THE FALLS Residents’ Association says so far it has been “a quieter Christmas in the Divis area” thanks to an increased presence of the PSNI alongside local political representatives in the area during the holiday break. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, development worker with Cumman Áithritheoirí na bhFál/Falls Residents Association, Chris Turley, said: “Over the […]
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Police operation effective so far in Divis
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Squinter review of the year
JANUARY STILL no sign of the firebomber who ran through the bustling streets of pre-Christmas Belfast with his head and shoulders on fire in a scene straight from the cover of a famous Pink Floyd album. No arrests, no developments, no CCTV footage, even, in a city bristling with meerkat-like cameras. When Squinter was a boy, […]
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Community spirit saves Christmas
A BEECHMOUNT father was the beneficiary of a Christmas miracle when donations from the local community allowed him to replace his son’s stolen Christmas gifts. On Sunday December 21, just three days before Christmas Eve, Paul Martin returned from a trip to Dublin to discover his home had been broken into. The thieves had made […]
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Birthday Greetings 10th January 2015
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‘Arsonists won’t defeat this team’
THE Secretary of a West Belfast football team whose clubhouse was gutted in a deliberately-started Saint Stephen’s Day blaze has defiantly told the arsonists: “We won’t be beaten by this.” John Morgan, a founding member of Glen Road’s Sport and Leisure Swifts, said the team and committee have been inundated with messages of support and […]
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Fitting end to Hobbit trilogy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (12A) Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Ian McKellen Rating: ★★★ What’s the story? When we last saw the intrepid Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), he was holed up with the mighty dwarf King Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his band of fearless warriors inside the reclaimed kingdom of Erebor, […]
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