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George Cassidy (7 September 1936 – 28 May 2023) was a Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher from Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland, who specializing in the tenor saxophone. He was also noted for teaching fellow Belfast musician Van Morrison music reading and notation and giving him saxophone lessons.
Brendan Hughes - BBC News NI political reporter November 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM Belfast City Council has said it has made changes to security at Roselawn cemetery and crematorium in response to ...
The Belfast Telegraph was entirely broadsheet until 19 February 2005, when the Saturday morning edition was introduced and all Saturday editions were converted to compact. [11] The weekday morning compact edition was launched on 22 March 2005. [12] In 2015, the Telegraph launched the magazine supplement Family Life. [13]
Brodie died, aged 86, on 29 January 2013. [1] His funeral was held at Cregagh Presbyterian Church, Belfast. [5] A minute's silence, followed by a minute of applause, was held at all Irish League grounds on the weekend following his death and the Northern Ireland national team wore black armbands as a mark of respect during their next international match. [6]
Planning for the funeral began in 2009. The committee was initially chaired by Sir Malcolm Ross, former Master of the Royal Household.Following the 2010 general election that brought the coalition government into power, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude was made the new chairman of the committee; the codename given to the plans was changed to True Blue from Iron Bridge to provide it with ...
The Sunday Life was born on 20 April 1988, at that time the Belfast Telegraph was owned by the Thomson International Organisation. After getting the go-ahead at an executive meeting, Belfast Telegraph managing director Bob Crane called together his senior executives and they organised a private conference to plan the launch of the Sunday Life.
Conlon died of lung cancer on 21 June 2014 in his native Belfast home, surrounded by family members. [5] [9] His funeral was held at St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast: the ceremony was presided by Father Ciaran Dallat and saw the participation of the other members of the Guildford Four, the Maguire Seven, Irish Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and Conlon's former lawyer Gareth Peirce.
The Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister. [4] It merged with the Belfast Morning News in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been The Irish News and Belfast Morning News.