The discovery of a used heroin kit in derelict land in the Whiterock has caused anger locally. The grim discovery at Brittons Parade was made last Thursday by some young people who unearthed the discarded kit, made up of used and sealed syringes, sachets of citric acid, alcohol prep pads, vials of saline water and […]
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Residents could face £60,000 legal bill
A judicial review against the granting of planning permission for the new Casement Park could cost residents between £13,000 and £60,000 – even if they win. MORA (the Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents’ Association) will have their appeal against the Department of Environment, who granted planning permission for the £70 million redevelopment, heard in the High […]
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West peace activist set for prison
A West Belfast peace activist is to be arrested this Friday on his return from abroad and imprisoned in Limerick prison. Niall Farrell of the Galway Alliance Against War was involved in a peace protest with fellow activist Margaretta D’Arcy last September on the runway at Shannon airport. In June they were found guilty of […]
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Why Dave and Enda must now take action
WITH the obscenities that are happening in Gaza, it’s an effort to wrench attention back to our own tormented situation. But wrenched it must be, to listen as Peter Robinson tries to laugh off suggestions he might be pushed from his leader’s perch. It is, of course, no laughing matter, which is why the DUP […]
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Glasvey pleads for relief amidst nightly scenes of grim disorder
RESIDENTS of a West Belfast street say they are a “under siege” from crowds of teenagers running amok during the summer holidays. Worried locals told the Andersonstown News that crowds of up to 150 youths are gathering from early afternoon until late at night to drink, take drugs and even have sex on land at […]
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Rapid transit concerns only partly dealt with by DRD, claims Attwood
COUNCILLOR Tim Attwood says the Department for Regional Development (DRD) have only “partly” responded to concerns of local residents in relation to the Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) project – and that other outstanding issues require further discussion. Residents from Stewartstown, Hillhead, Doon Road, Suffolk Parade and Blacks Road raised a number of issues of concern […]
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