Whatever about our messy and contentious past, the future – as represented by the outstanding Belfast 40 under 40 young people honoured in the Great Hall of Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday past – promises us a rosier future.
40 good reasons to have high hopes for the future
‘Cop shops to close as crime increases’

NEW PLANS for the future of local police stations will leave South Belfast without adequate policing cover, it’s been claimed.
Search for devil-dog that mauled family pet Shep

A POLEGLASS couple who witnessed their much-loved family pet being viciously mauled by a pit bull-type ‘devil dog’ said the crazed animal needs to be found and destroyed before it targets a child.
Man bailed on burglary charge
AN 18-year-old has been released on continuing bail on charges of burglary with intent to steal after a home was broken into in Carrigart Avenue in upper Lenadoon.
Catholics and those living in flats will die earlier
New Department of Health research that shows Catholics and tenants living in flats are more likely to die earlier than Protestants or those living in houses is proof that families should not be living in the New Lodge tower blocks, a local campaigner said this week.
House prices continue to fall but sales increase
Continuing falling house prices are leading to an increase in sales in North Belfast according to a local estate agent. Laura McMillan, from McMillan Estate Agents in Glengormley, was speaking after the publication of the latest RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and Ulster Bank Housing Market Survey’s this week.