A well-known dissident republican has threatened to shoot the drug dealer who supplied the deadly ecstasy tablets that killed a West Belfast DJ last month – because his kids were at the same party. The Twinbrook man called to the Turf Lodge home of the dealer days after Gerard Mulholland died from taking the ‘Speckled […]
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Local MLAs front-up debate on Haass
West Belfsat MLAs led the debate at Stormont on Monday on the fall-out from the Haass talks. The talks, which broke up without a deal on December 31, aimed to help resolve ongoing disputes over flags, parades and the past. Speaking following a narrow defeat by 52 votes to 49 of the Sinn Féin motion […]
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Union scathing of claims that crisis was just a one-off
A union representing staff at the RVH’s beleaguered Accident and Emergency Department has rubbished the Health Minister’s claim that last week’s crisis at the hospital was a one-off. The union also claimed that a major incident plan was put into action only because the media had been alerted to the huge backlog at A&E and […]
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Security alert
THERE’S been condemnation of those responsible for a security alert on the Bell Steele Road this week which turned out to be an elaborate hoax. The alert happened just after 4pm on Tuesday as many children were making their way home from school. Councillor Stephen Magennis said the security alert was created to cause “mayhem” […]
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Local shops had a bumper Christmas
SHOPS across the north may have seen a drop in business over the holiday period, but West Belfast has bucked the trend, confirming this part of the city as Belfast’s fastest-growing retail and entertainment hub. Footfall figures from the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) showed a year-on-year decrease of 8.7 per cent over Christmas and […]
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Was cop unit diverted to Camp Twaddell?
As the fall-out continues following the New Year death-driving madness in West Belfast, we’ve been told that the specialist police unit tasked with dealing with car crime has been hit by a police reorganisation to provide cover for the nightly protests at ‘Camp Twaddell’. Hoods have been wreaking havoc across West Belfast in recent weeks, […]
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