POLICE are investigating a potential burglary link to death of a 64-year-old woman who was found dead in her North Belfast home on Sunday morning. PSNI officers discovered the body of 64-year-old May Stevens at her house in Lismoyne Park shortly after 3.00am. Officers visited her property to inquire about her vehicle, which had failed […]
Police launch investigation into suspicious death of May Stevens
Short Strand bus depot cancer fears
SINN Féin Councillor Mairead O’Donnell has called for the relocation of the Translink bus depot in Short Strand. Cllr O’Donnell was speaking out after a worrying report complied by Queen’s third year medical students revealed a possible link between the number of cancer-related illnesses in the area and pollution emitted from diesel engines. Cllr O’Donnell […]
Clonard set to welcome The Priests
CLONARD Monastery is set to be filled with song as part of the annual Féile an Earraigh with The Priests confirmed for Wednesday March 14. Supported by the wonderful Bernadette Morris, this is the first concert announcement in Féile’s 30th birthday year and is the first of many exciting announcements to come. Féile an Phobail […]
200 jobs ‘under threat’ in Schlumberger closure
AROUND 200 gas and oil jobs are under threat with the closure of Schlumberger in Newtownabbey. Trade union, Unite say the oil firm is closing the plant, despite attempts from management to retain it. In November, the company at the time said that no decision had been made as a consultation was taking place with […]
Glengormley unites to tackle the village’s anti-social problems
CONCERNED groups and politicians united this week in their bid to tackle anti-social behaviour in Glengormley. The town was plagued with problems over the weekend of 5-6 January after an ‘unprecedented’ number of young people gathered in the O’Neill Road and V36 Valley Park areas. At a meeting organised by the NI Youth Forum, representatives […]
Finucane backs Time for Truth march at New Lodge Six commemoration
SINN Féin’s John Finucane has called for people to support the Time for Truth march which will take place in Belfast on February 25. Mr Finucane was speaking on Saturday evening at the 45th anniversary commemoration of the British Army’s killing of six unarmed men in the New Lodge in 1973. He said: “As a […]