THE death of 42-year-old Gerard Mulholland is another grim reminder of the devastating toll that drugs are taking on society. And it’s a reminder, too, that it is not just the young and impressionable who are at risk from the lethal substances being sold by ruthless and unscrupulous dealers. There has been much speculation about […]
Archive | January, 2014
A scrappy bio of funny man Dermot
Can there be anybody in Ireland over twenty who doesn’t smile at the words ‘Dermot Morgan’? He was, as somebody in the programme ‘Dermot Morgan’ (RTÉ 1) said, “a fearless funny man”. The fearless bit was his lampooning of the Catholic Church at a time when that was, as Flann O’Brien used to say, neither […]
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Haass talks end without agreement
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams says the party’s negotiating team believed there is a basis for a deal in the Haass proposals that broke up without agreement in the early hours of New Year’s Eve. After months of talks and negotiations, the former US diplomat Richard Haass and his co-chair, Professor Meghan O’Sullivan, headed back […]
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Unionist councillors say yes to ‘The Beast’
One of the most biggest and most dangerous bonfires ever constructed to celebrate the Twelfth of July could be built with the blessing of Newtownabbey Borough Council next year after councillors voted in favour of using ratepayers’ money to buy land for a permanent location. And the North Belfast News has learned that the Council […]
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Tragic DJ Gerard is laid to rest
A West Belfast man who died after allegedly taking lethal ecstasy-type pills has been laid to rest. Gerard Mulholland, a well-known DJ on the local club scene, died on Friday night at a house party in Twinbrook’s Thornhill Court. Paramedics battled to save the 42-year-old but he died at the scene. Four other partygoers in […]
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Slashing victim is popular local cop
THE POLICE officer slashed with a Stanley knife on New Year’s Day is a well-known neighbourhood sergeant in the area who was investigating an alleged assault when he was attacked. Sergeant Craig McDowell, who received the overall award in the Protective Policing Service category at the Policing With The Community Awards in October, had entered […]
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