IT’S A HAT TRICK FOR EASTSIDE AWARDS

Jonathan McAlpin, Chair of Eastside Awards Committee, and Stephen Patton, of George Best Belfast City Airport, taking off to announce this year's Eastside Awards finalists

It’s a hat trick for Eastside Awards in association with George Best Belfast City Airport with a consistently high calibre of entries being received. A new element was introduced to the third annual awards with the public voting for their favourite beauty salon, hair salon, eatery and takeaway, attracting more than 5,000 votes on the Belfast Telegraph website. A panel of independent judges also met to rigorously assess the highest number of entries received since the awards first launched in 2017 to recognise all that is truly great about East Belfast.