SAORADH have hit out at housing association Clanmil for failing to adequately secure one of their member’s homes after his door was broken by the PSNI in a search operation. And the housing association has admitted no replacement will be available until after Christmas. Eamonn Hutchinson, 36, was arrested last week along with Matthew Charles […]
Archive | December, 2017
Saoradh: Arrested man’s wife told no new door until New Year
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Tree lights up to remember the departed this Christmas
THE annual PIPS Tree of Lights ceremony will take place on Sunday night (December 10) and the organisers have issued an open invitation for people to come along and show their support for families who have been bereaved through suicide. When PIPS opened its doors before Christmas 2003, one of the first symbolic acts the […]
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Thieves wreck Christmas for live-alone OAP
A NORTH Belfast pensioner has been left distraught after Christmas presents she’d bought for friends and family were stolen during a daytime burglary. 81-year-old Olive McAlea was asleep in the living room of her Cedar Avenue home on Monday afternoon when she awoke to find heartless thieves had stolen the gifts from an upstairs bedroom. […]
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WWII Blitz bunker uncovered in Falls Park
A WORLD War Two air raid shelter has been uncovered by workers while building a new events space for Féile in the Falls Park. Speaking to the Andersonstown News after the shock find, Cllr Stevie Corr said: “I could hardly believe it when I got a call from the fellas working in the park to […]
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GAA stars to highlight plight of the homeless with solidarity sleep-out
A NUMBER of local inter-county hurlers, footballers, camógs and ladies footballers who are determined to make a difference, have committed to join a 12 hour sleep-out to raise awareness and funds for the homeless on Saturday, December 16 from 6pm-6am. In total, there will be 11 locations nationwide: Dublin, Galway, Cork, Limerick, New York, Belfast, […]
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Conlan intends to sign off for the year in style
IT’S back to where it all began as a professional for Michael Conlan as the LA-based, West Belfast man returns to Madison Square Garden’s Theatre on Saturday night to take on Argentina’s Luis Fernando Molina over six rounds on the undercard of the Vasyl Lomachenko v Guillermo Rigondeaux blockbuster (live on BoxNation). The recently-turned 26 […]
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