I heard him laugh before I saw him. I was in a republican house in Andersonstown. There were several people there, some I didn’t know, him among them. It wasn’t the full-throated, joie de vivre corner-of-the-bar or four am.-on-the-dancefloor laugh I later heard. This laugh was bleak, ironical, isolated and knowing.
CONWAY Mill has been at the heart of West Belfast for over almost 200 years. First as a hard place of work for generations of local people, mainly women, and then as a community hub, providing education and employment opportunities. Last week the Mill celebrated its 40th birthday promoting, supporting and facilitating small indigenous economic enterprises and providing adult education facilities