The final stop of the #IBA11Photowalk was the roof of the Europa hotel, the venue of the night’s event. I’d been to the top of the Europa hotel in the past, though not in daylight so it was great to see the whole of the city from such a perspective.

Following on from the brilliant tour of the Titanic Building we met with a self-proclaimed “Titanorak”, who showed us around the old Harland and Wolff offices which housed the original plans for the great ship that sank. The Drawing Rooms of the Titanic have been abandoned since the 1970′s other than the occasional private event.

It was Saturday 19th March and shortly after 1pm a bus came to collect the photo-blogging troupe from the City Hall, bringing us to the Titanic Signature building — currently very much under construction. First stop, the offices Harcourt Construction for hi-vis jackets and hard-hats. Thanks to those at Harcourt for allowing us on site, [...]

Traditionally, we photo-bloggers would organise a photo-walk on the afternoon of the Irish Blog Awards, though this year, DavyMac did an amazing job of putting together a brilliant itinerary of a number of Belfast’s renowned sites. Many thanks go out to Caroline Dixon of the Belfast City Council, Fiona Ure of the Belfast Visitor & [...]

A few months ago when I saw that @Twestival were tweeting again about this year’s event, I decided to put myself forward to organise one in Belfast. Having not been the sole organiser of an event before, I now realise just how much time and planning is required, to make it a success. First things [...]

This afternoon thousands of people gathered at Belfast’s UU Art College on York Street and marched to the City Hall in protest of UK government spending cuts. Organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the march coincided with a march in Derry, as well as a much larger march in London, where almost half [...]

Grovelands is a park which runs along the Stockman’s Lane in South Belfast. No kids play area, just greenery. And a few other colours too.

A small group at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 26th February 2011 with placards and flags showing their support for the people of Libya.

A few of the Vespa riders from the Solid Bond Scooter Club seconds before they took off for a lap of the City Hall then off somewhere else. I read that £500 was raised for the Mid-Antrim Animal Sanctuary. Saturday 26th February, 2011.