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DÚLRA: Dúlra will have to be patient for that Bí Gaelach

THESE bees are our finest local residents – because they literally consist of the Best of the West.

HEALTHWISE: Diet is a vital component in your skin regime

EATING a diverse and balanced diet is very important for skin health. A diet that is rich in vitamins (A, B2, B3, B6, C, D and E) and minerals (zinc and selenium) is key for skin health.

GERRY ADAMS: An open letter to my unionist neighbours

I WANT to respectfully reach out to my unionist neighbours at this time of ongoing change on our island and continuous turbulence and conflict in parts of our world. We should count our blessings. Imperfect though it might be, we have peace and the ability to work out our difficulties peacefully.

WE SAY: Unionist response to flying of Palestine flag entirely predictable

THE loyalist response to the decision by Belfast City Council to fly the Palestine flag over Belfast City Hall was entirely predictable.

EYE ON THE PAST: December 1984 – Priest's plea to RUC over Norah killing

We look at the stories that were making the headlines in the Andersonstown News this week in 1984

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Midnight at the gates of no-longer-loyal City Hall

IT SEEMS I’m a traitor.

CELTIC STORIES: This could be Rotterdam or Edinburgh, Celtic win them both

THE pleasure of following Celtic everywhere they go was truly at its peak last Thursday when an away end filled with green and white was sent into pandemonium as Martin O'Neill waved his magic wand to claim an impressive 1-3 victory over Feyenoord in Rotterdam.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: We need to attract women like Siobhán – not drive them away

IN August 1993, Sinn Féin in Belfast marched for the first time to Belfast City Hall. It was a seminal moment, led by republican women, when the right to march, assemble and express republican opinion in Belfast was made visible as thousands remembered internment, and also gave expression to the growing momentum for a just peace.

JUDE COLLINS: Tánaiste builds a false comparison on US and Irish construction funding

A WEEK ago the Tánaiste, Simon Harris, stood up in the Dáil during a debate on – what else? – housing. He used the occasion to criticise Sinn Féin for receiving financial contributions from the US through its US fundraising arm, Friends of Sinn Fein. In all, Sinn Féin raised €366,000, the bulk of that said to come from builders and construction companies in the US. Simon took a seriously dim view of that.

HOLLY: The festive facts you need to know as the Christmas season starts

KILWARLIN’S a pretty good spot to get your Christmas holly. More importantly, Kilwarlin’s a pretty good spot for Christmas holly with berries, which is the only kind of Christmas holly really.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Israel boycott elitists should leave people alone to do their own thing

I’M going to tell you the trouble with BDS. Not because I’m opposed to boycotting, divesting from or sanctioning the genocidal ethnostate of Israel – on the contrary, I think these things are not only necessary but essential if the final frayed and straining thread on the rope connecting the West to humanity is to hold. Rather, I’m going to tell you the trouble with BDS because I want it to stop being a niche activity.

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DÚLRA: Dúlra will have to be patient for that Bí Gaelach

HEALTHWISE: Diet is a vital component in your skin regime

GERRY ADAMS: An open letter to my unionist neighbours

WE SAY: Unionist response to flying of Palestine flag entirely predictable

EYE ON THE PAST: December 1984 – Priest's plea to RUC over Norah killing

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Midnight at the gates of no-longer-loyal City Hall

CELTIC STORIES: This could be Rotterdam or Edinburgh, Celtic win them both

ANDRÉE MURPHY: We need to attract women like Siobhán – not drive them away

JUDE COLLINS: Tánaiste builds a false comparison on US and Irish construction funding

HOLLY: The festive facts you need to know as the Christmas season starts

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Israel boycott elitists should leave people alone to do their own thing

WE SAY: DUP enter the battle for the true-blue hearts

DÚLRA: RSPB bird stickers are a window to a better future

EYE ON THE PAST: December 1984 – New video evidence casts light on Norah McCabe killing

HEALTHWISE: Why your should detox yourself of detox diets

Belfast gets the crumbs off the table with Euro 2028 draw

Gaelic Games: St Gall's set up All-Belfast final after victory over Creggan

Soccer: Depleted Cliftonville welcome Swifts to Solitude

Soccer: Joe 'the goal' breaks 300 goals as Reds advance to last eight

Community Gardening: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is here, time to get planting

PLATING UP: A chilli lime and coriander seasoned Basa fillet on a bed of baby beets

EYE ON THE PAST: November 1984 – Direct Rule plan for Belfast

Police treat UVF graffiti at Alliance office as a 'hate crime'

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