LOCAL SDLP Cllr Noreen McClelland has reiterated her support for the residents of Hightown in their opposition to the Arc21 Incinerator Waste plant. In May, the High Court ruled that a senior official did not have the required legal authority to grant permission for the £240m incinerator. The Department for Infrastructure’s legal team is seeking […]
SDLP support for residents as incinerator appeal begins
Máire to leave Malone College after 19 years
TRYING to condense and sift through 19 years of teaching materials can prove quite the task but outgoing Malone Integrated College Principal Máire Thompson is doing just that as she tells this reporter that come August her journey with the College will have reached its end. Máire, who has taught at the Finaghy based College […]
Falls Park event space set to welcome up to 10,000 fans for August Féile
ANOTHER significant piece in the Falls Park and City Cemetery Masterplan has been slotted into place with the imminent completion of a 10,000-person venue space. Work has been proceeding frantically at the event space, which is where the Féile Big Top tent once stood, as the countdown to the August festival gathers pace. Although the […]
Be Pretty ‘n’ Pink this weekend
A LOCAL cancer charity is having a ‘Pink Ball’ this weekend in a bid to raise much-needed funds for those battling breast cancer. Founded in 2006 by Belfast woman Noleen Adair, Pretty ‘n’ Pink is run by a very small team of people and local volunteers. Without fundraising events they could not continue their vital […]
Neurology response ‘not good enough’
SINN Féin spokesperson for Health Pat Sheehan has said the Department of Health’s response to serious concerns raised jointly by all five main political parties regarding the neurology patient recall isn’t good enough, Political parties have raised concerns around the terms of reference for the independent inquiry panel into a neurology recall of 2,500 patients […]



