CONCLUDING PART Big Geordie flexed his pudgy fingers furiously. The pyjama cord that bound his wrists behind his back had cut the blood flow until his hands were white and numb. From across the tiny caravan table scarred with cigarette burns and UVF graffiti, the stranger studied his face silently and intently by the soft […]
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Gun law always fails
THE circumstances surrounding the shooting to death of Edward Gibson in the Divis area on Friday remain unclear, although already charges have been levelled in relation to the chaotic scenes that led up to the fatal incident and those matters will ultimately and rightly be dealt with by the courts. The killing has evoked grim […]
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Hit-and-run mum lay for 20 minutes
A woman injured in a suspected hit-and-run incident in West Belfast says she may have lain unconscious by the side of road and ignored by passing pedestrians and motorists for up to 20 minutes. Ballymurphy mum Deirdre Sloan is believed to have been hit by a car as she crossed the Whiterock Road at around […]
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Birthday Greetings 8th November
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Flag of hope
A WEST Belfast artist is set to travel to the Western Sahara as part of an international arts exchange aimed at raising awareness of an ongoing humanitarian crisis there. Raymond Watson will travel to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SARD) to conduct art workshops with refugees in November. He has been invited there by the […]
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We didn’t shoot Edward say OIRA
The Official IRA has denied weekend media reports that they were involved in the murder of West Belfast man Edward Gibson. Mr Gibson was shot on Friday in an alleyway near Divis Flats and died later in hospital. Police are linking the killing to a fight that broke out in the nearby Albert Street not […]
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