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Archive | December, 2011

Referees to discuss options after Rasharkin appeal

REFEREES in Antrim will discuss what action – if any – to take following the re-instatement of Rasharkin’s adult teams into Antrim competitions in 2012, according to Antrim Referees Committee chairman Tommy McIntyre.

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1,000 in race for 71 homes

A SOCIAL housing development in the St James’ area of West Belfast has received over 1,000 applications for just 71 units of housing, the Andersonstown News has learned.

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Rules ‘look good on paper’ is initial local reaction to guide

South Belfast residents have cautiously welcomed a new design guide for the Malone Conservation Area but urged that “actions speak louder than words” when it comes to opposing over-development of the area.

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Warming to OAPs’ themes

THE unprecedented heavy snowfall and freezing conditions of last Christmas left thousands of people stranded in their homes or without the basic amenities that we usually take for granted.

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Totting up the tots provides a glimpse of all our futures

Funny how religion and politics can criss-cross. Here we are in the mouth of Christmas which celebrates the birth of Jesus with all its implications, and within days of that feast the Economic and Social Research Institute in the south has come up with some new and slightly startling research about babies.

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Semi-final heartache for Aquinas

Aquinas failed in their attempt to reach the U16 National Cup final when they lost 48-33 to St Clement’s College, Limerick on Monday.

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