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Six Thought-Provoking Talks at the 4 Corners Festival

The 4 Corners Festival is returning in 2025 for its 13th year, with a packed lineup of inspiring and thought-provoking talks, discussions, and workshops that promise to engage and challenge attendees. With the theme Home? as its focus, the festival runs from 31 January to 9 February across Belfast, offering a diverse programme designed to

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Local Charity Explores Parallels Between M.E. And Long Covid With Leading Experts At Newry Event

Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland recently hosted an evening that highlighted the devastating effects of post-viral illness, through an exploration of the striking similarities between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and one group of Long Covid patients diagnosed with Covid-induced M.E.. The event provided information centred around M.E., including a screening of an episode of

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Arts Care’s Christmas Show Brings Joy and Creativity to Knockbracken Healthcare Park

Arts in health charity Arts Care recently hosted its much-anticipated Christmas show at Knockbracken Healthcare Park, welcoming over 100 attendees, including service users and staff from day centres across the Belfast Trust.  The event marked a joyful return of the annual celebration after a four-year hiatus, with the pandemic putting the tradition on pause since

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4 Corners Festival Bringing Young People Together Through Sports 

The 2025 4 Corners Festival is set to bring young people from local communities across Belfast together through the medium of sport. Now in its 13th year, the 4 Corners Festival was conceived as a way to inspire people from across the city to transform it for the peace and wellbeing of all. The festival,

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New Report Reveals Majority of NI Electrical Workers Suffer Electric Shocks

An alarming 80% of electrical workers in Northern Ireland have experienced electric shocks on the job, with nearly three-quarters of incidents going unreported, according to a groundbreaking report by the Electrical Training Trust (ETT).  The findings, unveiled at the organisation’s annual ‘Stay Connected’ event for the NI electrical industry at Galgorm Resort & Spa, shed

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4 Corners Festival Set To Return In 2025 With New Theme ‘HOME?’

The annual 4 Corners Festival is back for another packed lineup of events next year. The organising committee has announced its dates for 2025 and a new thought provoking theme HOME? The festival, which will feature a range of art, music, discussion, sport and faith-inspired events, runs from January 31 to February 9, 2025 in

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Neurodiversity In The Workplace Discussions To Take Centre Stage At Entrepreneurs Conference This Month

The topic of neurodiversity within the entrepreneurial journey and in the workplace will be just one of the many topics of discussion happening at a new conference happening in Belfast this month. Entrepreneurs Unleashed, which takes place at the Cathy Short Theatre at Jennymount Business Park in Belfast on Thursday November 28, will be tackling

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Electric Shock Report to Launch at Northern Ireland’s Premier Electrical Industry Event

A new report aimed at tackling the widespread underreporting of electric shocks within the electrical industry in Northern Ireland will be launched later this month, as part of the Electrical Training Trust’s (ETT) ‘Save Our Sparks’ campaign.  The report, titled Ending Shock Silence, is based on findings from the Electric Shock Survey, a recent study

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Courage, Confidence & Competitions: How Explore Enterprise Helped Charmaine Humphries Progress Professionally and Personally

Charmaine Humphries’ step into the beauty business world was one she never thought possible, but with the help of the Explore Enterprise Support Service, her vision of starting her own company became a reality. The Dungiven native, who previously held a successful career in the care sector for nine years, stopped working in order to

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