Belfast Telegraph back issues from May 2009:
Whisky galore is Raymond's life
May 01, 2009; ... What does your job entail? My job involves making high quality single malt whisky andselling it. It is similiar in many ways to that of most people whorun a small family business in that I do everything that has to bedone which for some reason no other member of staff has the time ...
Month of events promoting culture and world-famous Scottish tipple
May 01, 2009 ... In a first for Scotland, a unique month long celebration ofScotland's famous national drink, Scotch Whisky, will take placethis May as a highlight of the Homecoming Scotland 2009 programme. Visitors from the UK and around the world are invited to exploreScotland's landscape and ...
Good research is key to a successful job interview
May 01, 2009; ... HAVE you ever been to a seminar or conference and come away withat least one good idea? Most people have and this makes the wholeevent worthwhile. I was reminded of this when preparing thisarticle, as a lot of what I say will not be new. We have all read advice on how to do well at ...
High-quality training for employees to be accredited
May 01, 2009 ... EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey this weekannounced a pilot support programme for employers who provide high-quality training for their employees, to have that trainingaccredited nationally. Employers are also being encouraged to use appropriate ...
CLASSICAL
May 01, 2009 ... Music is merely structured noise but usually with that extrasomething which lifts it on to a different level of communication,of meaning. To many people, contemporary classical music is justnoise -- frequently because the language of delivery is outsidetheir experience. Two ...
A taste of honey
May 01, 2009 ... ADRIAN CROWLEY Season of the Sparks (Tin Angel Records) HHHHH Galway native Adrian Crowley enjoyed a breakthrough-of-sorts withhis Choice Music Prize-nominated fourth album, Long Distance Swimmer-- for this writer, the finest domestic release of ...
The Crows 'fly home'
May 01, 2009 ... Ever since their early Nineties inception in Berkeley,California, Counting Crows have helped soundtrack countless brokenromances for two generations of sore-hearted teens. The band, led by lead singer Adam Duritz, have shifted animpressive 20 million copies of their records, been ...
NOT CROWING, BUT ...
May 01, 2009 ... 24/7 has FIVE pairs of tickets to give away to lucky readers fornext week's big Odyssey concert. To be in with a chance of winning apair, simply answer the following question: In which US state wereCounting Crows formed? Answers ...
The Crows 'fly home'
May 01, 2009 ... Continued from previous page song we play is something we're dying to play at that moment intime so you get a passionate show. "We're not up there doing a job -- we're performing because welove to. The downside to that is, of course, you mightn't hear yourfavourite song, but ...
MYFANTASY BAND Ebony Bones
May 01, 2009 ... Vocals? Poly Styrene -- The X-Ray Spex singer makes an amazingfrontwoman. Guitars? Andre 3000 (OutKast) Bass? Bootsy Collins. Apart from having played with James ...
MY FAVOURITE BOOK
May 01, 2009; ... DAVID BECK My favourite book, hands down, is William Kotzwinkle'snovelisation of Steven Spielberg's 1982 cinema blockbuster ET. Like most people, I saw the film first but the book more thancomplements the film with some fantastic character insights. I thinkET will always ...
IN THE WINGS
May 01, 2009 ... What? Talk Radio When? May 5-7, Oh Yeah centre, Belfast What's it all about? Telly's Joe Lindsay makes his professionaldrama debut as American shock jock, Barry Champlain, ...
Just scratching the surface ; The new X-Men movie has few memorable moments -- that's if you don't count the thrill of Hugh Jackman flashing his naked "pert posterior" to the camera
May 01, 2009 ... X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE HHHHH (12A, 107 mins) Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, RyanReynolds, will.i.am Hugh Jackman sharpens his retractable, adamantium claws in thisspin-off from the X-Men films, expanding the back-story of one ofthe ...
NOW SHOWING
May 01, 2009; ... State of Play (12A, 127 mins) Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren get their hands dirtyin this gritty media/politics thriller, adapted from the BBC mini-series. Observe and Report (15, 86 mins) Seth Rogen acts against type in a blacker-than-black ...
