The British Shadow Secretary of State says the families of those killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre have “waited too long for the truth”. Ivan Lewis MP was speaking after he met with the families of the victims on Monday in the Upper Springfield. In total, 11 people were murdered by the British Army’s Parachute Regiment […]
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‘Revolution’ needed after the suicide of second son
A ‘revolution’ in how our community deals with depression is needed following the death of a family’s second son to suicide, a leading mental health campaigner has said. Phillip McTaggart of suicide prevention group Pips was speaking after Oldpark man Kieran Ferrin took his own life last weekend. The tragic passing of the 24-year-old brings […]
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Cops in bizarre Celtic outburst
The PSNI has been accused of insulting Celtic fans in the lower Falls after comments made by an officer about attacks on traffic from a Divis footbridge. In an email conversation between a number of agencies about the proposed removal of unsightly barbed wire from the Cullingtree Road footbridge, a police officer laid the blame […]
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Attwood demands answers on death of five in the RVH
A West Belfast SDLP Councillor has expressed shock after the Belfast Health Trust’s Medical Director admitted that treatment delays may have contributed to the death of up to five people last year. Dr Tony Stevens’ admission on Tuesday prompted Health Minister Edwin Poots to tell the Assembly that the five deaths may have to be […]
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Bungling robbers flee with the float
Bungling robbers who held a family hostage last week during a tiger kidnapping which targeted a local bank made off with just the cashiers’ floats. Last Wednesday morning, an armed robber disguised as a postman made his way into the home of an employee of Andersonstown’s Ulster Bank branch. The man called to the door […]
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Frazer in sick ’Murph insult
LEADING loyalist Willie Frazer has sparked fury over comments he made about the murder of 11 innocents in West Belfast in 1971. Speaking after Shadow Secretary of State Ivan Lewis said that David Cameron should meet with the families of those killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre, Mr Frazer said the victims had been killed during […]
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