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Anger as the Feile West Belfast festival ends to chants of "up the RA" at a Wolf Tones gig last night. Would you feel welcome?

Wolf Tones played to an estimated 10,000 people on what was the 30th anniversary of the west Belfast Festival.

Last night was the closing of the Feile Festival where the Wolf Tones played to an estimated 10,000 people on what was the 30th anniversary of the West Belfast Festival. But with chants of 'oh ah up the RA' and IRA flags is this really an all-inclusive event?

Also on the programme, Belfast's newest hotel is charging eight quid for a pint! How much would you shell out for a drink on a night out? Should Children from the age of five be taught in school that they should "decide" their gender? And, "It's a battle everyday" - 20 years on from the Omagh bomb. Stephen talks to Kevin Skelton, who lost his wife that day.

1 hour, 27 minutes

Feile Festival

Feile Festival

Last night was the closing of the Feile Festival where the Wolftones played to an estimated 10,000 people on what was the 30th anniversary of the West Belfast Festival. But with chants of 'oh ah up the RA' and IRA flags is this really an all inclusive event?

Price of a Pint

Price of a Pint

How much would you pay for a pint? 拢4.50 maybe even 拢5? How about 拢8? That is the price of a pint of beer in the Observatory on the 23rd floor of Hastings' swish new Grand Central Hotel on Bedford Street. The bar claims it's the "most spectacular and luxurious of liquor lounges" with "never-before-seen views of Belfast and beyond".

Gender

Gender

Teachers across Scotland will tell children it's up to them to decide if they are a boy a girl from as early as primary one
Under the draft guidelines created by Education Scotland, NHS boards and the Scottish Government, children will be told in classrooms that "Your gender is what you decide."

Omagh Anniversary

Omagh Anniversary

A cross-community ceremony was held yesterday in Omagh ahead of the 20th Anniversary of the Omagh bomb.
29 people - including a woman pregnant with twins - died in the 1998 Real IRA attack on the County Tyrone town.聽聽
Kevin Skelton, who lost his wife that day, has expressed his anger that there "is no strategy to deal with the victims."

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