The victim of a gun attack that saw two bullets fired into her vehicle last week is pleading with the people behind a campaign of intimidation to end it for the sake of her children. Lindsey Ward, 29, from Spamount Street in the New Lodge says she is living in fear after the gun attack […]
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Kids ‘traumatised and hysterical’ after shotgun attack on home
A mother-of-two has spoken of her determination to stay in her Oldpark home despite a terrifying gun attack last week. Elaine Fleuty was in the kitchen of her Ballymoney Street house last Sunday evening (2 February) with friends and family, when a shotgun blast from the back of the house blew out the window of […]
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Geraldine speaks out on her RSF dismissal
f.ryan@belfastmediagroup.com The former Vice-President of Republican Sinn Féin has spoken out for the first time about her dismissal from the party. Geraldine Taylor says she can no longer keep quiet about the events of last summer as rumours abound on republican internet forums about her and other members of RSF in West Belfast. The Twinbrook […]
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Hightown and New Lodge to get million apiece
the Hightown and New Lodge areas are to be among the big winners when funding of £9million due for North Belfast is announced next week in Stormont, the North Belfast News has learned. The money, which is part of the Social Investment Fund set up by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister […]
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300 jobs for West
Two hundred unemployed people from West Belfast are to be taken off the dole and given 12 months employment – with a further one hundred to be handed part-time positions, we can reveal. The year-long paid placements with local businesses focus on getting people back into mainstream employment while paying them a ‘living wage’ – […]
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‘What have I done?’ asks arson target
An Ardoyne man who believes he has been made the victim of a vicious vendetta has pleaded with his attackers to make clear their issue with him after the latest in a series of arson incidents. John ‘Tut’ McLaughlin has spoken out after his car was torched on Monday night, just seven months after his […]
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