A WEST Belfast woman has told how she and her sister were viciously assaulted during a terrifying burglary at her terminally ill mother’s home. Two men, both armed with knives, burst into 86-year-old dementia sufferer Margaret Kavanagh’s home on Westrock Gardens at around 11pm last night. The burglars threatened to kill Mrs Kavanagh and her […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Hunt on for Armed burglars who threatened to kill terminally ill pensioner
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Online events to mark Falls Curfew 50th Anniversary
A RANGE of commemorative events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Falls Curfew are to be held online next month. The British Army-imposed imposed curfew – which lasted 36 hours between July 3rd and 5th of 1970 – saw the entire Falls district locked down while soldiers ransacked thousands of homes. During the operation, […]
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WATCH: Cars Destroyed in Poleglass Arson Attack
THIS is the dramatic footage of a weekend arson attack on a number of cars in Poleglass. Police in west Belfast are investigating following the destruction of two vehicles at Laurelbank in the early hours of Sunday morning. I have been contacted this morning by residents in Laurelbank about cars being burnt in the early […]
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Young West Belfast artist’s work selected for prestigious summer show
A young West Belfast art and design student’s portrait of his grandfather has won him a place in a prestigious young artist’s summer show. The exhibition opens online from July 12, with 19-year-old Ethan Neill’s work being exhibited at the Royal Academy in London later this year. Ethan’s portrait of his grandfather Desmond ‘Dessie’ Nugent […]
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Malachy McAllister deportation: Chair of Congress Committee and NY Senator unite to blast President Trump
Two senior figures on Capitol Hill have taken aim at President Trump over the deportation of Belfast political asylum seeker Malachy McAllister. The Lower Ormeau man was flown home to Ireland yesterday in an Air Ambulance by Federal authorities — he had suffered a dislocated shoulder in a weekend biking accident. New York Senator Charles […]
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EXCLUSIVE: First video footage of hazmat-suited group at centre of PSNI probe
The PSNI has said it is investigating an incident on Sunday evening on the Ormeau Road involving a group of men wearing hazmat suits. Some of the group are alleged to have racially abused four local teenagers. Officers asked for anyone who was in the area around 6.30pm and may have information to contact investigators. […]
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