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Archive | August, 2012

‘Sure we’re doing no-one any harm’

BETWEEN Cullingtree Road and the Westlink in the Divis area of West Belfast is a pathway where hundreds of wooden pallets have been gathered in preparation for the annual internment bonfire

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ONH exclusion is no surprise

A failed show of strength in Derry last month was intended to signal the arrival of the ‘new IRA’, a West Belfast republican source has told the Andersonstown News

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Minister visits flood site

A PROTECTIVE grill put in place to stop refuse from blocking a stream but which instead caused flooding in the Colin area in June has been deemed “not fit for purpose” by the Rivers Agency.

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Top mark for our big park

THE Falls Park has been awarded a coveted Green Flag for the second year running.

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Business as usual…

* Update, 1.30pm: Andersonstown News offices re-opened, however Glen Road is still cordoned off by PSNI. The Andersonstown News is operating as normal today, despite the paper’s Hannahstown office being evacuated this morning. Around 100 homes and businesses in the Glen Road/Hannahstown area were evacuated by police on Friday morning as they continued their search […]

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Action is planned in ‘crisis’ street

FEAR and tension in a West Belfast Street have reached “breaking point” because of rising levels of crime and anti-social behaviour, according to residents and local community workers

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