The PSNI have revisited the scene of a shooting in North Belfast that took place a year ago in an appeal for information. A lone gunman confronted Harry ‘O’ McMahon on Friday January 30, 2015 as he sat in a Chinese takeaway restaurant on the Oldpark Road around 5.40pm. The painter and decorator was shot […]
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PSNI appeal for shooting witnesses one year on from North shooting
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£300m Northside development in chaos as DSD announces review
The government department funding a multi-million pound redevelopment of North Belfast has been forced into a rethink after outline planning perm-ission for the scheme was refused by Belfast City Council. The Department for Social Development (DSD) is to meet developers Northside Regeneration Ltd, appointed in October 2014 to carry out the £300 million regeneration surrounding […]
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Born four months premature and weighing just a pound, miracle baby Meabh is nearly ready to go home
A BELFAST baby who was given between zero and one per cent chance of surviving after being born four months premature is about to come home with her proud mum. Fionnuala McArdle’s due date was February 2, but little Meabh made her appearance on October 9, weighing just over a pound. The wee fighter has […]
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The tweet life: new book by Adams is a personal insight
AFTER three over years of adventures on Twitter, where he has attracted a following of 98,000 people, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams is preparing to launch a book of his best tweets this weekend. The former West Belfast MP will be at the Kennedy Centre this Saturday for the launch of My Little Book Of […]
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Justice Minister’s appeal decision means our two most senior legal figures are battling to overturn abortion ruling
Justice Minister David Ford’s announcement yesterday that he’s to appeal the recent High Court ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion law is incompatible with human rights legislation means that our two most senior legal figures are now embroiled in a battle against Mr Justice Horner’s landmark decision. Attorney General John Larkin – who voiced outspoken opposition […]
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100 jobs for Aldergrove in expansion powered by growth in passenger numbers
Airport baggage handling company Swissport is creating 100 new jobs at Belfast International Airport in response to recently announced growth at Aldergrove, notably the new Ryanair Belfast-Gatwick service. The expansion will increase the company’s workforce at the airport to 350 and turns it into the airport’s larges single employer. The new jobs will encompass a […]
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