ACROSS the city and across the island families and communities are making preparations for the Christmas holidays. It’s a time of great joy and excitement, but unfortunately for too many in the lower Falls and Divis area it’s a time of apprehension. We only have to cast our minds back to last year’s holiday season […]
Archive | December, 2014
Soul of a nation captured in many beautiful songs
I listened to young Cathal Clarke in the Bridge Grill Bar last Sunday night. Cathal, from Ardoyne, is an accomplished ballad singer with a wide repertoire of mainly Irish songs. He put in a marathon session of over two hours. The bar was by no means packed. Many of his offerings drew little response but […]
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Christmas skim-scam
EXTRA vigilance has been urged in the run-up Christmas when withdrawing money from ATMs after a skimming device was recovered from the Ulster Bank in Andersonstown. The ATM scam, which is on the rise as Christmas approaches, sees criminals attach a device to a cash machine or handheld pinpads which can fraudulently copy bank customer […]
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£178m awarded to private landlords could have solved crisis
OVER £178 million given by the Stormont Executive to private sector landlords in North Belfast in the last 10 years could have solved housing inequality in the area, a leading human rights group have claimed. Statistics gathered by the Participation and Practice of Rights (PPR) through Freedom of Information show that a total of just […]
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FAI embroiled in a sing-song pub ding-dong
THE New York Times rang Squinter to find out more about the most recent controversy to engulf Irish soccer. Here’s what happened. FAI Chief Executive John Delaney is in a bit of hot water, we hear. Why’s that? Well, somebody whipped out their mobile phone and filmed him singing the Ballad of Joe McDonnell in […]
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Sexual assault on 13 year old boy
THE mother of a 13-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted in North Belfast at the weekend has spoken of her horror at her son’s ordeal. The Duncairn Gardens mother said she was speaking out about the incident to make others aware that a predator was on the loose in the area. The mother of two […]
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