A planned archaeological dig due to start this week in Belfast has been halted after asbestos was found where academics were planning their excavation. Now local people are demanding reassurances about the safety of people living near the site. Daily Belfast understands that routine checks carried out on the site of the old depot […]
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Archaeological dig called off after asbestos find – residents seek safety reassurances
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Colleagues pay tribute to community worker brutally gunned down in breakfast time attack
Colleagues of the Belfast community worker shot dead yesterday morning in the Markets area have condemned those behind the shooting and paid tribute to the victim for the work he has done for the local community. Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison (47) was shot a number of times in Welsh Street at around 9am as he made […]
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SDLP denies party in-fighting was behind City Hall reshuffle
The new leader of the SDLP group on Belfast City Council has denied that party in-fighting is behind the City Hall reshuffle. Councillor Tim Attwood said he’s “passing on the torch” to his colleague Councillor Pat Convery. For his part, Cllr Convery, a former Lord Mayor, asked if divisions within the party in Belfast had […]
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Relatives hope bomb attack witnesses in black and white picture will come forward after 43 years
AN appeal has been launched to find the people in this photograph, taken minutes after a UVF car-bomb attack on a Belfast bar over 40 years ago which claimed three lives and injured over 60. The photograph was taken shortly after the bomb exploded without warning outside the packed Kelly’s Bar on the Whiterock Road […]
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Extraordinary scenes as knife-wielding girl-gang invades a North Belfast street
Brave North Belfast residents who confronted a knife-wielding gang of girls have spoken of their shock at having to take weapons from children as young as 11. A ten-inch kitchen knife was taken off one girl in the Newington invasion before the gang – who were also armed with craft knives, hurls and golf clubs […]
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Good news on employment front as big contract secures jobs at Montupet
UP to 60 jobs have been secured at the Dunmurry-based Montupet car component plant – with the potential for more jobs to follow – after the company secured a major contract to produce a new cylinder head. The new product will be supplied to an engine plant in Eastern Europe. The contract will result in […]
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