West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann is Sinn Féin’s new Junior Minister at the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister. Jennifer will take over from Martina Anderson, who is Strasbourg-bound as the party’s newest MEP.
Archive | June, 2012
Recreational riots arranged on internet must be stopped before marching season
A recent upsurge in interface clashes organised on the internet have led to calls for police to step up their monitoring of the area ahead of a planned Tour of the North parade. Over the past three weekends ‘recreational rioting’ between gangs of youths on the Limestone Road and Alexandra Park has been on the rise with clashes being organised through social networking websites.
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SF woman hits back at remarks of ‘relic’
AN Antrim Sinn Féin Councillor has condemned a unionist politician for claiming that “pigs will fly before there is a Sinn Féin mayor in Antrim”. UUP Antrim Councillor Adrian Watson made his controversial comments during a recent newspaper interview.
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House sellers ‘more realistic’
A North Belfast estate agent has said that traders in the housing market are becoming realistic about the value of their homes in the area. The comments come after the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) released its latest housing Market Survey on Tuesday 12 June that recording its lowest reading on house prices since November 2010.
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Pensioner robbed
A West Belfast pensionera says she’s had “the heart knocked out of me” after money she had raised for a children’s charity was stolen in a break-in. Sarah Maloney and her family organised a car boot sale to raise money for Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft lip and palate surgery charity.
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Consultation on reduction in speeds is launched
A consultation seeking views on a reduction in speed limits from 30mph to 20mph on designated unclassified roads has been launched by a local MLA. SDLP man Conall McDevitt said the main objective of the exercise is to increase road safety, particularly for pedestrians.
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