Relatives of the ten victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre say they won’t be deterred by yesterday’s Stormont vote rejecting a call for the Assembly to back an inquiry into the killings. 48 MLAs – all of them unionist – voted against the Sinn Féin/Alliance motion, while 44 voted in favour. But campaigning families say they’ve been greatly […]
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Ballymurphy Massacre families say they’ll fight on after Stormont refuses to back calls for an inquiry
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Housing bosses admit two Belfast multi-million regeneration schemes are in areas of “low to medium need”
The Department for Social Development has admitted that a regeneration pilot scheme in North Belfast is being carried out in areas of “low to medium need”. Two areas of North Belfast – Tigers Bay/Mountcollyer and Lower Oldpark – are to have millions of pounds pumped into them as part of a scheme targeting run-down areas. […]
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Police admit they aren’t investigating extortion demands that have halted work at building sites
The PSNI is not investigating extortion demands which have halted much-needed social housing builds in Belfast because no official complaints have been made by the victims. The admission from the police service comes after a well known criminal gang made threats to contractors working on the redevelopment of the Long Streets in North Belfast, bringing […]
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50 jobs to go at Dunnes in West Belfast
WEST BELFAST MP Paul Maskey has expressed shock at the news that the Dunnes Stores food hall at the Park Centre is set to close with the loss of approximately 50 jobs. Staff were called to a meeting at the store yesterday afternoon and told the news. It is not yet clear when the shop […]
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Device found in garden was ‘crude but viable’ say police
A pipe-bomb device found in a garden in West Belfast yesterday has been described by police as “crude but viable”. A number of homes were evacuated in Rodney Drive near the M1 after police arrived on the scene yesterday morning. A British army bomb disposal expert was called to the scene of the alert, which […]
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DUP in the bunker again after they block historic same-sex marriage vote with petition of concern
THE embattled DUP has come in for more withering criticism both at home and abroad after it used a petition of concern to block yesterday’s historic Stormont vote in favour of same-sex marriage. 105 MLAs voted yesterday, with 53 voting in favour of same-sex marriage and 52 voting against. A change of heart by members […]
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