A WEST Belfast MLA has claimed that elderly residents living in Divis Tower have been reduced to tears because of their living conditions. Sinn Féin’s Fra McCann made the claim in a letter to the Housing Executive. This week he joined a protest alongside the Falls Residents’ Association at the Housing Executive headquarters in Belfast […]
Divis pensioners ‘left in tears over conditions’
Argentina to meet Brazil in final
WORLD CUP 2018 Beers in the fridge – check! Wallchart on the wall behind the widescreen TV – check! Ante-post bets placed – check! Non-football fans banished when all matches are on – check! Yes, folks, we can only be talking about the start of the 2018 World Cup next week, which gets underway in Russia […]
At the heart of the community
AT the helm of the Kennedy Centre for the past eleven years, centre manager John Jones is very much working to keep the shopping centre at the centre of the community in West Belfast. With thousands of shoppers filing in and out of its doors daily, John told the Andersonstown News how, while not having […]
Pic of the day, Thursday, June 7
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Drugs findings to be launched
THE drugs panel set up in the wake of several death in West Belfast last year are set to release their findings on Monday. The independent panel, who comprise of community leaders and statutory agency representatives, have spent the past six months engaging with mental health and addiction experts, community organisations, public sector organisiations, the […]
Antrim football boss Harbinson hits out at ‘lazy’ GAA punditry
GAA pundits and journalists need to be realistic when it comes to analysing games involving the so-called weaker counties according to Antrim boss, Lenny Harbinson. Having exited the provincial series at the hands of Down last month, the Saffrons came in for criticism for a perceived lack of commitment and ambition. Suggestions that their trip […]