THE big guy, ever a magnet for trouble, steps in dog dirt. At the front door Squinter carefully removes his trainers and puts them in a plastic shopping bag, intending to return the next day and scrape off the mess when it’s dry (or at least drier). Leaving for work on Tuesday morning, the shoes […]
Archive | December, 2011
Stale bread and City Hall circuses
SQUINTER still doesn’t know the age of the British army cadet at the centre of the controversy involving the Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile. Is she 14, is she 15, is she 16, is she 17? Whatever the truth, the child is clanking unseen around a crowded, noisy stage, like Banquo’s ghost; her parents have similarly refused, for whatever reason, to join the doltish drama.
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Whistleblower tells the truth about soccer
SOCCER is a deeply boring game. It’s true – and that comes from someone who watches his fair share of it; who pays Rupert Murdoch, indeed, in order to watch his fair share of it.
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On their bikes for Janine
The bereaved partner of a much loved colleague at the Andersonstown News has completed an epic bike tour in her memory.Janine McMullan, an employee with the Belfast Media Group for over a decade, passed away in March after a 14-month battle with cancer.
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Union Jack days numbered at City Hall?
THE FLYING of the Union Jack at City Hall could be reduced to just 18 days a year, if new recommendations are adopted by Belfast City Council
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WHAT A LOAD OF BARRACKS
A LOCAL councillor has hit out at the Department for Social Development (DSD) over the stalled regeneration of the former Andersonstown barracks site.
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