A SOUTH Belfast businessman has lambasted restrictive City Hall regulations on the restoration of listed buildings. Anthony Kieran, founder and director of UsedcarsNI.com, purchased a property in South Belfast’s Upper Crescent area in 2015 with a view to making it into his company’s new office. However since then Mr Kieran says he has faced nothing […]
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Odhrán stars in not-so-ordinary film
AN 18-year-old South Belfast student has taken the first step on the road to fame after starring in a short film. Odhrán Darragh from Moor Park Mews attends St Gerard’s Educational Resource Centre on the Blacks Road. It was through Mencap that Odhrán helped make and star in a short film called My Not So […]
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Teen mobs: Cops issue a warning
A LOCAL rep says that young people in Dunmurry are “playing with their own lives” after crowds of up to 200 youths gathered on Thursday night. The stark warning comes after two young people were arrested in the area, while others were seen endangering their lives by running across the nearby train tracks. Councillor Stephen […]
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Parties react to snap general election
AFTER yesterday’s surprise move by Prime Minister Theresa May to call a general election, political leaders here have been reacting to the prospect of a fourth visit to the polls in just over a year. Talks to save devolution stalled before Easter with hopes of a deal fading and the prospect of a Westminster election […]
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Angel’ award goes to South Belfast dad
A SOUTH Belfast dad has been awarded at a ceremony honouring parents coping with stillbirth. Simon Salter won the ‘Tommy’s Angel Award’ as part of the baby charity’s national awards, now in their 22nd year. Simon and his wife experienced the stillbirth of their daughter, Isobel, in June 2015. Held at the Landmark Hotel in […]
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Ormeau anger over voter clinic snub
ORMEAU ROAD residents have been left out in the cold by an Electoral Office decision not to hold a community registration clinic at Shaftesbury Community and Recreation Centre. In previous years clinics were held to facilitate registration of prospective voters in the bustling lower Ormeau area. Speaking to the South Belfast News, Gerard Rice of […]
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