SEX DRIVE
May 01, 2009 ... (Cert 15, 105 mins) Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, SethGreen, Katrina Bowden, Caley Hayes, Alice Greczyn Frustrated that his 14-year-old younger brother has more successwith girls, Ian Lafferty (Zuckerman) joins forces with buddy Lance(Duke) to drive ...
Yee-haa! Hannah hits those country roads
May 01, 2009 ... The Disney Channel's phenomenally popular Hannah Montanatransformed Miley Cyrus into a teen pin-up virtually overnight whenthe series debuted in 2006. Last year's inaugural cinema outing, Hannah Montana & MileyCyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert, cemented the popularity of ...
What the Dickens is this?
May 01, 2009 ... Charles Dickens is an unlikely well of inspiration for a romanticcomedy about an incorrigible bachelor who learns the errors of hiswomanising ways. Yet screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore employthe dramatic structure of A Christmas Carol for this ...
A mini-festival of family favourites
May 01, 2009; ... Did you know that the man who first brought back cocoa to the UKhailed from Killyleagh? Or that a Nobel prize-winning Irishphysicist, educated at Methody, was the inspiration behind a StanleyKubrick's classic? To celebrate such local talent, the QFT hosts a mini-festivalthis ...
Amor would adore a victory
May 01, 2009; ... Canny Scot Keith Amor is hoping to be 'geared up' for a rematchwith Ryan Farquhar in the Tandragee 100 Motorcycle Roadrace tomorrow(roads close 10.00am). Amor said that he will have an overhaul to his gearbox after lastSaturday's double disaster at Cookstown when he ran wide on a ...
Laverty and Lowry will have it Oul to play for
May 01, 2009; ... MONDAY'S May Day Bank Holiday will guarantee a large audience forCheshire's Oulton Park venue, with the large Irish contingentlooking to impress in front of what has become a popular circuit fortravelling Irish supporters at the second round of the 2009 ViSKBritish Superbike ...
Rain in the neck as top men give it another go
May 01, 2009; ... IT'S take two for the majority of NCU clubs tomorrow as they bidto beat the weather and get onto the field after the near wash-outon the opening day. The fact that champions North Down also lost the only Ulster BankPremier League game played last Saturday gives early hope for ...
Champs Donemana already on back foot
May 01, 2009; ... DONEMANA lost only one game last summer on their way to regainingthe Henderson Properties North West Senior One title. To match thatthis time they will have to go through the rest of the seasonunbeaten. Tuesday night's batting collapse to Bready in their opening matchhas set up ...
THE ONE SHOW ; Carroll has the winning Formula to make step up
May 01, 2009; ... THERE may be more on the line than the A1GP championship whenAdam Carroll takes his place for Team Ireland on the grid for thefinal round of races in the 'World Cup of Motorsport' at BrandsHatch this weekend. His priority, of course, is to win the title for Ireland but withthe ...
Wayne Boyd by his hopes of F3 success
May 01, 2009; ... IT was a baptism by fire for Wayne Boyd when he made his debut inthe British Formula Three championship at Oulton Park over theEaster weekend. He left the Cheshire circuit with just a handful of points and avery bent and battered Dallara. It was not the start to the F3 stage ...
Sometimes, Kate, you're really not such a class act
May 01, 2009; ... Oscar-winning, Herve Leger-wearing, multimillionaire actress KateWinslet is worried that her adoring public thinks she is middle-class. As a quintessentially British actress, it comes as nosurprise that Winslet's neuroses include that most British of socialtorments: an obsession with ...
Why celebrities talking about a revolution is just a load of old hat
May 01, 2009; ... It's hard being a revolutionary these days. The time once wasthat revolutionaries skulked in candlelit cellars in St Petersburg,making infernal devices out of pieces of brick and rags, with whichto assassinate the Czar. Not any more. Revolutionaries are now called community ...
One win from the title...
