Tina Calder

Journalist, commentator, author and content creator specialising in showbiz, entertainment, business, trade, human interest and lifestyle.

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Belfast Children’s Festival Expands Thanks To Cash Investment From Cathedral Quarter BID and Arts & Business NI

Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (CQ BID) has partnered with the 2019 Belfast Children’s Festival to unveil a packed programme of events this Spring. The money has been secured through the Arts & Business NI Investment Programme allowing the BID in partnership with Young at Art to secure match funding. Leveraging in total £14,000 […]

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Lisburn’s ISLAND Arts Centre Afloat With Packed Programme For 2019

Comedians Colin Murphy, Nuala McKeever and Neil Delamere are among the big names set to take to the stage at the ISLAND Arts Centre in the new year. Also bringing their shows to the Lisburn venue are musicians Ronnie Greer, Anthony Toner, Linley Hamilton and Glenn Patterson as well as bands The Wood Burning Savages

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Local Entrepreneur Sinead Sharkey Appointed Into Regional Leadership Programme Of Lean In

Northern Ireland entrepreneur Sinead Sharkey has been appointed to the Regional Leader Programme of the networking organisation promoting equality in business, Lean In. online pharmacy anafranil online with best prices today in the USA buy metformin online metformin online generic Sinead’s work to develop her Female Entrepreneurs Lean In ‘circle’ supporting women starting or building

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Belfast Entrepreneur Launches 31 Day Learning Challenge | #LearnuaryNI

A Belfast tech entrepreneur is challenging people all across Northern Ireland to begin a 31-day learning challenge. Christine Watson, founder of TrainingMatchmaker.com, has launched the annual #LearnuaryNI campaign which encourages both trainers and learners to step out of their comfort zone for 31 days starting in January. The challenge, which is to learn or teach

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Aspiring Bloggers Complete Course At Lisburn City Library | #GetBloggingNI

Blogging, vlogging and podcasting are ways to share stories and compelling content, and recently 12 Northern Ireland bloggers received certificates for completing a six-week course at Lisburn City Library. Delivered by TrainingMatchmaker.com and backed by Libraries NI the course (#GetBloggingNI) introduced new and intermediate bloggers to the tools and techniques necessary to become a successful

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Co Down Artist Kathryn Callaghan’s Work On Display On Every Floor Of Belfast’s Newest Hotel

Award-winning artist Kathryn Callaghan has created a custom piece of art now displayed on each of the 23 floors of Belfast’s newest hotel, the Grand Central on the city’s Bedford Street. online pharmacy buy zantac without prescription with best prices today in the USA Kathryn’s seahorse image is an original work commissioned by the Hastings

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“My Pirate Ghost Husband Stole My Energy & Left Me Sick” Reveals Irish Author Amanda Large

BELFAST woman, Amanda Large, has ended her marriage to a dead pirate…and she reckons she’ll need an exorcism to rid herself of the troublesome ghost husband. Amanda – formerly Amanda Sparrow Large Teague – married the spirit of Jack Robert Teague, who had the nickname, according to the 46-year-old, Captain Jack Sparrow. But a year

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Belfast Tech Company Moment Health Joins In Efforts To Support Mental Health Care After Birth

WITH a fifth of mothers experiencing antenatal or post-natal depression or anxieties Moment Health has launched a ‘Check Your Symptoms’ campaign to help support parents and their families and all who work with them. The launch of the campaign coincides with a major report by NSPCC, the Royal College of Midwives, and Community Practitioners and

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Local Coffee Subscription Service Cubist Coffee Launches Best of NI’s Roasters Festive Product

Coffee lovers are in for a festive treat as Belfast company Cubist Coffee have launched a unique Christmas set that will have lovers of the bean beating a path to make sure they can sample the best out there. The Cubist Coffee Gift set contains three samples of coffee sourced from the best products across

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International Business Network Lean In Gains Momentum Across Northern Ireland

The ongoing success of women in leadership empowerment network Lean In locally is to be celebrated at an event in Belfast later this month. Four years ago entrepreneur Nuala Murphy of Moment Health brought the international organisation to Northern Ireland where it has now grown to boast a staggering 2,000 members since its inception. Within

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Major Workplace & Facilities Event Marks Change

A major Northern Ireland event on November 23 will be held to mark the British Institute of Facilities Management’s (BIFM) transition to the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management IWFM). A host of speakers will explain what the change will mean, its ambitions and how IWFM will be an organisation reflecting the new dynamics in

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#PigBusinessNI – Business Incentive Scheme Dubbed “New RHI” Will Be Devastating To NI Say Environmental Campaigners

