stu...
A Century Later: Roberta Gray
A woman’s fight against depression and how she got her life back through work in a women's centre. “I have progressed so far that now working in the women’s centre I have something to get up for in the mornin...
East Belfast: Past, Present and Future – Part Two
Second programme in the trilogy examines present day east Belfast and the lack of opportunities for young people, which leads some to recreational rioting, drugs, drink, referral through the youth justice system or in...
Multi-Cultural Food & Arts Festival
A look back to 1997 and the Food and Art Festival held to celebrate European Year Against Racism which offered 25,000 portions of home cooked food cuisine from more than 30 different cultures living in Belfast. (Ch...
A Century Later: Ethnic Minorities in Northern Ireland – Identities and Shared Histories
The history and impact of British colonialism across the globe and its part in shaping the multicultural society that Northern Ireland is today.
Paint for Peace
Danny Devenny and Mark Ervine are two muralists from opposite sides of the political divide. Together, they are crossing the sectarian boundaries of Northern Ireland, bringing with them a positive outlook, for the ...
Waves from Rathlin
Over 100 years ago, Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated successfully the sending of signals over a distance without wire, hence the term 'wireless.' Before this time, ships had made themselves known to shore stations by...
Margaret McDevitt
As a child Margaret lived on Ulrika Street now Ulrika Terrace on the Donegall Road with her older sister and brother. “There were no nurseries and you didn’t get to school until you were seven years old” Margar...