May 01, 2009; ... FOR Glentoran boss Alan McDonald, tomorrow's JJB SportsPremiership clash with Cliftonville is a day that could change thecourse of his career. Not only is the former Northern Ireland captain one game awayfrom ending Linfield's dominance, but there are suggestions amongsupporters ...
Now Debby has her own goal
May 01, 2009; ... It used to be Northern Ireland's World Cup hero Gerry Armstrongsigning up for this or that club, but this week it was the turn ofhis wife Debby to sign on the dotted line to be a part of theBelfast Telegraph Runher event at CIYMS Sports Complex in eastBelfast on Sunday, June ...
Brand names we're turning to in the midst of a recession ; What's in a name? Quite a lot actually, as retail expert Donald McFetridge discovered when he analysed the latest list of top 100 brand identities
May 01, 2009 ... It seems that we just can't stay away from brand names -- even inthe middle of a recession. Millward Brown Optimor (which combinesbalance sheet values with consumer sentiment) has just published itsBrandz Top 100 and, interestingly, it contains a few surprises. Many critics feared ...
We'll do job and lift title: Hamilton
May 01, 2009; ... GARY Hamilton says Glentoran have the ability and character to"seize the moment" and taste title glory tomorrow. Alan McDonald's side are only a point ahead of Linfield goinginto tomorrow's final games with the Glens hosting Cliftonville andLinfield travelling to ...
Ervin's prepared to pounce if Glens falter
May 01, 2009; ... JIM Ervin has insisted that all the pressure is on Glentoranahead of D-Day in the title race tomorrow. With the Glens holding a slender one-point lead over their bitterrivals going into the final round of fixtures, the Oval and Seaviewwill be no place for the feint ...
Hang Davy out to dry?
May 01, 2009; ... David Jeffrey has been down this road before -- but I'm nottalking about winning titles. In seasons gone by he has already had the title in the bag and hehas had the luxury of shuffling his pack ahead of a glamour IrishCup final. Not so this time round. Tomorrow it's kill or ...
City set sights on Villa
May 01, 2009; ... Manchester City have learned that the ground is open for anotherpursuit of Valencia's striker David Villa, with Mark Hughesproviding the first indication that another bid for Blackburnstriker Roque Santa Cruz this summer is not a foregone conclusion. City's preparations for a busy ...
Whites' Allen nets call from Worthy
May 01, 2009 ... Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington has revised his plansfor the B international against Scotland at Clyde's BroadwoodStadium next Wednesday. He named a new 21-man squad yesterday for the friendly instead ofthe original 18. Worthington has brought in seven fresh faces ...
Hangeland slams contract claims
May 01, 2009 ... Brede Hangeland has denied rejecting a new contract by Fulham andis confident he will remain at Craven Cottage next season. The Norway skipper's commanding performances at the heart ofFulham's defence have drawn admiring glances from Arsenal andLiverpool. Hangeland is ...
O'Neill braced for real top six scrap
May 01, 2009 ... Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has warned that it will be atough battle to earn even a top-six finish in the Barclays PremierLeague next season -- yet alone a Champions League spot. Villa seem certain to qualify automatically for Europe for thefirst time in 11 years despite a ...
A grim time to be a graduate
May 01, 2009 ... School days are supposed to be the happiest days of any youngperson's life, according to the old adage. It could well be true forthose young men and women about to graduate from university, for theharsh reality of life outside the lecture theatre in today'srecession-hit society makes ...
Belfast firm's O2 deal to create 50 new jobs
May 01, 2009; ... BELFAST-based telecoms firm Barclay Communications has announcedplans to create 50 new jobs in the province after signing apartnership deal worth Pounds 16m with O2. The company, which currently employs 160 people, said it expectedto recruit the new employees over the next 10 ...
Telegraph's owner posts operating profits of over Pounds 250m
May 01, 2009; ... INDEPENDENT News and Media, owner of the Belfast Telegraph, hasposted an operating profit before exceptional costs for 2008 of EUR290m (Pounds 259.8m), a fall of 17%. Announcing its annual results, the Dublin-based group pointed outthat it outperformed its peers last ...
