TWO South Belfast pensioners are celebrating 20 years working for the Northern Ireland Hospice on the Ormeau Road.
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Sectarian St Pat’s attack follows assault on tragic Joby on the same day last year
A sectarian St Patrick’s Day attack in Sandy Row is the second reported assault in the area in two years, with last year’s victim being the tragic north Belfast man who lost his life in the Lagan this January.
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Some improvement in housing market
Slight improvements in areas of the local housing market have seen bidding take place on South Belfast properties, according to a contributer to the latest housing market report.
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Nesbitt criticised
NEW Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt has been accused of “patronising” the working class with his plan to spend a day with the poor. Gerry Carroll, who stood in West Belfast for People Before Profit in last year’s Assembly election, hit out at Mr Nesbitt for the suggestion, made after he won the leadership election on Sunday. Mr Nesbitt said it was important to connect with ordinary people who feel the work done by Stormont is not relevant to them.
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Apartment U-turn welcomed
A LOCAL political representative has welcomed a decision by the Planning Service to refuse permission for four new blocks of apartments in Andersonstown. SDLP Councillor Tim Attwood said the decision was good news for residents of Stockmans Crescent who had been opposing the proposal since its submission in 2010.
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War of words over security alert
The PSNI have been criticised after residents in Poleglass had to seek shelter in a taxi depot in the early hours of the morning after they were evacuated from their homes. Sinn Féin Councillor Stephen Magennis said residents of the Glenwood area were “extremely angry”
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