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DRACULA MOVIE TO BE SHOT AT MACKIES SITE

West Belfast has been chosen by Universal Pictures as the filming location for their forthcoming Dracula movie. No sooner had contracts been signed yesterday (Wednesday) than the  preparatory work began at the former Mackies site on the Springfield Road where production crews will be building Castle Dracula in the coming weeks. Filming of the £70m […]

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End this culture of hate

Personally I do not care if there are one million Orange Order parades a year, I do not like any parades even if they are republican. They cause lots of disruption and also they are very tribal and if we want a united society we need to do some sort of joint parades or no […]

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Hotel tragedy a tale of luck and bad luck

Just after 5am on July 26, 1910 Constable Shilvey was making his way along Donegall Square North towards the Black Man statue. He was heading to College Square RIC barracks to write his report, as he finished at 6am. Just as he reached the statue he noticed smoke billowing from the Kelvin Hotel in College […]

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Politics 101 down the phoneline

A politics major from Harvard (calm down, Willie – a bit different from a UDR major) calls and asks Squinter if he’ll do a phone interview on the subject of ‘Culture Wars in Belfast.’ Last night he emailed a transcript of our chat, which Squinter’s happy to share with you today. So when did all […]

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Concern over change in housing system

Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman says the Housing Executive’s suspension of part of the housing selection scheme will have serious consequences for the transfer of tenants from unsuitable accommodation to accommodation that is more suited to their needs. West Belfast MLA Fra McCann was speaking after a High Court judgement that criticised the allocation of public housing […]

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Heroin scourge at local scrapyard

THE Andersonstown News has learned that young people are smoking heroin at a disused scrapyard on the Suffolk Road. Sinn Féin Councillor Gerard O’Neill said that young people are taking drugs and engaging in anti-social behaviour nightly at the site. They say the owner of the yard “has a duty of care to residents to […]

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