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Archive | January, 2016

Dubs ease to Walsh Cup win over Saffrons but O’Mullan focuses on the positives

Dublin 3-25 Antrim 1-17 FROM DCU: Antrim suffered a second successive Walsh Cup defeat at Dublin City University yesterday as the Metropolitans upped the ante in the second half to run out emphatic 14-point winners. After an entertaining first 35 minutes, the Ulster champions were only a single point in arrears at the break and […]

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Four police officers injured and carjacking victim left badly shaken after weekend of car crime in West Belfast

FOUR police officers were injured and a woman targeted by hijackers was left badly shaken after a weekend of car crime in West Belfast. The officers were in two police vehicles rammed by a silver Seat Alhambra in the Whiterock area in the early hours of Saturday morning. Earlier, police spotted the vehicle after it […]

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City Cemetery and Shankill Cemetery feature in new TG4 series

TOM Hartley and Máirtín Ó Muilleoir are just two of the local faces that make it on to Ar Shlí na Fírinne, a new six part series for TG4 that’s set to broadcast this weekend. The series takes an entertaining look at Ireland’s history of war, revolution, art, music, industry and culture from the unusual […]

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Family heartbroken after young mother’s death

The family of the Ardoyne woman who took her own life just 24 hours after attending the funeral of her friend Colleen Lagan – who died under similar circumstances on Christmas Day – say they have been left heartbroken. Mother of one Fionnuala Kane, 24, passed away the day after she attended the Requiem Mass […]

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Leisure rising from the ashes ahead of cup tie

FESTIVE spirit was in short supply this time last year as arsonists destroyed the clubhouse at Sport and Leisure Swifts. One year on, the Glen Road side are preparing for an Irish Cup fifth round tie against Institute and manager Pat McAllister believes a cup run would galvanize everyone at the West Belfast club. “This […]

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Red letter day for Immaculata

IMMACULATA will be hoping Cliftonville’s Irish Cup hoodoo continues for another season when the sides clash in the fifth round of the competition at Solitude on Saturday. The Reds have not won the famous competition since 1979 despite an impressive trophy haul in recent times which included back-to-back league titles in 2013 and 2014 under […]

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