THE Antrim GAA Club Championships clicked into gear at the weekend with a mixed bag of results for city teams. In the Bathshack Antrim Senior Hurling Championship, St John’s booked their place in Group Two alongside Rossa and Loughgiel as they defeated Ballycastle 2-21 to 2-13at Corrigan Park in their second leg tie to win […]
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Ballynafeigh centre is hit hard by lift defect
A LOCAL development association urgently need to raise thousands of pounds to repair a lift at their newly renovated building to enable access to their user groups including the elderly, disabled and mums with prams. Residents who avail of the services at the Ballynafeigh Community Development Association (BCDA) currently can’t access programmes held on the […]
Drugs supply busted
THE FATHER of a Belfast teen whose son was threatened and forced to store a large quantity of drugs for a local criminal gang has spoken to the Andersonstown News about his family’s ordeal. We’ve learned that several young people from the lower Falls/Divis/Grosvenor area have also been threatened by the same drugs gang and […]
Man arrested after Oldpark drugs find
A 32-year-old man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court today after a major drugs find in North Belfast on Thursday. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch, investigating the supply of illegal drugs in the North seized cannabis plants along with a large quantity of suspected benzocaine and other drugs paraphernalia during three […]
Tennyson lands shock world title shot
JAMES Tennyson has landed a shock world title shot as it has been confirmed he will face IBF super-featherweight champion, Tevin Farmer at the TD garden in Boston on October 20. The 25-year-old Poleglass puncher had been expected to defend his European title against Frenchman, Samir Ziani, but it emerged late last night that ‘The […]
Excitement ahead of Pope visit
CATHOLIC churches around the city are bedecked with bunting and Papal flags as excitement builds ahead of the historic visit from the Holy Father Pope Francis to Ireland this weekend. The momentous visit is being held to mark the World Meeting of Families (WMOF), staged every three years for families to celebrate, pray and reflect […]
