An Ardoyne community worker has braved the streets of Belfast for 48 hours armed with just a sleeping bag in an effort to raise awareness of growing homelessness across the city. Paul McCusker, a healthcare support worker and volunteer at the Welcome Organisation, slept rough from 3pm on Monday to 3pm on Wednesday to highlight […]
Archive | December, 2014
Ardoyne man sleeps rough for two nights
Read More
Comments Off on Ardoyne man sleeps rough for two nights
Aaron’s in Oscar contender
A 12-year-old St Colm’s High School pupil is one of the stars of a new movie that could scoop an Oscar at February’s glittering Los Angeles ceremony. The spotlight first shone on Aaron Lynch from Poleglass when he starred in this year’s hit movie ’71 – the poster for the movie featured a still of […]
Read More
Comments Off on Aaron’s in Oscar contender
Shared space projects ‘aid demise of PLU’
Loyalists in Tigers Bay seeking to de-rail a project for shared space in North Belfast have claimed that such cross-community projects harm the Protestant community. Members of the North Belfast, Westland and Shankill UPRG attended a public meeting for Tigers Bay residents on the future of McCrory community hall last Friday and voiced their anger […]
Read More
Comments Off on Shared space projects ‘aid demise of PLU’
OAP left RVH with needle in right arm
A BALLYMURPHY pensioner suffering from dementia was released from the Royal Victoria Hospital with a needle still stuck in her arm. Margaret Kavanagh, who’s 78 and suffers from Alzheimer’s, was being treated at the hospital after a fall in her home last Wednesday morning. After arriving at the RVH she had a long wait in Accident […]
Read More
Comments Off on OAP left RVH with needle in right arm
Cocaine and speed haul destroyed after seizure from local property
These are the thousands of pounds worth of drugs that were set to flood the streets of North Belfast. The NBN understands that the drugs were seized by men claiming to be republicans from a house close to Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School in Ardoyne. Earlier this week, community workers – who told us they […]
Read More
Comments Off on Cocaine and speed haul destroyed after seizure from local property
Head of Divis Hoods is now ‘untouchable’
THE self-styled leader of the so-called DHLA – Divis Hoods Liberation Army – is blatantly boasting of his criminal activities on Facebook with his name and pictures provided. It is understood the head of the gang has a long criminal record and is a well-known face within the Falls and Divis area. The Andersonstown News […]
Read More
Comments Off on Head of Divis Hoods is now ‘untouchable’
