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Archive | September, 2014

‘There was no help for my brother’

A North Belfast woman has criticised the PSNI and the NHS following the publication of a report into her brother’s suicide. Julie Magee has said the police handling of her brother’s case was unacceptable and that the NHS failed to provide him with the help he needed. Jonathan Magee, who had a history of mental […]

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Showdown looms as Casement case starts

DECISION day is close in the Casement Park saga as both sides go to court next week for a judicial review of the decision to grant planning permission for redevelop-ment of the stadium. The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents’ Association (MORA) applied for the High Court review in the hope of getting planning approval for a […]

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Mum and baby in firing line in gun attack

A LONE gunman opened fire on a mother and her baby during a terrifying attack on a house in Ardoyne last night (Wednesday). The woman, believed to be in her thirties, opened the door carrying her baby after an attack on the household’s car, thought to have been carried out in a bid to lure […]

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Road closures hurting local business

BUSINESSES on the New Lodge road are being left high and dry due to a severe drop in footfall caused by ongoing road works, shop owners have claimed. Michael O’Kane of O’Kane’s butchers and Barry Saunders of Saunder’s Vivo said that their businesses have been brought to their knees since work by Northern Ireland Water […]

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Patience is urged as rapid transit works get going

WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has urged commuters to be patient as roadworks get under way during the busy back-to-school period to prepare the West Belfast section of the city’s new Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The extensive preparations for BRT are bound to cause traffic chaos, not only as schoolkids go back to class, […]

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