The relative of a woman murdered in the McGurk’s Bar bombing has urged unionist councillors not to oppose plans to rename a North Belfast street in memory of the massacre. Two years ago the North Belfast News revealed that plans to call a newly built housing development close to the site of the bar bombing,
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Uni exclusion zone could avoid a Holyland scenario
There have been calls for the University of Ulster to draw a student housing exclusion zone around residential areas of inner city North Belfast to prevent the area becoming another Holyland. The university is moving its Jordanstown campus to a £250 million campus at York Street which will house 15,000 full and part-time students and staff.
Stab victim’s mum heads up anti-knife crime rally
The grieving mum of a North Belfast man who was stabbed to death last month has spoken for the first time about his loss and voiced her support for an anti-knife crime campaign organised by his friends.
Suitcase in cellar carries a Titanic link
In a week when much of the world has gone Titanic crazy, one local bar has discovered its own link to the doomed liner. During a clear out of the cellar of the Chester Bar, staff discovered an old and battered suitcase that had been left from the time the hostelry was a hotel.
Ex-prisoner shares Armagh experiences with US author
A top selling American author whose latest fictional book will be set during the Troubles was in North Belfast last week to meet with a local political prisoner to hear about life in Armagh Jail. Texan writer Patricia Falvey travelled to the North over the Easter period to research her latest book,
Top level secrecy used to bring maestro to world stage
There’s so much soccer on TV these days that it’s hard to keep track of the games. It is great to able to watch your favourite team at home or in the pub but for me it comes nowhere near to attending games live. When the subject is aired – who’s the best footballer you ever saw? – I restrict myself to players I have had the pleasure of observing in the flesh.
