A talks process involving the Orange Order, an Ardoyne residents group and local clergymen has been halted without explanation after the Orange Order withdrew from the process. The talks, which have been ongoing from March and facilitated by Catholic Bishop Donal McKeown and Church of Ireland Bishop Alan Abernethy, have been “postponed” with the Orange […]
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Orange Order pulls out of talks on Ardoyne
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Pressure grows for flats to be demolished
Residents living in Ross Street flats have hit out at the Falls Residents’ Association, accusing them of not consulting over future plans for the site. For years we have reported on the gangs that terrorise residents living in the lower Falls street, particularly inhabitants of the remaining flats that were not demolished when others were […]
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Pipe bomb mum pleads for an end to attacks
A New Lodge mother of two who had her car shot into in January says she is ‘terrified’ after a pipe bomb was left at the same vehicle outside her home this week. Lindsey Ward says Wednesday’s attack, when a device described by the PSNI as ‘viable’ was left at her Spamount Street home, is […]
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Rúbaí reds up at movie awards
An Irish language film which features a young girl who declares her atheism in the run up to her First Holy Communion has won the Belfast Film Festival Short Film Competition Sponsored by the Belfast Media Group the 14th Belfast Film Festival Short Film Competition featured entries from across the country of films up to […]
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Heroin kit found
A lower Falls community worker is calling for strict drug safety measures to be implemented after the discovery of a heroin kit and other drug paraphernalia in the district. The grim discovery was made on Saturday afternoon in a back garden close to the popular Divis Play Project crèche at the Frank Gillen Centre. Speaking […]
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Community unites to reject racist thugs
A Nigerian man who was verbally and physically assaulted in what is being treated as a racist attack says he and his family have no choice but to move from their home in the Sliabh Dubh estate after the gang threatened to burn his house down. 36-year-old Ade (we’re not using his full name) was […]
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