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Former paratrooper breaks down during Ballymurphy inquest

A former paratrooper has described as “psychopaths” some soldiers based alongside him in West Belfast during the Ballymurphy Massacre. Soldier M597, who was a member of A Company, broke down in tears on Monday as he said that “rogue soldiers” were “out of control” and “shot innocent people”. He said he was in the Henry […]
Clonard Rector prepares to bid farewell to parish “like no other”

“I’M not going to Timbuktu, I’m going 45 miles down the road,” laughs Clonard Rector Fr Noel Kehoe, who is preparing to leave the West Belfast church for the latest chapter of his vocation in the parish of Dundalk. A familiar and popular face to the Clonard faithful – as well as to the tens […]
Pic of the day, Monday May 13

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Raymond now a step closer in inquest fight

VICTIMS campaigner Raymond McCord has moved a step closer in his fight to secure an inquest into his son’s death over 21 years ago. Raymond Jr was killed when he was beaten to death before his body was dumped at a quarry in November 1997. The killing of the 22-year-old was carried out by a […]
Malone Lodge is a real South Belfast delight

BANK Holiday weekend and the stars had somehow aligned in the shape of the divine trinity of a babysitter in place, a lack of worry over getting a taxi home and an overnight stay in Belfast city centre courtesy of Malone Lodge Hotel. Situated along South Belfast’s tree-lined Eglantine Avenue, the family-owned hotel has been […]