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Archive | February, 2017

Thoughtless car owners prompt a tightening of parking bye-law

EXTRA parking restrictions are to be implemented on the Hightown Road in Glengormley after complaints that inconsiderate drivers are forcing wheelchair users off the footpath. Last week Hightown man Martin McGurk, who has cerebral palsy, spoke of how he had to take a half-mile detour to get home in the evenings because drivers are parking […]

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North Belfast schoolkids urged go to the next level

LOCAL Young people were invited to the University of Ulster on Friday to take part in workshops that it is hoped will increase the number of working class schoolkids applying to college. Pupils from Edmund Rice College were among a number of schools to be given the chance to meet professors and get stuck into […]

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INLA fired shots at flat after row over car damage

The INLA were behind a weekend gun attack on a flat in Bawnmore that came in the wake of a dispute over money. But the man who lives in the flat is not the person in dispute with the organisation, the Belfast Media Group understands. On Sunday night at around 8.45pm two shots were fired […]

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Fitzpatrick marches on and eyes Irish title shot

JOE Fitzpatrick got his year off to a fine start as he easily picked apart Tamas Laska to score a 60-54 points win and improve to 7-0 at the Europa Hotel on Saturday. The 22 year-old had endured something of a frustrating 2016 with just two contests, but was in fine form at the weekend […]

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Hyland wastes no time as he targets British title eliminator

PAUL Hyland Jnr is eyeing a British lightweight title eliminator following his 41 second demolition of the previously undefeated, Karoly Gallovich at the Europa Hotel on Saturday night. The Hungarian came to Belfast with seven wins from seven, but a right uppercut felled Gallovich before a follow-up assault prompted referee, Hugh Russell Jnr to wave […]

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Gort na Móna and Holy Trinity join forces for new 4G facility

A PARTNERSHIP between Gort na Móna GAC and Holy Trinity Primary School will see a new floodlit 4G pitch build that will serve the needs of both club and community. Work on the facility that will take 24 weeks to complete and costing close to £400,000 began on Monday with the use of the new […]

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