THERE are moments in the legacy debate when the issues at stake are lit up in lights. The past six months must be viewed as critical. We either take the soup or we demand our rights, it is as simple as that. December 2014 should have been when progress was made. All parties – and […]
OPINION- ANDRÉE MURPHY: Dark forces of British military intelligence tearing up legacy agreements

OPINION – DR MICHAEL DONNELLY: Time to call inquiry into Covid-19 care home nightmare

We have begun to reflect on the pandemic and what could have been done better, especially in our care homes — though politicians are keen to say that it is too soon. Would 1 August 1916 have been too soon to reflect on the poor leadership at the Battle of the Somme when so many […]
Boxing champs on hand to support mental health fundraiser

WEST Belfast boxing titans Tommy McCarthy and Paddy Gallagher are lending their support to a local mental health fundraising initiative. People of all ages and of all abilities are being encouraged to take part in the Lenadoon Community Counselling Service’s ‘Walk and Talk’ – a 5k or 10k challenge – where participants can walk, run […]
LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Belfast Paints make decorating easy

With most of us confined to our homes there has arguably never been a better time to get stuck into some DIY and, luckily, Belfast Paints are on hand to help. The Boucher Road store is continuing to provide a full range of products for indoor and outdoor use, including the freshest new interior colours, […]
PLATFORM – PAUL MASKEY MP: ‘We must seize this opportunity to build something new’

Since February, the world has been gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic. The likes of this pandemic has not been seen in many generations. It poses enormous challenges to our health system and for our society politically, socially and economically. To date, this pandemic has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people in Ireland and hundreds […]
WATCH: Laughing Youth in sickening attack on Waterworks goose should be prosecuted for animal cruelty says councillor

CAUTION: This video contains disturbing imagery. A NORTH Belfast DUP representative has hit out angrily after sickening footage appeared online of a Waterworks thug savagely kicking a gosling. In the footage, a young male is filmed crossing the footpath where a family of geese is gathered and delivering a vicious kick to a greylag gosling […]