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NEWS: Belfast Pride attracts 30000

 

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

 

10000 marched their way around for 2011 Belfast Pride. The 21st annual march was watched by 20000 in the city centre.

BY BEN FINCH AND LORCAN MULLEN  (more…)

 

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NEWS: QUB beats Oxbridge but behind UU in Green League

 

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

 

The People and Planet Green League have placed Queen’s University Belfast in 53rd position amongst UK universities, with a score of 33 out of 70 for their environmental management and performance.  Although Queen’s has placed similarly as in academic university guides, Oxford and Cambridge score much lower, coming in 103rd and 68th respectively.  In contrast, University of Ulster is in the top 20, placing 19th with a score of 41.5 and receiving a first class award.

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OPINION: Will progressive views come out in the polling booth?

 

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

 

Something interesting is happening in North Down; people are saying they would vote Sinn Féin, but feel they can’t. This is because of the role that its members may (or may not) have played during the Troubles. Nevertheless, in a constituency that in its history has always returned Unionists to Westminster (at one point a single candidate got 98% of the vote), this is a fascinating turn of events.

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OPINION: Vote Green

 

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

 

Hot on the heels of resounding Green Party victories last year in Westminster and Australia (and of breakthroughs this year in Germany and Canada), the Green movement is undergoing a global resurgence.

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NEWS: McGibbon selected as Green Party general election candidate

 

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

 

Adam McGibbon, the recently elected Union vice-president for welfare, is set for a second daunting electoral challenge this semester, successfully landing the Green Party’s nomination for Belfast South in the upcoming UK general elections. Queen’s University is situated in this constituency.

BY LORCAN MULLEN

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NEWS: Green Party’s Agnew speaks at QUB

 

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

 

Queen’s students recently welcomed QUB graduate and Green Party European candidate Steven Agnew on campus for a talk hosted by the QUB Greens, the campus branch of the Green Party.

BY ADAM MCGIBBON

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