EXCLUSIVE by Tina Calder online pharmacy buy anafranil no insurance with best prices today in the USA A BUSINESS incentive scheme dubbed “the new RHI” by environmental campaigners is set to make millions of pounds worth of payments to UK investors over the next 20 years. And the payments, which are made following the granting

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Belfast Beauty Company Celebrates 22 New Stockists Taking Portfolio To 152 Salons Across Ireland

The ever-burgeoning number of salons stocking the Belfast developed Bronze Leaf tanning product has been boosted with 22 more outlets across Ireland signed up in the last 3 months Owner and creator of Bronze Leaf, entrepreneur Karen Walker, is celebrating the company’s latest growth that now sees the product being used in 152 salons in

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And The 2018 CIM Ireland Winners Are…

Great night at the #CIMawards tonight, big thanks to Peter Craven from Blue Sky Marketing and The Future Of Marketing Conference for inviting me: The #CIMawards winners are: Best New Product, Business or Service Launch sponsored by Mintel: Translink for Belfast Glider Launch Cause Related Marketing sponsored by McGowans: Public Health NI for Not Sorry Mums Creative Industries Marketing

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Why Storytelling Is Absolutely Vital For Any Successful Business Publicity Campaign

Storytelling isn’t a new thing, it’s not a digital marketing buzz phrase and it certainly isn’t an alien concept. In fact “storytelling” is at the very core of all society, it’s what makes us human. The ability to relate and recall stories is something we teach children from a very young age as we use

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Artist & Designer Kathryn Callaghan Launches New Homewares Range

Award winning artist, Kathryn Callaghan, launches her exclusive Homewares and Accessories Collection at a special event in Crossgar’s JN Wine on November 9. Kathryn, whose work has achieved worldwide acclaim, will officially launch her range of cushions, coasters, placemats, tea towels, and greeting cards at the two-hour event that will also see her original paintings

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Top Dolly Parton Tribute Vows To Continue Despite Doctor Ordering An End To Her Performances

WHEN Northern Ireland’s top Dolly Parton tribute star Donna Stewart was ordered to stop performing by her doctor she was devastated. In four decades of entertaining the Co Down singer had never cancelled a show and suddenly she was faced with not only having to cancel a number of gigs but coming to terms with

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Wrestling Giants Set To Jump In The Ring As Top Tour Continues

Finn McCool may be long gone, but three mighty giants of the wrestling ring are set to enthral and not just because they are huge… From England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, these competitors are sure to tower over all that attempt to battle it out with them on the latest leg of the Wrestling.ie all-island

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Major Conference To Promote Resilience After Trauma, PTSD And Stress

THE Wider Circle is to host a major conference for health and social conference practitioners and allied professionals on revolutionary approaches to treating trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). online pharmacy purchase cymbalta without prescription with best prices today in the USA This significant event will take place on October 23 at the Corrs Corner

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New Software Matching Platform For The Third Sector Needs Your Expert Input

A unique software platform that matches charities with the right funding partners wants to hear from people involved with Third Sector organisations or grants and funding organisations to find out the best and worst aspects of getting the right financial support. ValidAid.org has been working to develop its unique software that aims to simplify the

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Serving Up World Class Service In South Belfast

BELFAST City Council is funding an innovative programme for tourism focused organisations through the ‘WorldHost Principles of Customer Service’ training. Delivered by Licensed WorldHost facilitator and Chartered Marketer, Christine Watson, the course has been fully funded by Belfast City Council Community and Neighbourhood Tourism Unit. online pharmacy buy zoloft online no prescription Normally £85, places

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Tributes Pour In For Belfast Father & Musician Rab Lyttle Who Died Tragically On Holiday In Thailand Last Week

Tributes have been pouring in for a Belfast man found dead in Thailand last week. Robert Lyttle, 51, had been on holiday in Kanchanaburi, staying in an idyllic floating hotel near a popular tourist site at a waterfall on the river Kwai. Just hours after Rab, as he was known to his friends, was reported

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Belfast Electronic Duo Bicep Confirm Homecoming Show

Electronic duo Bicep are headed home to perform a show in Belfast at The Telegraph Building this November. The critically acclaimed live show, which has been doing the festival circuit all summer including Coachella, Glastonbury, Sonar, Pitchfork Festival, Primavera, Reading and Leeds with more to come, will take place on Saturday November 3. Last year

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YouTube Stars Max And Harvey Confirm Belfast Date

Ok parents, credit cards at the ready! YouTube sensations Max and Harvey are headed for Belfast’s Waterfront Hall this November. The 15-year-old Berkshire based twin brothers shot to fame two years ago, posting covers of their favourite songs, as well as their own original songs, on their social media platforms. Today they have over 5

