AN Ardoyne family have warned fellow dog owners to be vigilant after they foiled an attempt to poison their pet at the weekend. Pádraig and Maria Clarke had put Irish terrier Cain in the back yard of their Ardglen home in the early hours of Sunday morning when they noticed him go for something on […]
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Home attack linked to police meetings
DISSIDENT republicans have been blamed for a weekend attack on the home of an Ardoyne community worker who has been the victim of an ongoing campaign of intimidation. A large crowd of Ardoyne residents and politicians gathered outside Phyllis Doherty’s home last night (Wednesday) in a show of support for the 62-year-old organised by the […]
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Welfare reform could result in spike in suicides
WELFARE reform could have a major impact on the levels of suicide in North Belfast a leading mental health academic has claimed. Professor of Mental Health at the University of Ulster, Siobhan O’Neill, said that mental health problems coincided with the normal ups and downs of life and said that policy decisions made at the […]
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Smokin’ New Lodge fighters aim for US victory
IN A week where North Belfast is still buoyant from the success of boxing ace Carl Frampton, a group of New Lodge youngsters have taken their own fight to the world stage. Ten amateur boxers from the Holy Family Boxing Club this week travelled to America to take on some of the country’s best young […]
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Orange Order slammed for new Ardoyne parade bid
A new bid by the Orange Order to march along the Crumlin Road later his month has been slammed by nationalist politicians and the local residents group, CARA. Notification was sent to the Parades Commission this week by No. 1 District Loyal Orange Lodge for the parade – involving three bands and up to 350 […]
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U17 team attacked by sectarian mob
A NORTH Belfast football team has said they will no longer use a new £500,000 cross-community sports complex after their teenage players and supporters were attacked at the council-owned facility. St Patrick’s Young Men Football Club are to stop all seven of their teams playing at the Hammer Complex on the Shankill after one of […]
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