A 90 year-old West Belfast woman who survived TB back in the 1940s is recovering from Covid-19. Bernie McNairney- who turns 91 on June 4 and suffers from dementia- was diagnosed with the deadly virus six weeks ago. Originally from Albert Street, Bernie has been living in Brooklands Care Home in Dunmurry for five years […]
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OPINION: British have torpedoed legacy payments scheme by targeting victims of state collusion
For anyone who cares to peel back the veneer the matter of who funds a payments scheme for the injured isn’t the only issue to be resolved In 2019 Relatives for Justice made a submission to an NIO consultation on the need for a payments scheme for those injured during the conflict. In our response […]
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‘It has been such an honour to be mayor of Belfast’
NOT sitting comfortably – but rather “walking and talking” during the blistering last week of May – outgoing Lord Mayor Danny Baker tells the Andersonstown News that he got “stuck in” to the role of First Citizen in what has been a whirlwind six months. The Sinn Féin Colin Councillor took over the mayoral chain […]
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OPINION: Government resources are finite but I hope it can support the most trusted medium of all in this crisis: newspapers
Unlike many businesses, local newspapers serving communities rocked by the pandemic didn’t have the option of shuttering operations during the lockdown – because they wanted to keep publishing to bolster the community during the emergency. The Belfast Media Group is proud to be among those publishers. In many countries and regions, the media is viewed […]
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EDITORIAL: After rocky start, Stormont finding its feet in Covid crisis
MONDAY was a milestone in the Covid crisis, as it was the first time since the first death in Ireland on March 11 that no deaths from the virus were reported on the island. But when the history of the pandemic in Ireland comes to be written, will it have been a positive milestone or […]
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One million steps challenge for Carly
A West Belfast woman is preparing to walk a mammoth one million steps all the while promoting and fundraising for two vital mental health awareness charity organisations. Lenadoon’s Carly Walsh told the Andersonstown News how she had been bereaved by suicide at the start of the year. Carly credited Downpatrick-based ALPS (All Lives Are Precious) […]
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