THE OWNER of a Lenadoon shop that has been targeted in six separate robberies – four of them armed – in the space of just a few months has called for the full rigours of the law to be applied to the perpetrators before someone is seriously hurt.
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West Belfast celebrates Oscar success
THE celebrations for Twinbrook film director Terry George are set to continue this weekend as he returns home to Ireland after picking up an Oscar for his short film ‘The Shore’. The film took the top prize in the Best Live Action Short Film at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Monday night, causing much celebration among his West Belfast family and friends who were assembled at the Anchor Bar in Killough,
Priest convicted for fourth time
YESTERDAY at Downpatrick Crown Court paedophile priest Daniel John Curran was convicted for the fourth time in relation to indecently assaulting boys in his care while he was a priest at the Falls Road parish of St Paul’s. Curran, who up until he was jailed yesterday had been living at an address at Bryansford Avenue in Newcastle, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexually abusing two boys in his care while they stayed at a cottage in Tyrella,
Victim relives abuse at hands of Fr Curran
A WEST Belfast man subjected to a catalogue of abuse at the hands of a former St Paul’s curate saw his tormentor sentenced to four years in prison yesterday. Daniel John Curran appeared at Downpatrick Crown Court on Wednesday, February 29, after admitting to indecently assaulting two boys while they stayed with him at a cottage in Tyrella, County Down in the late-80s and early-90s.
Pub trade vital to shops’ survival
BUSINESSES in South Belfast are relying on local pubs to help stay afloat, local councillors have been told. Belfast City Council recently heard from Pubs of Ulster CEO Colin Neil, who stressed the financial difficulties of pubs right across the North, and how many were in or on the brink of, administration, and how this could impact on neighbouring shops.
Latest incident on Lagan raises fears
CONCERNS HAVE again been raised over safety around the River Lagan after another frightening incident followed the death of young Joby Murphy. Although details of the incident – which were reported to the South Belfast News by a passing eyewitness who did not wish to be identified – are limited a PSNI officer was labelled a hero after jumping in to save a young woman who entered the water
