At last the division in the cabinet over the right of asylum seekers in this country to work has been resolved - not unusually of course - in the PDs' favour, though not necessarily in favour of the refugees. There are about 6,000 refugees here waiting to be granted asylum, who have been forced to live in idleness, giving the impression that all are scroungers, by the ruling that denied them the right to work or to attend educational courses. Free article

Hot on the heels of their success in bringing Hollywood star Martin Sheen to Belfast for the premiere of his latest film, The War at Home, the West Belfast Film Festival has scored another double. Free article