WEST Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Jennifer McCann has called on the Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, to show his support for a vital Short Strand youth project that may close down due to a lack of departmental funding.
Employment Minister facing more questions over project
Locals: ‘We’re not racist’
MEMBERS of the Lower Ormeau Road community have insisted “we are not racist” in the wake of a row sparked by a public meeting in which the area’s Roma residents were discussed.
MP throws weight behind top local college
WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has expressed “alarm” at the failure of the Minister for Employment and Learning, Alliance MLA Dr Stephen Farry, to give positive assurances over the future sustainability of St Mary’s University College on the Falls Road.
Rosaleen’s book proves a winner
A WEST Belfast woman has raised £500 for Macmillan Cancer with the proceeds of a book published in her name.80-year-old Rosaleen Dwyer from Cullingtree Road told the Andersonstown News that she could have raised another £500 – “but the book just went so quick.”
TV star wows the women as bar opens
PARTYGOERS flocked to the grand unveiling of the newly refurnished Whitefort bar on the Andersonstown Road at the weekend – which was officially opened by The Only Way Is Essex reality TV star Mark Wright.
Halloween fundraiser for RFJ
LOCAL victims’ group Relatives for Justice are hosting a Halloween fundraiser this weekend in the Gaeltacht Quarter.The Cultúrlann will be transformed to celebrate all things spooky as RFJ hold the seasonal fundraiser on Saturday night.


