A SIXTEEN-year-old West Belfast girl left fighting for her life after she was seriously injured when the car she was travelling in crashed on the Upper Springfield Road faces three more surgeries. Shannon Adams, a Year 12 student at St Genevieve’s High School, was a rear seat passenger in the vehicle which crashed last Wednesday […]
‘It’s horrific’: teen’s mother tells of shock as victim faces third surgery

Focus can now switch to Ernemen says ‘KOBO’

KEVIN O’BOYLE says Antrim’s focus can now shift to the Championship following the completion of their National Football League Division Four campaign that yielded promotion and a place in the final against Louth on April 23. The sides drew on Sunday in what was a was a dead rubber given both were already assured of […]
‘Wee Geordie’ braced for big farewell

A TESTIMONIAL game usually marks the end of a great playing career but Cliftonville legend Geordie McMullan isn’t 100 per cent sure that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season. Solitude plays host to his testimonial on Monday night (April 11) when Celtic come to North Belfast in what will […]
Irvine hoping to seal his place in Rio

A PLACE at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is the prize on offer for Brendan Irvine as the Glencolin man prepares to take part in the European Olympic Qualifying Event in Samsun, Turkey that begins on Saturday. At the end of eight days, three boxers from each male weight category (two finalists […]
‘Sambo’ and ‘Woody’ return to Antrim fold

THE former management duo of Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton and Dominic ‘Woody’ McKinley will oversee the fortunes of the Antrim Senior hurlers for the remainder of the season following the shock departure of PJ O’Mullan last week. McNaughton will be assisted by McKinley as well as former county hurlers Gary O’Kane from Dunloy and Neal Peden […]
Coláiste Feirste bid for Ulster double

THIS week will see a historic day for Coláiste Feirste hurlers when both Year 9 & 14 will take to the field in their respective Ulster finals. With a hectic year with both teams, who have many dual players performing on both codes for the school, this is seen as a massive achievement for the […]