Michael Devlin

Hooked again: Why Jaws still reels us in

I recently read a very interesting (barking mad) article in The Guardian about the rise of dog friendly cinema screenings. Apparently – according to the article – pooches and their humans are regularly packing out ‘mutt-iplexes’ in London (18 picture houses in the capital alone cater for canines) and in an endeavour I might have […]

Lego: The gift that keeps on hurting

STRABANE’S Alley Theatre is to close for up to six months, with all scheduled performances, workshops, and events having to be postponed or cancelled – or relocated to another venue. The closure next month follows the discovery of a substantial water leak at the town centre theatre, prompting urgent remedial works. In a statement, Derry […]

The lucky winner of the Bradley jersey will be drawn using a random name generator shortly after the Liverpool v Arsenal match on August 31

Deirdre Harkin was deeply loved by her family, friends, and the wider community, all of whom are struggling to come to terms with her loss

A TYRONE priest says he will hang up his vestments this weekend for the last time with “gratitude, appreciation and sadness.” Fr Declan Boland (76), who has been Camus Parish Priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception for the past 25 years, is stepping down at the end of the month. However this weekend […]

From humble beginnings, great things come…The history of Craft Training offers no small amount of inspiration. Started from the bedroom of their Strabane home, husband and wife Seamus and Marie Nealis ‘crafted’ an idea which has come to signify the tenets of education, resilience and innovation. From the ground up they built a company which […]

A LOCAL construction firm has announced that a new expansion of the business will create up to 100 new jobs. KES Group, based at Strabane Business Park, made the announcement this week as the next phase of the company’s expansion plans got underway. The new jobs will include administration, construction, production and engineering roles. Advertisement […]

I have long been interested in accents; perhaps because I’ve lived in lots of different places. Why, for example, does someone from Strabane have a slightly different accent from someone in Omagh, despite the two places being separated by only a paltry total of about 20 miles? Why is the Scottish accent to drastically dissimilar […]