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1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · By Andrew Webb

   Andrew Webb: Belfast won the summer. But who's driving the city centre forward? (opens the original)

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   I was closer to home this summer. A seemingly never-ending saga involving passport applications made it so - six months and counting. I managed London for a concert, Dublin for another, Kerry for a break and Belfast for the Fleadh. Without doubt, Belfast won the summer. London was London: enormous, exciting and expensive. Dublin offered a great concert, but I couldn’t justify the hotel prices, so I drove down and back. The city got some of my spending but lost the hotel stay, breakfast and lei

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2. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · By Andrew Webb

   Andrew Webb: Why you have to spend money to make money . . . (opens the original)

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   With increasing regret, I have taught my children the adage that you have to spend money to make money. Comically, this phrase is now played back to me for every single expense, no matter how instantly wasted the money was, usually on crisps and chocolate. Clearly the phrase is in the wrong hands at home, but there is a truth in it. There are times when not making the investment stores up a bigger bill for later. How I wish the Northern Ireland Executive showed the same enthusiasm for the phrase

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