A CARRYDUFF man who was forced to empty his own bin after a “bizarre” health and safety concern meant it was left untouched by binmen has hit out at Castlereagh Borough Council. John McGoran of Manse Drive went out to collect his wheelie bin last week only to find it still full outside his home. He was further baffled when he found a note stuck to the bin stating staff had left it untouched as he had failed to tie the binliner inside it.
Archive | June, 2012
Council refuse to empty bins if liners aren’t tied
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Dad deemed unfit to live alone is returned to his flat after fire
The family of a North Belfast man say they don’t know why their father, who suffers from dementia, has been allowed to live alone in his Ardoyne flat after being deemed unfit to care for himself last year. Tommy Inglis was moved back in the Flax Street flat in April after spending seven months at the Owenvale Court care home in West Belfast after being told he was unable to care for himself.
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CBS pupils show their bright potential
STAFF and Year 11 pupils from the Christian Brothers School on the Glen Road recently completed a ‘life coaching’ programme.The course provided a personal development programme aimed at young people aged 13 to 19 at risk of underachievement or exclusion from school. The ‘New Directions’ life coaching sessions were delivered by locally-based life coach Davina Hawkins and outreached by Springhill Community House.
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Boost for anti-arcade campaign
PLANS for an amusement arcade in a quiet Finaghy estate have suffered a major setback, following a meeting of Belfast City Council. A special meeting of the council’s Licensing Committee was held last week, attended by the applicant and Erinvale residents opposed to the gambling venue opening on their doorstep.
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Stormont suicide group fails to meet in 18 months
A LEADING suicide prevention worker has slammed a panel of Stormont ministers, appointed to an ‘emergency taskforce’ designed to tackle the suicide crisis here, after revelations that they have failed to meet since January 2011. The Ministerial Co-ordination Group on Suicide Prevention was set up in 2006 at the launch of the ‘Protect Life’ strategy whose aim was to significantly reduce soaring suicide rates by 2011.
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A real glass act
THE Roddy’s isn’t great for mobile phone reception. Or perhaps Squinter should rephrase that and say the Roddy’s isn’t great for iPhone coverage, because a bog standard Nokia with the same service provider works perfectly while the iPhone slips into ‘No Service’ mode the second Squinter takes it out of his pocket. The details of the essential uselessness of the iPhone is a story for another day, so let’s concern ourselves here with the incident at hand.
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