The family of a 24-year-old from West Belfast who passed away last year say they are considering having her body exhumed and cremated if attacks on the grave don’t stop. Terri McMenamy took her own life in January of last year and is buried alongside her grandfather in Milltown. Terri’s devastated mother Donna said she […]
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We tried to kill cop: CIRA
THE Andersonstown News can reveal that the Continuity IRA were responsible for the planting of an under-car booby trap bomb that brought the Blacks Road to a standstill last Friday morning. The bomb was discovered by a passing police patrol near the junction with Arlington Drive just before 8am. The CIRA told the Andersonstown News […]
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Residents not impressed by La Salle pitch plan
A residents’ group campaigning to protect a piece of open land in Andersonstown say they have been left hurt and disappointed over how De La Salle College have gone about the development of their new sports facility. Many local residents have been campaigning to stop De La Salle from building on the green site at […]
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Is Casement work a threat to nesting birds?
The GAA has rejected accusations that they are disturbing nesting birds as preparation work for the redevelopment of Casement Park gets under way. Residents of Owenvarragh Park contacted us to complain that trees and bushes were being felled despite the nesting season having officially started on March 1. “They came late last week and started […]
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West’s biggest St Paddy’s party ever
West Belfast is set for the biggest St Patrick’s party ever with a weekend of festivities and events taking place in the lead-up to the patron saint’s day on Monday. This week the Big Top went up in the former Beechmount Leisure Centre grounds for three days of concerts from Friday through to Sunday, part […]
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Family explain why they want their dad’s remains exhumed
THE family of one of the 11 victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre has applied to have his body exhumed. Joseph Murphy was one of those murdered by the Parachute Regiment in the upper Springfield at the onset of internment in August 1971. On Monday, his family applied to Belfast Coroner’s Court for permission to exhume […]
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