DETECTIVES from Serious Crime Branch investigating the murder of Raymond Johnston in Poleglass are appealing to the public for dash cam footage from the area at the time of the shooting. The 28-year-old died after being shot in his home in Glenbawn Avenue just before 8pm last Tuesday night (February 13). Officers revisited the scene […]
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PSNI in dash cam appeal over shotgun murder
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Spring is sprung at Cultúrlann for Féile an Earraigh
CRITICALLY acclaimed actor Martin McCann was on hand to help officially launch Féile an Phobail’s Spring Festival in the heart of the Gaeltacht Quarter in a packed Cultúrlann. The Divis-born actor, star of the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated short Boogaloo and Graham, and who voiced Bobby Sands in 66 Days, joined representatives from the sporting, community […]
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Funeral takes place of murdered Poleglass man Ray Johnston
MOURNERS at the Requiem Mass for murdered 28-year-old Ray Johnston heard how those who carried out his killing “will have to face God for what they have done”. Mr Johnston was shot dead last Tuesday night at the Glenbawn Avenue home which he shared with his partner and her 11-year-old daughter. Many of those who […]
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Christina set to take on roles
TAKING on the mantle of bringing multiple characters to life in West Belfast playwright Patricia Gormley’s I’ll Tell My Ma, actress Christina Nelson says it is a “huge honour” to be involved in the critically acclaimed play. Having wowed audiences last year at the Mac Theatre during a sell-out run of the semi-autobiographical tale of […]
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No deal on cards says DUP leader
DUP leader Arlene Foster says there is “no current prospect” of a deal to restore the power-sharing Executive at Stormont. In response, last night Sinn Féin’s leader in the north Michelle O’Neill said a deal had been reached and the DUP had collapsed the process. “We had reached an accommodation with the leadership of the […]
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Man killed in front of partner and child in shotgun attack
COLIN SINN Féin Councillor Stephen Magennis says the local community is outraged by the brutal murder of a man in Poleglass last night. Raymond Johnston, who’s believed to be in his late 20s, was hit in the chest with a shotgun blast shortly before 8pm on Tuesday night at his partner’s home in Glenbawn Avenue. […]
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