The 12th annual Aisling Awards shortlist has been published and over 450 people will gather in the Europa on Thursday night for the nailbiting finale.
Over 10,000 people have voted online in our sports competition — though our camogie hero Jane Adams didn't receive Antrim's first-ever All-Star for camogie until the shortlist had been drawn up or she would have been in the running (and good luck to Rossa tomorrow in the camogie club All-Ireland final).
I'm particularly pleased at the new InBev Belfast Brand award which picks a project, building or initiative which speaks of the resurgent city. The shortlist is the wellbeing centre on the Shore Road in North Belfast (bringing together a library, swimming pool, health centre and sports complex), the dome of the new Victoria Square shopping centre (which was inspired by the Dome of City Hall), the Meter House in the Gasworks which was restored to its former beauty in a four year labour of love by local architect Doug Elliott and is now open for community use, and the former Crumlin Road Prison which is a stunning piece of architecture sure to make a great Museum of the City of Belfast.
In the community section it's great to see representation from the New Lodge, Andersonstown, Sandy Row and Poleglass.
Our picture shows our judging panel of Alison Sweeney of Belfast Media Group, with (l-r) architect Ciarán Mackel, Tom McCusker, md of InBev Ireland, and Doug Elliott during their visit to the Meter House.
Good luck to all our contenders.
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