Telecoms engineering centre to employ 52 staff
May 01, 2009; ... ENTERPRISE Minister Arlene Foster has announced anotherinvestment in telecommunications in Northern Ireland that willcreate more than 50 jobs. The minister said that Invest NI had secured two investmentprojects by Cambridge-based telecoms service provider Magdalene. The ...
BUSINESSBRIEFING
May 01, 2009 ... WORST UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES SINCE WWII EUROZONE unemployment jumped to a 44-month high in March amid theworst recession since World War Two. The number out of work in the16 countries using the euro rose 419,000 ...
BUSINESSBRIEFING
May 01, 2009 ... 500 JOBS LOST AS ARMY VEHICLE SCHEME CUT BAE SYSTEMS is closing three UK sites and cutting 500 jobsfollowing the postponement of the Government's armoured vehicleprogramme and the reduction of British involvement ...
SMALL BUSINESSES CONFERENCE FOR BELFAST
May 01, 2009 ... Belfast is to host for the first time the annual international UKBusiness Incubation conference which aims to stimulate the growthand development of small business. Launching the conference takingplace on December ...
BUSINESSBRIEFING
May 01, 2009 ... Planning fees could rise by 20% PLANNING application fees are set to rise by 20% in NorthernIreland, government officials have revealed. The proposed hike isessential to save jobs within the Planning Service, ...
BUSINESSBRIEFING
May 01, 2009 ... Lamy reappointed as head of WTO MEMBERS of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reappointed PascalLamy as director-general for a second four-year term, the WTO saidyesterday. The ...
Chrysler to be saved by merger with Fiat
May 01, 2009; ... US CAR giant Chrysler has filed for bankruptcy protection as itwas announced that a rescue deal with Italian firm Fiat had beenreached. President Barack Obama said the partnership would give the US'sthird largest car manufacturer a chance "not only to survive but ...
Red Bull gives youflings
May 01, 2009 ... A 25metre dive into just six metres of water ... Nine time cliff diving world champion Colombian Orlando Duqueperformed this daredevil feat last weekend - flinging himself from aclifftop on the Aran Islands into the Atlantic Ocean swells of theSerpent's Lair. The location is a ...
Ricky feels Pac menace
May 01, 2009; ... BY the time Ricky Hatton rose to his feet here in the bigballroom packed with tv cameras it was though the name and thepresence and the meaning of Manny Pacquaio had come together to beatagainst those parts of his pale temples left uncovered by a ratherforlornly floppy hat. He ...
Rafa wants Toon repeat
May 01, 2009; ... Rafael Benitez knows Liverpool could face a stiffer challengethis time around as they aim to keep alive their title dreams byrepeating one of their best performances of the season againstNewcastle. The Anfield chief recalls a "near perfect" display when his sideoverran the ...
Mowbray doubts Old Firm impact
May 01, 2009 ... Tony Mowbray has questioned whether Celtic and Rangers would makea big impression if they became part of a revamped Premier League. West Brom boss Mowbray spent four years as a player with Celticand had a successful spell as manager of Hibernian before moving toThe Hawthorns two ...
STEVEN BEACOM PREMIERSHIP PREDICTIONS
May 01, 2009 ... THE Irish League championship comes to an end on Saturday butthere are a few weekends to go in England's top flight, though thisone could be defining. Sports Editor Steven Beacom gives his verdict on all thePremiership matches with Paddy Power providing the odds. All matches ...
Nak may not get back for Celtic
May 01, 2009 ... Shunsuke Nakamura is an injury doubt for Celtic's Clydesdale BankPremier League trip to Aberdeen after suffering a groin injury intraining. The Japan playmaker hurt himself during a light practice sessionfollowing the club's return from their trip to La Manga and couldmiss ...
