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Archive | September, 2011

Petrol-bombing of house was ‘attempted murder’

A POLEGLASS family are lucky to be alive after their home was targeted in a petrol bomb attack.

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Year of housing hell may be nearly over

A YOUNG Ballymurphy family have hit out at the Housing Executive for failing to address a catalogue of complaints at their home of just one year.

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Sorrow and pride as local Fians are remembered

FRIENDS, family and former members of Na Fianna Éireann gathered in the Lower Falls for the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the memory of teenage volunteers Rose Curry and Gerard O’Hare, who died in a premature explosion in the lower Falls in September 1971.

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Southerners should think onion before voting

When my ex-children want – no, when my ex-children hope – to embarrass me they haul out the photo albums and show our wedding pictures.

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Recession may be bad for us but it’s a godsend for wildlife

It was one of the happiest days of Dúlra’s life. Of course, there is the birth of his children and UEFA Cup final in Seville, but he’ll never forget the day he earned £3,000 for absolutely nothing.

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Suddenly Dublin is interesting

OF course, BBC Ulster’s coverage of the Irish Presidential election (that’s the Irish Presidential election, just so’s you can distinguish it from the Azerbaijani Presidential election) should be non-existent, should consistency play any part in matters.

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