A NEW stained-glass window inspired by the tale of Cú Chulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley from Irish mythology has been fitted at Belfast City Hall.
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‘The rich get richer and the poor…’
NOT knowing whether to laugh or cry was the general response from the public as news emerged that an independent panel has recommended that our MLAs’ salaries should rise by almost £5,000 from April 2013. Currently, an MLA’s basic pay, before claims and expenses, stands at £43,101 – an 11 per cent increase would see it rise to £48,000.
Pensioners to be advised on fire safety after death
Community groups are planning to leaflet pensioners’ homes to highlight home safety in the wake of the fire tragedy in which a 90-year-old Twinbrook pensioner died. The blaze broke out at the woman’s Laburnum Green home in the early hours of last Wednesday morning.
ONH evictions are ‘personality-driven’
Threats to a number of West Belfast men by Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) are “personality-driven”. That’s the claim made by the Upper Springfield Community Safety Forum (USCSF) this week after threats were issued to at least a dozen local men by ONH.
Man may have info on chemist robbery
Police have released CCTV of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a robbery in West Belfast. The PSNI say they are keen to speak to the man, right, in connection with a robbery at a pharmacy in Mount Eagles Square in December 2010.
Families awake to the sound of a lorry dumping rubbish
A West Belfast Councillor says more needs to be done to secure a derelict site against fly-tippers. Residents from Hamill Park on the Glen Road contacted Councillor Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín for help after they were wakened by the sound of a lorry dumping tons of rubbish on vacant land that backs on to their homes.
