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Archive | October, 2014

Delivery mix-up link to stabbing probed

The stabbing of a man in the Springfield area yesterday took place just seconds after a mix-up over an early-morning delivery, we’ve been told. A 24-year-old man has been arrested following the attack on a lorry driver in Colinward Street. Locals say the victim, who’s in his 60s, was stabbed in the torso and neck […]

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Tricolour at dump is ‘inappropriate’

A local Sinn Féin Councillor has met with the Chief Executive of Belfast City Council to discuss the flying of flags at Council property. Jim McVeigh says all flags should be removed from all Council properties and added that he has advised the Chief Executive of his party’s stance. He was speaking after a tricolour […]

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Home attack linked to police meetings

DISSIDENT republicans have been blamed for a weekend attack on the home of an Ardoyne community worker who has been the victim of an ongoing campaign of intimidation. A large crowd of Ardoyne residents and politicians gathered outside Phyllis Doherty’s home last night (Wednesday) in a show of support for the 62-year-old organised by the […]

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