The family of West Belfast woman Jean Smyth-Campbell have urged witnesses to her death to come forward 48 years after she was shot dead. The 24-year-old mother-of-one was fatally wounded on the Glen Road around 11.40pm on June 8 1972 after a night out with friends. The family believed for several years that the IRA […]
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VIDEO REPORT: Jean Smyth-Campbell’s sister makes emotional appeal for information on 48th anniversary of her death
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A post-lockdown vision for Blessed Trinity College
THE Principal of Blessed Trinity College says he is already planning for a new era of learning post-lockdown at the school. The Antrim Road and Somerton Road sites of the school have been closed since March with little sign of re-opening any time soon due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Principal Jim McKeever and his […]
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All over at Carnmoney
ALL available new burial plots in Carnmoney Cemetery have been used, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council have said. In 2019, 264 additional plots were made available at the Prince Charles Road site, however these have now been used as of last week. The local council say they have provision of new burial plots at other graveyards […]
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OPINION – Jude Collins: Presidential pomp undermines Michael D’s message of solidarity
A MENTAL itch that I’ve carried for decades has flared up in recent days. The people responsible for the flare-up are the clappers: you know, the people who stood outside their door Thursday nights and clapped the NHS workers. Am I saying that NHS workers don’t deserve a clap? Of course not – but I […]
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OPINION – Elly Odhiambo: Mount Kenya may be six times higher but Divis is a marvel to behold
SPRING 2020 is the sunniest on record. Northern Ireland has presented us with magical weather. I can’t believe it, I can’t complain. I used to hear of the story of the infamous Michael Fish, how he got it so wrong – the weatherman predicting for England a calm October 16th 1987 which became the hurricane […]
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EDITORIAL: Executive needs to better control Covid messaging as lockdown eases
FEARS that even a considered easing of the lockdown would engender a dangerous sense of complacency were made real over the past seven days. The extent of the lockdown breaches has by no means been catastrophic, but it’s been enough to drive home the lesson that small moves can have big implications – particularly when […]
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