The Relatives for Justice group has underlined its commitment to serve families of those who lost loved ones during the conflict — or were injured — in a video message issued today. “We want the public to know that while we are socially distanced to keep them and our staff safe, in these troubled times […]
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Relatives for Justice offer shoulder to lean on for families suffering trauma
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LIVES REMEMBERED: ‘Murph mourns ‘Olympic-standard’ boxing champ Peter Doyle
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Ballymurphy amateur boxing champion Peter Doyle (56), who died suddenly at his home in Belleek on Easter Tuesday. Born and reared in Ballymurphy, Peter was the son of Tom and Phyllis and a sibling of twins Eddie and Jean and brothers Gerard and Stephen. Peter attended St Aidan’s Primary […]
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Connected Health Homecare provider redeploys staff to the care home sector
A WEST Belfast-based homecare provider has been commended for committing staff to embattled care homes. Connected Health, which is based in West Belfast, is one of the North’s largest homecare providers and provides more than 1.3 million homecare visits per year. It has announced that all of their available spare staffing capacity is ready for […]
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Thousands of businesses will go bust if landlords aren’t reined in warns real estate expert
Thousand of businesses will go bust within months and tens of thousands of jobs will be lost permanently if government doesn’t block landlords who are piling pressure for rent payments on companies which have closed their doors. That’s the view of real estate expert Conor Devine who has raised his concerns with Finance Minister Conor […]
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Victims’ campaigner Gerry finds comfort and solace in his writing
THE shuddering jolt of a newspaper headline was the spark that Gerry Armstrong needed to pick up a pen and write his first poem. Thirty years on and the well-known victims’ campaigner is putting the final touches to an exhibition of his poetry, but he has also set sail on his most ambitious venture yet […]
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Health Department handling of Coronavirus crisis in care homes “disastrous”: Sheehan
A Sinn Féin MLA who sits on Stormont’s Health Committee has blasted the Health Department response to the Covid-19 crisis in care homes as “disastrous”. Pat Sheehan was speaking after Health Minister Robin Swann pledged additional resources for care and nursing homes which have been battered by the virus — one third of all Covid-19 […]
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