The renowned peace building charity Cooperation Ireland has failed to act over the position of disgraced former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern as one of its board members despite him having stood down from his party over his financial dealings.
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‘Vigilante’ thus raid OAPs house
A GANG of masked burglars have raided the home of a terrified elderly South Belfast couple, claiming to be vigilantes looking for drugs.
Onus on MLAs after Holyland report
STORMONT politicians have a ‘responsibility’ to help solve the Holyland problem, residents have claimed in the wake of a new report into the troubled student enclave.
Road named after Emma
THE Glen Road has been renamed in honour of one of the founders of Relatives for Justice (RFJ). A street sign bearing the name ‘Emma Groves Road’ has been erected outside RFJ’s brand new Glen Road base at the suggestion of the Falls Women’s Centre to mark the recent International Women’s Day
Cú Chulainn window installed at City Hall
A NEW stained-glass window inspired by the tale of Cú Chulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley from Irish mythology has been fitted at Belfast City Hall.
‘The rich get richer and the poor…’
NOT knowing whether to laugh or cry was the general response from the public as news emerged that an independent panel has recommended that our MLAs’ salaries should rise by almost £5,000 from April 2013. Currently, an MLA’s basic pay, before claims and expenses, stands at £43,101 – an 11 per cent increase would see it rise to £48,000.
