WARM tributes have been paid to well-known West Belfast businessman Tom ‘Tucker’ Straney who passed away aged 71 on Monday. Born June 15 1947, father to five children and stepfather to two, the grandfather and great grandfather opened his popular A’town Meats in 1979. Tom’s eldest son Gerald told the Andersonstown News how his father […]
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Butcher and bookie: Sadness as ‘Tucker’ Straney passes away
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Shot fired at Turf Lodge home
A Turf Lodge mum says she’s no idea why she’s been targeted after shots were fired at her home. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, mum-of-four Jolene Morgan recounted the incident where a shotgun was fire through the front door of her Norglen Drive home on Tuesday night while she was inside with her three children. […]
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‘Cut the grass and we’d play it in Casement!’
AFTER a training weekend spent fine-tuning their Championship preparations, the Antrim team bus reverses into the car park at Casement Park. The pitch may be over-grown, the stand a derelict eyesore, but the club remains at the heart of Antrim GAA and the senior teams still gather there before and after games. The Antrim senior […]
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Pic of the day, Thursday, May 23
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Pic of the Day, Wednesday, May 22
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Rio is on the ball on the Springfield Road
FORMER Manchester United and England footballer Rio Ferdinand was in West Belfast on Tuesday to officially open the new office of one of the UK’s top football agencies at the Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road. Rio is an ambassador for New Era Global Sports Management, which is the first big name football agency to […]
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