A full electoral canvass of the North kicks off this weekend. Saturday sees Phase One of the mammoth canvass by the Electoral Commission getting under way in a drive to ensure everyone has a vote at the next election – which will be for the new Belfast City ‘Super Council’ next May. The Andersonstown News […]
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Canvassers hit the doorsteps this weekend
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Roaring Hugh Hanna, the preacher of hate
In the early hours of Sunday, March 1, 1970, Sean Kelly from the Upper Newtownards Road received a phone call from a taxi driver friend asking for his help to change a wheel. He was astonished by what he saw. It was, literally, the beginning of the end – the removal of the evidence of […]
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Put some money in the meteor if you’re waiting on this shower
Dúlra’s got a crick in his neck today after spending an hour looking up at the sky, eyes stretched wide, waiting for a shooting star. He saw only two on Monday night – which on the one hand was a little disappointing, but on the other hand a rare treat. The meteor shower happens at […]
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Martin closes local trilogy
WEST Belfast playwright and newly-appointed Belfast Ambassador Martin Lynch is planning to launch the powerful climax and final instalment of The Ulster Trilogy this September at the MAC. The trilogy, a series of three plays which explore the state of the North today, already includes Sam Millar’s ‘Brothers in Arms’ and Ron Hutchinson’s ‘Paisley and […]
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Morning after the night before a familiar sight
EIGHT arrests were made after violence erupted at a bonfire in West Belfast. A number of police officers were injured, two requiring hospital treatment, during trouble at what was billed as an ‘anti-internment bonfire’ in the Divis area on Thursday night. The arrests were made after the police came under attack with missiles, including paint […]
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FELONS INSULT WAR OF WORDS
THE ORGANISERS of last Friday’s anti-internment march are calling it a success amidst claim and counter-claim about what took place at locations in West Belfast. Organisers claim thousands took part in the parade that made its way from North Belfast to Andersonstown to mark the anniversary of internment. Twice the parade was stalled as police […]
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