FOUR unanswered points in the last 10 minutes diverted the Danske Bank Faul Cup to West Belfast at the weekend when it seemed certain that it would end up for the first time at St Joseph’s in Newry. Despite the school being located just off the Falls Road, no less than seven players from North […]
Archive | December, 2013
Late rally secures Faul Cup for Coláiste Feirste
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Woodvale voting figures still low
The electoral ward that has been the epicentre of the loyalist flag protests has the second lowest rate of voter registration in North Belfast, newly-released figures have revealed. One fifth of those eligible to vote in the Woodvale ward, home to the Twaddell ‘civil rights’ camp, are still not on the register despite pleas for […]
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Only half a cop for the Whiterock
THE Andersonstown News has learned that crime rates have risen by a staggering 300 per cent in the greater Ballymurphy and Whiterock area – with just one part-time neighbourhood police officer to serve 3,800 households. In shocking statistics revealed in the Community Profile of Belfast Trust Areas, published every five years, the Whiterock ward has […]
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Panorama programme raises questions about New Lodge Six
A relative of one of the New Lodge Six has said the tactics of a shadowy military unit revealed on last week’s BBC Panorama programme match almost perfectly with what happened when his uncle and five other men were shot. John Loughran said that although the programme didn’t investigate the Military Reaction Force’s (MRF) role […]
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Noone gives a dam says protester
A LIGONIEL man has began a protest in an attempt to have a piece of land beside Boodles Dam restored to its ‘natural beauty’. Jackie Foster set up camp on the piece of land last Friday (22 November) saying he has no plans to leave until somebody takes responsibility for the mess. “This bit of […]
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Barton at the double to deny Reds victory
CLIFTONVILLE manager Tommy Breslin felt frustration as two late goals denied his side victory at Shamrock Park on Saturday. Leading 2-0 through Liam Boyce and Martin Murray, the Reds were pegged back by a home penalty before Murray’s second of the afternoon looked to have secured maximum points only for Portadown substitute Joshua Barton to […]
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