A man abused by pedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth has appealed to the authorities to make an interim compensation payment to the victims of predatory clerics who ran state-sanctioned care homes. Sam Adair, who was repeatedly abused by Fr Brendan Smyth when he was ‘in care’ at Nazareth Lodge on the Ormeau Road, warned yesterday […]
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Assembly calls for colleges’ grant to be reinstated
Sinn Féin West Belfast MLA Rosie McCorley has welcomed the Assembly support for the reinstatement of the annual £1.1m premia funding to St Mary’s and Stranmillis teacher training colleges. Unionist and nationalist MLAs united yesterday at the Assembly to call for the retention of the extra payments to both colleges. A Sinn Féin amendment passed […]
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Minister’s campaign to close St Mary’s for High Court?
Plans by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry to pull the plug on St Mary’s University College in West Belfast are set to be challenged in the courts. Despite impassioned appeals from students, staff, community leaders, politicians and Catholic clerics for a stay of execution, the Alliance Minister last week reiterated his determination to remove […]
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Paul (17) suffered 50 wounds in UDR shooting
A West Belfast family are calling for a fresh inquest into the death of their brother as they prepare to mark the 30th anniversary of his killing today (Thursday). 17-year-old Paul ‘Kelso’ Kelly from Whiterock Gardens was shot dead by the UDR while travelling in a stolen car along with four others. The vehicle failed […]
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Parish priest asked to observe PSNI raid
Sacred Heart Parish Priest Fr Martin Magill has confirmed he was asked to act as an observer during a PSNI house raid in Ardoyne before Christmas and was present in a house while searches were carried out. The North Belfast News has learned that anti-agreement republicans contacted Fr Magill over their concerns at raids being […]
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Callous thieves target 86-year-old’s home as she attends funeral of only sister
An 84-year-old woman who left her home for an hour to attend the funeral mass of her only sister has spoken of her trauma after heartless thieves targeted her home, stealing pension money and ransacking every room in the house. Collette McKibbin who lives with her husband Jim (85) in their Glenard home said she […]
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