By Ciara Quinn c.quinn@belfastmediagroup.com WORKERS doing essential water main upgrades in West Belfast have downed tools after threats to “blow them off the streets” by dissident republican group Óglaigh na hÉireann. It is understood the threats were made to Farran Construction staff as they carried out work in the Glen Parade and Glen Crescent area […]
Archive | October, 2014
Meeting goes downhill very quickly
THERE’S a car half-blocking the entrance to the Andytown News. It’s a black Fiesta with a southern registration and there’s nobody in it. Squinter immediately thinks ‘car bomb’, which kind of dates him. Then he remembers it’s 2014 and he thinks ‘stolen’. But no. Along come a couple, one a middle-aged jogger in running gear […]
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Proposed parade ‘an infringement of rights’ – PC
Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association have welcomed a hard hitting Parades Commission determination on Sunday’s Orange Order ‘Covenant Parade’ that has been banned from passing Catholic homes on the Crumlin Road at Ardoyne. The Orange Order had applied for the parade to mark the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 – a parade that had […]
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New inquests will put MRF in the spotlight
Fresh inquests into the murders of two West Belfast men by the British Army’s shadowy Military Reaction Force have been ordered by the Attorney General. The development comes after new evidence was gathered from a BBC Panorama programme about the MRF which was broadcast last year. Patrick McVeigh, a 44-year-old father-of-six, was shot dead by […]
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Warning is issued after attempt to poison dog
AN Ardoyne family have warned fellow dog owners to be vigilant after they foiled an attempt to poison their pet at the weekend. Pádraig and Maria Clarke had put Irish terrier Cain in the back yard of their Ardglen home in the early hours of Sunday morning when they noticed him go for something on […]
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Birthday Greetings 4th October
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