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Archive | October, 2011

I’m not A drug-dealer says shot local man

An Ardoyne man shot in both legs by a republican splinter group at the weekend has denied the group’s claims he is involved in cultivating cannabis and has called on them to provide proof of their accusations.

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Tributes paid to ‘wee scotch Joe’ as police plead for killing info

POLICE have called for eye-witnesses to come forward following the brutal killing of West Belfast man Joe O’Neill.The popular 60-year-old grandfather from Brooke Park in Andersonstown died in hospital in the early hours of Monday morning after sustaining multiple head injuries following an assault at a taxi depot in King Street.

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‘Word of British Prime Minister can’t be trusted’

The wife of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has accused the British Prime minister of publicly humiliating her family after he backtracked on a commitment to hold a public enquiry into her husband’s death.

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Residents in ‘receivership’ homes secure HE rights

Ardoyne residents living in homes formerly owned by a property company that went into receivership during the recession are a step closer to securing equal rights to Housing Executive tenants.

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Fears Mater may be swamped as City A&E shuts

A North Belfast pressure group has sought assurances from the head of the Belfast Trust that the Mater Hospital’s accident and emergency unit will not be overburdened by the closure of the A&E unit at the City Hospital.

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Hemmed-in residents vent their anger at NI Water

Residents of an Ardoyne street say they feel like they are trapped in their own homes because of ongoing roadworks blocking access.

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