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Mentalist David Meade Set For Belfast Conference

David Meade, the Belfast mentalist, is to take to the stage at this year’s annual Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry conference. The TV star will join over 700 businesses from across Northern Ireland at the large-scale networking conference in Belfast in September. Meade will give an insight into “How To Sell Like A

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Young Filmmakers Wanted For New Cinemagic Competition

A Belfast children’s charity is on the hunt for talented young people who are interested in filmmaking. The search is now on for the Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2018. The charity is looking for young people who make short films aged 25 and under, living in the UK or Ireland to enter. Now open for entries,

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A Story Of Social Justice & Reform At Belfast’s Féile an Phobail

As part of this year’s Belfast’s Féile an Phobail Clifton House will host an event looking at the life of one of Belfast’s most formidable women in history Mary Ann McCracken. The event titled The relevance of the life and work of Mary Ann McCracken for Belfast Today will take a look at her story

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The Whiskey Cocktail I Could Take To

One of my favourite drinks is Black Bush but I drink it straight, no ice and just a little bit of water – exactly how the head distiller suggested I try it many years ago. buy cozaar online https://magnushealth.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2022/03/cozaar.html no prescription So, when I was asked to consider a Black Bush cocktail from Jonny Shaw,

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As Mandy’s Health Deteriorated A Trip To New York Spurred Her Into Changing Her Life Forever

At her heaviest Classroom Assistant Mandy Burns was plagued by depression and anxiety. Unable to leave the house or perform simple daily tasks left her feeling so low the impact on her confidence and home life was devastating. Mandy’s weight had grown to 14 stone by the time the 46-year-old, who is also a Youth

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Look What She Found When This Photographer Looked At Life In Her Garden A Little Closer

There’s nothing better than sitting in the garden enjoying the smell of the flowers, sight of the trees rustling in a light breeze and the sound of singing birds. But, what if we could delve a little deeper?  What if we were fairy sized and could see the tiny wonders all around us? Lisburn photographer

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Damien Dempsey Added To SOMA Festival Line Up

Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey is the latest act to be added to the SOMA Festival bill alongside Sharon Shannon and Paul Brady. buy desyrel online https://badgut.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/wpml/twig/desyrel.html The gritty Irish star, famed for mixing traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver hard hitting social commentary, will be joined by the SOMA Festival house band. online pharmacy

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Sharon Shannon Joins The Line Up Of County Down SOMA Festival

Multi-instrumentalist Sharon Shannon has been confirmed as the headline act to close this year’s SOMA festival in County Down later this month. online pharmacy https://oklapsychiatry.org/wp-content/uploads/revslider/templates/360panorama/synthroid.html with best prices today in the USA The Irish star who is famed for her musical ability on instruments such as the melodeon, fiddle, tin whistle and the accordion has

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Paul Brady Set For County Down’s SOMA Festival

Singer-songwriter Paul Brady is to take to the stage in Castlewellan, Co Down later this month as part of the annual SOMA Festival. The Irish star who is one of Ireland’s most prolific artists started his career as a member of ballad group The Johnstons back in the late ‘60s, before he shot to fame

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Musician Pat McManus To Take To The Stage At Belfast City Blues Festival Annual Tribute to Rory Gallagher

Northern Ireland musician Pat McManus is to perform at the Belfast City Blues Festival as part of the festival’s annual tribute to blues legend Rory Gallagher. Gallagher, who made Belfast his second musical home, will be remembered by some of the country’s top musicians at the Black Box on the afternoon of Saturday June 30

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John Hewitt Society Launch International Summer School

The 31st International Summer School takes place from Monday July 23 to Saturday July 28 in the Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh. The five-day festival of culture and creativity includes a three-day creative writing workshop series for keen writers to hone their skills, new fiction offerings from leading novelists from across the UK

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Belsonic Has Kicked Off In Belfast And There’s Still Time To Get Tickets

This month the massive Belsonic festival will take place at Ormeau Park and this year’s line-up is one to be remembered. online pharmacy topamax no prescription pharmacy Acts taking to the stage included Nile Rodgers & Chic and Liam Gallagher who have already performed.  Still to come are Picture This, Timmy Trumpet, Carl Cox, The

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Hanging On To Childhood Career Dreams Is Healthier Says Survey

Only one in 10 people are doing the jobs they dreamed of when they were children according to a new study. The research, commissioned by lifestyle company Simba, also found that just over one in 10 people at one point did work in their perfect job. Figures released, following a survey of 2,000 people across

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