COMMUNITY groups, residents and a local school principal have vowed to resist plans to construct a massive incinerator near homes and schools at Hightown. The concerted community reaction comes after the North Belfast News last week revealed proposals to construct one of the largest waste facilities in Ireland. Detailed plans of what the project will […]
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Weekend madness: a businessman’s plea
STAFF at the Moneen filling station at Finaghy Road North say its only a matter of time before “someone gets hurt” as large crowds of young people continue to gather there at weekends. Manager Stephen Malone said the garage has had to employ up to three security staff to man the forecourt and garage shop […]
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There’s never been a Saint Paddy’s like it
One thing’s for sure, you’re going to be spoilt for choice this weekend as the St Patrick’s celebrations begin. Whether you’re staying in West Belfast, going into the city centre or Lisburn, there really is something for everyone and no matter how hard you try you won’t be able to miss the wearing of the […]
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West Belfast top of Irish-speaking chart
The West is definitely the place to go if you want it authentically Irish – and that’s official. But it’s no longer the Gaeltacht areas of the West of Ireland that are top of the Gaeilgeoir pops, but our very own West Belfast. The North’s latest census figures for the numbers of Irish speakers at […]
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Shot man’s body parts are to be reinterred
A body part and body tissue taken from a 19-year-old West Belfast man who was shot dead by the RUC in 1985 will be reinterred in the Milltown grave he shares with his two brothers this Saturday morning. Gerard Logue was shot dead by the RUC as he sat in a vehicle at the junction […]
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Rocket Launcher in derelict house belonged to ONH
ÓGLAIGH na hÉireann (ONH) has launched an internal investigation after a rocket launcher and warhead were found in a derelict house in West Belfast. Police made the discovery at an unoccupied
