AS WEST Belfast gets set go to the polls on March 2 it’s been revealed that nearly 6,000 voters in the constituency have been removed from the electoral register. Over 60,000 people were removed from the register across the north, but West Belfast had a higher number of people removed compared to any other constituency. […]
Archive | January, 2017
Loss of 6,000 from register concerns parties
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Best friends want to boost Belfast in Big Brother house
TWO best friends who hail from either side of the North Belfast peace line have started a public campaign to get on Big Brother to show the positive side of Belfast. Danielle Burns, 31, and Kimberley Trotter, 30, first met on a Springboard course a decade ago and hit it off immediately. They say they […]
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Appeal for info on ’72 shooting
LAWYERS acting for the family of a South Belfast man shot dead in 1972 have issued an appeal for anyone who may have information about the killing to come forward. At approximately 8.30pm on July 21, 1972, Joseph Patrick Downey was shot and fatally wounded during an alleged gun battle between the British army, loyalists […]
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A simple case of video killing the movie star
Assassin’s Creed (12A) ★★ Directed by: Justin Kursel Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons & Brendan Gleeson What’s the story? Convicted of murder and sentenced to death, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) is given a clandestine stay of execution after he is saved by a shadowy organisation known as Abstergo Industries. Awakening in a […]
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Preparing for the big snow… if it actually arrives
AT this time of year, Dúlra finds himself spending way too much money on food. Instead of a single loaf or litre of bread, he buys two or even three. And he tosses an extra box of teabags into the supermarket trolley and enough beans to feed a posse of cowboys. The problem is, […]
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A year of some ups but a lot more worrying downs
So another year has passed. It was a year that will not readily be forgotten. Islamic State extremist attacks in Belgium, France and Germany, the destruction of Syria, the ongoing refugee crisis and the rise of the right wing vote throughout Europe, the fallout from the Brexit referendum in June and the election of […]
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