Fleeing gunmen left a ‘military grade Kalashnikov’ sticking out of a plant pot on an Ardoyne street last week after firing shots at a passing PSNI patrol. The armed dissident republican gang are thought to have panicked as they made their escape last Thursday (December 5) along Butler Walk after using a scaffolding platform to […]
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Depression and anxiety which led to suicide bids means ‘war is far from over’ for former activist
A New Lodge man who had six separate attempts made on his life by loyalists has described for the first time the mental scars he bears almost twenty years after the ceasefires. Denis O’Hagan (64) says he believes he is not the only one who is struggling to get over the conflict, but hopes that […]
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‘Gentle giant’ has both hands smashed in horrific hammer attack
A Rosapenna Street man who had his hands smashed with a claw hammer has been described by neighbours as ‘a gentle giant’ uninvolved in any criminality. Stephen Burns (52) was attacked in his home in the early hours of last Thursday morning (5 December) when a group of four or five men broke into his […]
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Breslin urges Reds to build on Linfield win
CLIFTONVILLE manager Tommy Breslin is hoping that last week’s stunning victory over Linfield can help his side put together a winning run as they head into the busy Christmas period. The Reds’ 3-0 win was reminiscent of the form they showed on their run to the league title last year and saw them cut the […]
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Anorexic Claire is set to lose her vital benefits
A distraught Cavehill Road mother has told how her critically ill daughter had to discharge herself from the Mater Hospital against the wishes of doctors to sign on so she didn’t lose her benefits. Victoria Hayward’s daughter Claire (28) suffers from anorexia and as a result is laid low by bouts of illness. But this […]
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Christmas tree blamed for blaze
A FIRE caused by a Christmas tree has gutted the inside of a young family’s Northbrook Drive home just as the festive season gets under way. And instead of planning for the big day with her two children, Cherise Maguire (27) is desperately trying to find a new home, but so far without success. Cherise […]
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