TRIBUTES have been paid to former republican prisoner, 68-year-old John ‘Johnny’ Burns, who passed away on Wednesday April 16 from Covid-19. His nephew Sinn Féin Councillor Stevie Corr described him as a “quiet, unassuming man” who like so many others of his time “stood up and was counted”. “Johnny was my ma’s youngest brother. My […]
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Republican veteran of Long Kesh Fire battle dies of Covid-19 illness
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We will only get through this together, says PIPS head as new service is launched
LOCAL mental health and suicide prevention charity PIPS have launched a Befriending Helpline in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The Antrim Road charity had offered counselling sessions over the phone but is now adding Befriending Helpline, using all the Charity’s Care Team to help those in need. The charity is not government-funded and relies on donations. […]
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Scottish businesswoman donates £10,000 to lift Belfast hearts
A Scottish businesswoman honoured for her commitment to the revitalisation of Belfast has donated £10,000 to Covid-19 relief efforts in the city. Former Scotland Businesswoman of the Year Marie Macklin has been working with communities across the peace line for the past four years in order to identify a suitable site for a mixed-use development […]
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‘Great Wall of China’ sparks South Belfast residents’ row with Consulate
BUILDING work on the Chinese Consulate in South Belfast is to go ahead – despite objection from local residents — courtesy of special diplomatic protocols between the UK and China. Martin McBurney from nearby Adelaide Park contacted the South Belfast News to raise his concerns after work began to build a wall between the boundary […]
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OPINION – ANDRÉE MURPHY: LOCAL USE OF BRITISH ARMY IN COVID CRISIS ‘MYOPIC’
Click link to listen to Andrée IN this pandemic unthinkable compromise must be considered. Last week Robin Swann formally requested help from the British army “to help distribute lifesaving equipment and to plan for a temporary hospital at the former Maze prison site”. There was a row because the rest of the Executive had not […]
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OPINION: Priti Patel More British than the Old Guard in her treatment of refugees
HONESTLY, I can’t find anything decent to write about the Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel. She is the daughter of Ugandan refugees. Idi Amin expelled Ugandan Asians in the early 1970s and in that bigoted policy, Patel’s Gujarati Indian parents hurried outbound to London. When the family arrived in Britain, the so-called mother country had […]
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