The family and friends of Joby Murphy lined the streets of North Belfast in their hundreds this morning (Thursday) to say their final goodbyes to the 20-year-old who died after falling into the River Lagan last month. The Glengormley man’s body was recovered on Saturday past, over a month after he had fallen into the river after a night out at the Odyssey complex.
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‘Find carjackers before tragedy strikes’
These are the faces of the men the PSNI are seeking to speak to in relation to a spate of carjackings in the city. At a press conference held at Woodbourne police station, a PSNI team, along with members of Families Bereaved Through Car Crime, launched a dedicated phone line for the community to offer information on those depicted in the photo-fits – and anyone else suspected to be involved in the crime wave.
Grandmum won’t leave after shots are fired at local home
A WEST Belfast grandmother said she will not be intimidated out of her home after a number of shots were fired through her front door and kitchen window on Saturday night. Julia Stokes, a settled member of the Travelling community from Mill Race off the Monagh By-Pass, told the Andersonstown News that the attack wasn’t linked, as has been claimed, to any feud between her family and any other Traveller family.
La Salle lends a hand
DE LA Salle College is set to welcome bookworms of all ages to the school as it opens its state-of-the-art library facility to the public. Principal Paul Barry said the College is keen to help the community continue their love of reading after the recent closure of the Andersonstown Library, which he described “as a great loss to our community”.
School report is an ‘opportunity’
St Louise’s College won’t be amalgamating with another school – that’s the message from Principal Carmel McCartan, who was responding to the Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education’s report containing recommendations for the future.
Flasher hunt
POLICE in Dunmurry police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a male who has been involved in a number of ‘flashing’ incidents in the Poleglass area in recent months. “A number of people have reported being approached in the Colinvale/Altan Close and Glenkeen areas by a brown-haired male in his late teens or early 20s who exposes himself before running away,” said a police spokesperson.
