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Translink Adds More Bus And Rail Services For Christmas Period

With the countdown to Christmas underway, Translink is encouraging more people to get on board and choose bus or rail for shopping, socialising and enjoying festive days. The public transport provider has scheduled additional services, enhanced capacity and late-night services, and is also offering a range of discounted ticket options to help make everyone’s Christmas

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Stranger Crows Hootenanny: Showcasing Local Talent At Oh Yeah Music Centre

Four up and coming bands will take to the stage at the Oh Yeah Music Centre as part of a local showcase this Friday, December 2.  A collaboration of the online zine Stranger Dais and local talent promoters Old Crows Promotions, Stranger Crows Hootenanny will see music fans from across the city show their support

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Ballyearl Is First For Fitness Following Equipment Investment

Ballyearl Arts and Leisure Centre has received over £100,000 in state-of-the-art fitness equipment and a modernised interactive Group Cycle studio. Ballyearl Arts and Leisure Centre has received over £100,000 in state-of-the-art fitness equipment and a modernised interactive Group Cycle studio. This latest investment was unveiled by the Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Alderman Stephen Ross

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Mammoth Support For Cathedral Buildings Fire Hit Businesses

Branding and Digital Creative Agency, Mammoth, stepped up to help businesses who lost office space when Cathedral Buildings, on Belfast’s Donegall Street was devastated in a fire in October this year. Within a short space of time the businesses were offered space by Mammoth to enable them to get their companies back up and trading

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Lord Mayor Cuts First Sod On York Street Train Station Transformation

Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Tina Black, cut the first sod today on the new high quality, sustainable train station at York Street in the north of the city. Joined by Translink, Director of Infrastructure and Project Delivery John Glass and Andrew Henry, Contracts Director for GRAHAM, the sod cutting marked the start of a two-year

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Sustainable Fuel Switch For Belfast City Council Vehicles Gets Go Ahead

Belfast City Council will begin to transition the majority of council fleet vehicles currently powered by diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Elected members have approved the fuel switch following a HVO trial on a selection of vehicles during the summer of 2022. HVO is a low carbon, zero sulphur fuel and is manufactured from

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Gold Workplace Charter Award For Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has renewed its Gold Workplace Charter Award in recognition of the support it offers to employees who have experienced domestic abuse. The presentation was made at the recent Onus Awards ceremony, with the Council part of a growing network of employers who have developed a workplace policy and delivered

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Inequality Findings Are A ‘Call To Action’

Lord Mayor Christina Black with Dr Lucy Michael, Donald Takura Markoni, Dr Livingstone Thompson and Barbara Snowarska at Belfast City Hall. Research published today on inequalities experienced by Belfast’s black, Asian, minority ethnic and Traveller communities, should act as a “call to action” for Belfast City Council and its partners. The study, which was commissioned

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