THE mother of a man murdered in cold blood and dumped in a North Belfast park has made an emotional appeal for information on his one-year anniversary. Rosaleen Kearney spoke publicly for the first time since her son Kevin’s brutal murder as family and friends gathered at the spot where his body was found on […]
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Why no charges over son’s brutal murder?
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From Hardinge to Street Park Lodge
The Christian Brothers were a great organisation for planning ahead. In the late 1950s they looked at the growth of the Catholic population in Belfast. They were aware that the Redemptorist Order had purchased Ben Eadan, the large estate of Major Addley, and had built St Gerard’s church, with the official opening by Dr Mageean, […]
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Local woman’s support for far-right EDL group
A FORMER North Belfast Catholic schoolgirl who travels to England to take part in mass anti-Muslim marches organised by the extreme right wing group the English Defence League (EDL) has been exposed by her former fiancé. Margaret Brophy, who attended Little Flower Girls’ school and who lives in the Cliftonville area, regularly travels to England […]
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Open warfare in Tigers Bay
Two families have been forced to leave their homes in the Tigers Bay area after a week of serious trouble which has seen opposing gangs of masked men attacking vehicles and property in a battle to control the area. On Monday night (September 29) a gang of up to 30 masked men armed with cudgels, […]
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District pays tribute to much loved nuns
HUNDREDS of people are expected to line the streets of Ardoyne tomorrow (Friday) to pay tribute to two much-loved nuns who tragically lost their lives in a road accident earlier this week. Sister Frances Forde and Sister Marie Duddy of the Sisters of Mercy Order based at Ballysillan House on Crumlin Road, died on Tuesday […]
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Proposed parade ‘an infringement of rights’ – PC
Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association have welcomed a hard hitting Parades Commission determination on Sunday’s Orange Order ‘Covenant Parade’ that has been banned from passing Catholic homes on the Crumlin Road at Ardoyne. The Orange Order had applied for the parade to mark the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 – a parade that had […]
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