A BIG response to Squinter’s recent piece on Buckfast and the fact that it’s not big in West Belfast. Some readers got in touch to say that West Belfast is not opposed to fortified wine, per se – rather it once preferred another brand, of which today little is known. They reminded Squinter that in […]
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Geraldine speaks out on her RSF dismissal
f.ryan@belfastmediagroup.com The former Vice-President of Republican Sinn Féin has spoken out for the first time about her dismissal from the party. Geraldine Taylor says she can no longer keep quiet about the events of last summer as rumours abound on republican internet forums about her and other members of RSF in West Belfast. The Twinbrook […]
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300 jobs for West
Two hundred unemployed people from West Belfast are to be taken off the dole and given 12 months employment – with a further one hundred to be handed part-time positions, we can reveal. The year-long paid placements with local businesses focus on getting people back into mainstream employment while paying them a ‘living wage’ – […]
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IV group is ordered to stand down
The Irish Volunteers (IV) have announced that the armed group is to stand down in Belfast. In a statement released to the Andersonstown News last night (Wednesday), the group said that it will no longer exist as of midnight, in accordance with demands made by óglaigh na héireann. “From midnight tonight, all units of the Belfast […]
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Cops taken to task over holiday mayhem
An emergency meeting of the West Belfast District Policing and Community Safety Partnerships (DPCSP) tackled community concerns about the policing of our streets over the Christmas holiday period. Harry Connolly, Vice Chair West Belfast DPCSP and Policing Committee, explained why they had called for a sit-down with senior management of the PSNI. “The West Belfast […]
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Housing market on the up
GREEN shoots of recovery have started sprouting across the West Belfast housing market with property sale offices here recording their busiest periods since 2006. Proprietor of McGranaghan Estate Agents.com, Des McGranaghan, told the Andersonstown News that the property market at present is “just buzzing” “This is the first time in six years that house prices […]
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