The Deputy First Minister has warned the British government it would be a huge mistake for them to attempt to impose its welfare cuts agenda over the heads of the Assembly and the Executive. Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was speaking after British Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said her government would, as a last resort, […]
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McGuinness warns British government over welfare cuts
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Ardoyne anger over GARC ‘PSNI/MI5’ letter to local community groups
AN EXTRAORDINARY letter has been sent by the Greater Ardoyne Residents’ Group (GARC) to five community and voluntary groups warning they will be branded “an active supporter and promoter of the PSNI/MI5” if they work with or seek funding from “security forces”. The letter has been dismissed as an “attempt to intimidate” people who are […]
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Five injured, one seriously, in head-on collision on Colinglen Road
A 20-year-old man is in intensive care with a serious head injury and four other young people have been treated in hospital following a head-on collision on the outskirts of Belfast. A Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 307 collided on the Colinglen Road between West Belfast and Lisburn at around 10.30pm last night. The most seriously […]
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Man arrested after McGuigan murder speaks out: ‘No evidence put to me over two days and now I’m suing Chief Constable’
A West Belfast man is suing the Chief Constable for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and unlawful detention after he was arrested and subsequently released without charge after the brutal murder of Kevin McGuigan. 49-year-old Sean Clinton was arrested from his Mooreland Park home in Andersonstown on Wednesday, August 19 and held for 36 hours at […]
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Man to appear in court today on two charges of attempted murder following double Dunmurry stabbing
A man will this morning be charged with two counts of attempted murder following a double-stabbing in West Belfast. The 35-year-old will appear in Craigavon Magistrates Court to face the charges plus a further charge of aggravated burglary. The charges were brought after two women were assaulted at a house in Cloona Manor in the […]
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OAP who spoke out against thugs suffers nervous breakdown
elderly North Belfast man whose house was attacked after he spoke out against local thugs has suffered a nervous breakdown. Joe Deans, 69, says he’s being targeted by anti-social elements in Ligoniel because he has protested about the shocking behaviour of local individuals who are making life hell for the residents. A brick was hurled […]
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