Unionist flags across the city outnumber nationalist flags by 13 to one, a new report by Queen’s University academics has revealed. The statistic was one of a number of findings by a report which sets out a three-year plan for flying of flags in public spaces in the north. The report suggests that unofficial flags […]
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Unionist flags outnumber nationalist flags by 13 to one, new report reveals
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Woman is latest to be charged with lower Falls alleyway murder
A 56-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of Edward Gibson in 2014. The 28-year-old father-of-one was shot in the stomach and thigh in an alleyway near Clonfadden Crescent in the shadow of Divis Tower on October 24. He later died in hospital from his injuries. Margaret Goodman from Ballymurphy Parade was […]
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Relief as major funding increase for autism services is announced
Autism campaigners have hailed a decision by the Minister for Health to increase funding to assessment services. Minister Simon Hamilton announced yesterday he was to invest an extra £2 million a year so that local health Trusts could hire more professionals to carry out diagnoses and bring down waiting lists. Campaigners were due to protest […]
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Recovered cannabis of ‘purest type’: cops
A quantity of herbal cannabis described by the PSNI as being of the purest type available has been handed in to an Oldpark community worker. The drugs are just the latest stash to be found in the area and the discovery has been blamed on one of a number of low-level dealers plying their trade […]
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Shopkeepers express concerns about large-scale road revamp in West Belfast
PARKING lay-bys will be removed and pedestrian footpaths shortened along the busy Andersonstown Road as part of the plans for the next phase of the Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) system. At a presentation given by Department for Regional Development (DRD) officials to elected representatives, proposals A Centre to the top of the Riverdale estate. Fearing […]
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Calls for Wells to apologise for remarks on women as complaint is lodged
Alliance Party MLA Stewart Dickson has submitted a formal complaint to the Assembly Commissioner for Standards about alleged “sexist” comments made by the DUP’s Jim Wells. Mr Dickson submitted the formal complaint after a live recording picked up Mr Wells appearing to make comments during an open session of the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee on […]
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