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Over 30 parking warnings outside St Kevin’s

PARENTS dropping off children at St Kevin’s Primary School have been issued with over 30 warnings in the past week for illegally parking in the new bus lane to accommodate the Glider service. Thirty-two VDAs (Vehicles Driven Away) were distributed to motorists, who predominately appeared to be parents or carers taking children to and from […]

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30 years of Féile gets a festive twist at the Balmoral

A PRODUCTION chronicling thirty years of Europe’s largest community festival, Féile an Phobail, is pulling on its Santa jumper and matching hat as Brassneck’s A Christmas Station Once Again parks its sleigh for one week only at the Balmoral Hotel. The play, which resurrects the heady days of summers past, when the sound of TripleFM/Féile […]

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Peter and his team work hard to build up vital relationships

WORKING for a future together – that’s the motto of all-island peace-building charity Co-operation Ireland. The charity was started in 1979 by County Clare man Brendan O’Regan, a businessman who is best known for developing Shannon Airport and inventing the Duty Free shop. By the 1960s he was concerned at the outbreak of the Troubles […]

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Weapon confiscated from local teen

Police have confiscated a weapon from a teenager as part of a crackdown on organised fights in the west of the city. The 16-year-old was found to be in possession of a baton after fleeing from officers on Saturday night in the Stewartstown Road area. Appealing to parents a police spokesperson said: “Where are your […]

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New report on Gerard Gibson murder launched as campaigners appeal for witnesses

OVER 100 people gathered in the Glen Community Centre in Lenadoon last night for the launch of the special report into the circumstances of the death of Gerard Gibson (16). Gerard was shot and killed on July 11, 1972 in Carrigart by the British Army, not far from the community centre. The original investigation by […]

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