North Belfast homeowners who had a group repair scheme carried out by the Housing Executive in 2007 said their homes have had damp and flooding problems since the work was done. Residents living in Newington were part of a HE group repair scheme that was done on homes in the area five years ago. Under the scheme homes that are privately owned have work done including replacement of roofs, rebuilding of chimneys, replacement of doors and windows and replacement of guttering in order to improve neighbourhoods.
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Two years on and still no drug charges
NoT ONE person has been arrested or charged in relation to drug dealing in a Newtownabbey estate despite parents handing over the names of known dealers in the area to police almost three years ago. Over the past number of weeks the North Belfast News has been inundated with texts, calls and letters regarding the levels of drug dealing in Longlands. Residents claim everyone in the area is aware of who the main dealers are but they continue to freely ply their deadly trade.
Two youths stranded on roof just the latest incident
Drug taking, verbal abuse and vandalism by a small group of youths, some as young as 11-years-old, is at its worst level in over thirty years, exasperated New Lodge residents have said. People living in Duncairn Parade say a specific group of youths have been torturing residents, including pensioners, for months by climbing on to the roof of their maisonettes to take drugs, scrawl graffiti and hurl missiles and verbal abuse.
Voice of GAA gets ready for celebrations
Legendary GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh will be in Glengormley next weekend for a weekend of celebrations at a local GAA club. The voice of Gaelic games will be at St Enda’s GAA club on Friday (May 4) and Saturday (May 5) as the Hightown club mark the official opening of both their new school building and new pitches.
CIRA MURDER SUSPECT SLASHES MAN IN BAR
One of the chief suspects in the double murder of two men in Belfast five years ago has slashed a County Louth businessman in a bar in Dundalk. The man, from the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, fled to Dundalk following the double murder of Belfast men Eddie Burns and Joe Jones in Belfast on March 12 2007.
UU asked to explain sports academy proposal
A proposal by a private developer to build a sports academy for the University of Ulster on a North Belfast site earmarked for social housing has the potential to destroy concerted efforts to ease the social housing backlog, a local housing campaigner has warned.