Sammy refuses to apologise for gaffe
May 01, 2009; ... DEFIANT Sammy Wilson has refused to apologise despite provokingcontroversy and anger after he used references to Alzheimer's tobrand other politicians forgetful. The Environment Minister -- who said his parents suffered fromthe debilitating mental illness -- hit back at allegations ...
Ally hails Lafferty
May 01, 2009; ... Ally McCoist has tipped Kyle Lafferty to play a key role inRangers' title charge after recovering from an ankle injury ahead ofthe visit of Hearts. The Northern Ireland forward is in contention to face Hearts onSunday, six weeks after damaging ligaments during the Edinburghclub's ...
Kenny backs Morrow to end goal drought
May 01, 2009; ... THE wheels are in danger of coming off Derry City's season. Riding high just a few weeks ago after their destruction of StPatrick's Athletic in Dublin, they find themselves five pointsadrift of leaders Bohemians after a run of three games which hasproduced just a solitary ...
BUSINESSBRIEFING
May 01, 2009 ... Standard Life takes battering STANDARD Life has revealed a 27% plunge in UK life and pensionsnew business as the financial crisis dragged worldwide sales down bya fifth. The Edinburgh-based life and pensions giant reported Pounds2.5bn in sales for the UK and Pounds 3.6bn globally ...
Car dealership suffers losses of almost Pounds 15m
May 01, 2009; ... CAR dealership Lookers has crashed into the red after racking uplosses of almost Pounds 15m due to one-off restructuring costs. The group, which owns Charles Hurst, also warned that the supportof lenders was the subject of "material uncertainty" as it workstowards securing new ...
30 jobs go as Portadown food firm closes
May 01, 2009; ... ONE of Co Armagh's longest-established food businesses has closedwith the loss of 30 jobs. The shutters have gone down on the Holmes company of Portadownwith the insolvency agency moving in this week. Three businesses are affected -- the food factory, delicatessenand ...
Delegation of Iraqi officials to pay a visit to Belfast
May 01, 2009; ... A HIGH-LEVEL delegation of Iraqis is due in Belfast tomorrow tosee what lessons they can learn from the economic regeneration ofNorthern Ireland. The group will over the next seven days be holding a series ofmeetings with government ministers and officials and will becarrying ...
TRANSLINK URGES STORMONT STAFF TO CUT CAR USAGE
May 01, 2009 ... At the launch of the new Stormont Area Workplace Travel Plan are(from left) Translink group chief executive Catherine Mason,Northern Ireland Civil Service head Bruce Robinson and ...
Hardy buyers sit out for chance at Co-Ownership
May 01, 2009; ... MORE than 20 people began queueing early outside Co-Ownership'sBelfast office in a bid to lodge a successful application for a newhome. Co-Ownership will today accept just 55 applications for the wholeof the province this month, but one eager buyer took her place asfirst in the ...
Punjabi can talk the talk
May 01, 2009; ... PLUCKY Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle hero Punjabi spearheads aformidable cast of prolific scorers vying for supremacy thisafternoon in the Rabobank-sponsored Irish version at Punchestown. Already a dual Grade One victor at the historic Kildare venue,Nicky Henderson's stable star ...
MLA who's never far from controversy
May 01, 2009 ... SAMMY Wilson's failed Alzheimers joke is the latest in a list ofremarks which have caused controversy. The East Antrim DUP MLA has never been one to shy away frompublicity and his views on a range of issues have raised more than afew eyebrows on occasions. The Environment ...
Market trends indicate fewer bad news stories
May 01, 2009; ... The mood of the world economy darkens further; the mood of thefinancial markets lifts a little. You would expect financial marketsto turn upwards some months before the world economy but theconsiderable rally since early March has taken the bears bysurprise. There really is not an end in ...
Bye-laws will protect beach wildlife
May 01, 2009; ... GROUND-BREAKING laws are to be brought in to protect wildlifewhich is being decimated by quad bikes and jetskis at a Co Downbeauty spot. The entire colony of ground-nesting birds at Minerstown beach waswiped out last year by a number of people running quad bikes overtheir nest ...