ONE of the nine men ordained as a Permanent Deacon at St Peter’s Cathedral last Sunday says he and others are “not afraid to see the pain” of parishioners as they begin their ministry across the city. Andersonstown man Gregory McGuigan QC spoke of how he will be beginning a new chaplaincy to the homeless […]
Recent News Subscribe
Man who spent £12k on neighbour’s bank card jailed
A West Belfast man who admitted preventing the burial of an elderly neighbour and whose body lay undiscovered for over two years has been sentenced to two years. 24-year-old Robert Sharkey, of Grays Hill, Bangor was convicted of 11 charges after failing to report 68-year-old Marie Conlon from Larkspur Rise off the Suffolk Road had […]
Family say attacks are a case of mistaken identity
A NEW Lodge family whose home was attacked following threats over a debt allegedly owed by their son have said that the perpetrators have targeted the wrong people. Last month, an intruder entered the home of Phyllis Gregg and her partner Sean O’Neill in Duncairn Parade, demanding that they pay an alleged debt of £4,400. […]
Sailortown tribute
A TRIBUTE afternoon is to take place in Sailortown this weekend to remember two men who died in a UVF sectarian shooting, 43 years ago. Gerard ‘Coke’ Grogan, 17 and Thomas ‘Tucker’ Osborne, 18 were killed in the shooting at their workplace, Casey’s Bottling Plant in Millfield on October 2, 1975. Marie McGrattan (47) and […]
Ifs and buts and the toss of a coin
THE story of a lorry driver who survived a shooting in his workplace that killed two young men from Sailortown in 1975 is to be told in a new book. By good fortune Frank Tierney was not in the yard of Casey’s Bottling Plant in Millfield on the morning of shooting on Thursday October 2 […]
Heroin tightening its grip on Falls
RESIDENTS of the lower Falls are “terrified” of leaving their homes due to the increasing drug use which is taking over their streets and communal areas. They claim the problem has escalated since a lock was recently removed from their gated car park at the junction of Hamill Street and John Street. One resident said: […]
