In the first in a series of articles First Minister Peter Robinson talks candidly with The CT about his new role, choosing politics over paramilitarism, the George Best City Airport expansion plans and the controversial rapid transport system proposed to run along the Comber Greenway.
By Victoria McMahon
Having clocked up over four decades in the fraught and volatile political
arena of Northern Ireland politics, Peter Robinson is a veteran at being in
the spotlight. But as he nears the end of his first month as First Minister,
he says his lofty position is all about the “grassroots”.
East Belfast has a titanic amount to offer as an inaugural festival for the
area gets into full swing this week.
BBC star Stephen Nolan helped Templemore Amateur Swimming Club (TASC) make a
splash - by launching a 25-hour charity swimathon.
The Cancer Research UK shop in Bloomfield Avenue, has opened its doors again
after it was nearly destroyed last month.
First Minister and East Belfast MP Peter Robinson
L-r Councillor Jim Rodgers, Leigh Higgins and Stephen Nolan
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