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New research on the cost of a break in a number of cities across the UK has found that Belfast is among the cheapest, though it will still cost at least £650 (roughly €740) for a weekend away in Northern Ireland’s capital.

As the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (BGFA) nears its 25th anniversary, Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, today published a new report that spotlights the significant economic and social prosperity that the landmark agreement has delivered for both the island of Ireland and Britain.

Belfast beckons for the Maigh Cuilinn Super League basketballers this weekend as they head north for a clash with a Belfast Star team that last weekend lost its four-game winning streak to table-toppers DBS Eanna in Dublin.

As the evenings close in, and our spare time is limited to the standard weekend, with maybe an extra day thrown in if we are lucky, I always prefer to look for a short break in a destination that can be reached in little more than an hour.

After two years of waiting the highly anticipated Quay Live event takes place this coming Sunday, June 5.

After two years of waiting the highly anticipated Quay Live event takes place this coming Sunday, June 5.

You have probably flown past it a hundred times on your way to Belfast International Airport, but have you ever stopped to think what’s inside the Ballyrobin Country Lodge Hotel?

Thirty lucky pupils from The Holy Family School in Newport have been busy taking part in an exciting global art project involving bookmaking and illustration. The project devised by visual artist Cas Mc Carthy called “Things I love” was launched on Friday for Cruinniù Na nÒg national day of creativity for children.

Michael Ring TD, has welcomed confirmation that Newport National School has received approval to proceed to tender for 2x 80m² Classroom including en-suite toilets & 1x 10.5m2 WC for assisted users and conversion of mainstream classroom into ASD room. Newport National School have been approved this additional accommodation for their school under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme from the Department of Education.

Fifteen exceedance for the pesticides MCPA and glyphosate were detected in the public drinking water supplies in Louisburgh and Newport in 2019 and 2020.