I know there’s craft fairs and things but I want to get something more permanent. I did have some stuff in a pop up shop, but that was in Portadown and it had to close. I’ve contacted gift shops and museums.

I work mostly with slate and wood so it’s hard to display these things :)

Thanks in advance :)

I know we all know it’s rubbish but honestly the only place to get a signal - decent signal is to be in the city centre.

Why the fuck do we all pay mobile bills for this rubbish.

Looking small job done. Anyone you know that is reliable and good quality? Not looking for the cheapest- just want someone who will do it well.

Not sure if this is the right sub for this but allow me to ask -

We got a parking charge notification from Smart Parking for overstaying in Holywood Exchange Retail Park. I'll be honest that I completely forgot that there was a 3-hour parking time limit there as we've been shopping there for a while and never got any fines.

Tried to appeal but got rejected, even after showing that we purchased stuff (sofa, food, light groceries) from the establishments there. I also tried to ask the retailers for help but seems like they can't do anything.

Has anyone successfully appealed a parking fine before? Is there any way I can still chase smart parking? I'm hoping not to pay a fine.

Thanks in advance!

Not sure if this is the right sub for this but allow me to ask -

We got a parking charge notification from Smart Parking for overstaying in Holywood Exchange Retail Park. I'll be honest that I completely forgot that there was a 3-hour parking time limit there as we've been shopping there for a while and never got any fines.

Tried to appeal but got rejected, even after showing that we purchased stuff (sofa, food, light groceries) from different establishments there. I also tried to ask the retailers for help but seems like they can't do anything.

Has anyone successfully appealed a parking fine before? Is there any way I can still chase smart parking? I'm hoping not to pay a fine.

Thanks in advance!

I’m genuinely curious if anyone in the property market knows what things are like at the moment.. this house near us doesn’t seem to be selling in east belfast - It looks perfectly fine and desirable location well presented etc, but it’s been on the market for months, which is not giving me any confidence in selling my own home any time soon if homes are just sitting there not getting agreed 😅

I’ve been living in Belfast for a few months and I’ve been putting aside the soft plastics that are marked on the packaging as ‘recycled at large supermarkets’. I went onto binmap.uk to see what supermarkets accept this recycling in Belfast, to see that there are none in the Belfast Council area. The closest on the map is O’Neill Road Recycling Centre over 6 miles away, but I don’t drive.

Is this just typical lack of research into services available in NI on a UK wide website, or is there actually nowhere I can recycle these in Belfast?

A Belfast City councillor has raised the possibility of a “week of protests” being held at next year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann following the Drumcree dispute. 

The Fleadh, which occurred for the first time in Belfast over the summer, saw more than one million people visit the city to join its celebrations.

It is set to return to Northern Ireland’s capital next August. 

Members of the Orange Order are currently involved in judicial review proceedings after Sir Chris Bryant halted a parade from going along Garvaghy Road amid large scale protests by residents opposed to the procession.

Sir Chris made the announcement on October 9 after an almost two-week stand-off by the Orange Order seeking to walk its traditional route which was allowed by the Parades Commission after almost 30 years of refusals.

Posting on Facebook, Ron McDowell suggested that a protest over the course of the Fleadh would force “serious negotiations from republicans.”

The TUV politician posted a screenshot of Gerry Adams’ open letter to his ‘orange neighbours’. 

Mr McDowell captioned it: “Maybe a week of protests at City Hall during next year’s Flash Cheoil na Éireann would force more respectful and serious negotiations from republicans.”

Mr Adams’ letter, which was written on Saturday, asked for society to move past the “sectarian hatred that has cursed us for so long”. 

It said: “Now that the British Secretary of State — recently landed among us — has banned the Portadown Lodge march on Garvaghy Road all of us should take time for a quiet reflection.

“Time also to be thankful that the stand-off was peaceful. You and the people of Garvaghy Road deserve credit for that.

“Division in our country was created and is exploited to keep us apart. This is our home place. Your homeland as well as mine. 

“We have a deeply toxic past and a troubled present. But we have the opportunity to build a peaceful shared future.”

The letter goes on to recognise that Orangemen are an “integral part of the culture and heritage” of the region, and an “important dimension of the deep well of our wider history”.

Mr Adams continued that respect is a “two-way process” and there is “no divine right for any organisation to parade where it likes”.

The ex Sinn Féin president finishes by stating: “I really enjoyed the presence and the outstanding contribution by musicians from the Orange tradition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast in August.

“That is the future. Embrace it. It is your future also.”

Ron McDowell previously admitted he did a “wee bit of damage to the cause” after he posted an AI generated image of a loyalist rally in Portadown which exaggerated the size of the crowd. 

The image appeared to show Ms Lockhart addressing a vast crowd as the stand-off over the parade continued.

However, reports suggested that only around 200 people had gathered in a car park at the end of Garvaghy Road.

After enquiries from this newspaper, Mr McDowell posted a statement admitting the post was “stupid”.

“I really need to learn social media better. (There’s no cure for stupid),” the TUV representative said.