THE families of babies buried in the unmarked children’s plot to the rear of Milltown Cemetery have branded the Catholic Church “heartless” after they say they were ordered to remove the touching memorials they’ve put up to their little loved ones ahead of this year’s Cemetery Sunday.
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Clonard beauty unveiled
“IT’S been a different adventure and it’s been an exciting adventure to get to this point,” says Rector Fr Michael Murtagh as the finishing touches are put in place to reopen Clonard church on March 25. The church, which closed its doors a year ago to undergo extensive restoration work, will reopen to the public in less than a fortnight. Fr Murtagh told the Andersonstown News
Expert says risk to other kids in TB case is ‘low’
A PUPIL at St Joseph’s Primary School in Slate Street is being treated for suspected tuberculosis (TB). An information letter and TB factsheet have been sent to pupils at the West Belfast school as a precautionary measure.
Murder witnesses asked to ‘do the right thing’
The families of two men brutally murdered five years ago in Belfast have hit out at the investigation into their deaths. Eddie Burns was found shot dead at the Bog Meadows on March 12 2007. A short time later Joe Jones was found in an alleyway off Elmfield Street in North Belfast
Unionists running out of time on language
Last time I was in Glengormley’s St Enda’s GAC, Seán Fox was on the committee and we were discussing setting up an Irish class for members. That was in 1983. Seán, a solid patriot, was murdered in his home by loyalists in 1993, just months before the ceasefires.
Golden expectations that came to nought
THERE was a time when Squinter was in Donegal four or five times a year, but history and happenstance have conspired to ensure that he hasn’t set foot in the real northern Ireland for three years now. No better reason to visit the county than to spot golden eagles soaring high over Sliabh Sneachta, and so it was that a merry band of Belfast outdoorsmen made their way to the great north-west on Friday intending to spend a few days by the mountains and lakes in search of the elusive raptor. We should have taken the dead otter on the Glenshane
