There is a common thread in footage in documentaries broadcast regarding our contested past. In the old grainy photographs of the late 1960s and 1970s, in scenes of pogrom, bombings, violent internment raids, protest against injustice and discrimination of its various incarnations, this unmistakable theme is on display. Community solidarity. Lorries being driven by […]
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Shooting victim was gangland figure with links to bloody Drogheda feud
Robbie Lawlor, the Dublin criminal shot dead in Etna Drive, Ardoyne, at noon yesterday, was reported to have been warned by Gardaí not to travel to Belfast as his life was in danger. Four men were arrested yesterday and are being questioned by the PSNI in connection with the attack. Robbie Lawlor (35) was linked […]
VIDEO REPORT: West Belfast Food Bank appeals for more donations as ‘supplies run low’
Community activists who have co-ordinated a mammoth relief effort across West Belfast this week have appealed to the public to support a vital food bank which is supporting vulnerable families during the Coronavirus lockdown. Ann-Marie McKee (in video above) of Community Restorative Justice, who made a run of supplies collected in the Twinbrook area to […]
BREAKING: 16 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Musgrave Park Hospital
Sixteen cases of Covid-19 cases have now been confirmed at Musgrave Park Hospital, the Andersonstown News can reveal. The news comes as Health Minister Robin Swann told a Stormont Health Committee hearing today that vital PPE supplies promised by the British Government have not arrived. It is understood that the first confirmed case of coronavirus […]
Argento founder backs local effort to manufacture lifesaving ‘Hero Shields’ for frontline health workers battling Covid-19
Pete Boyle, the Belfast businessman who built the Argento chain of jewellery shops, has donated £10,000 to a Newtownards company which has retooled its factory to produce vital PPE for health service heroes treating patients with coronavirus. His move comes after the repeated failure of the Health Department to commit to provide PPE in sufficient […]
Little Lauren lights up the lockdown as St James leads Coronavirus fightback
St James’ youth worker and St James’ Swifts president Damien Lindsay told the Andersonstown News that it was “great to see so much community spirit in the area”. “A lot of residents joined in Thursday’s appreciation applause for the NHS and this is a way of showing more support to the wonderful staff and health […]
Relief effort races ahead as SPAR Craic 10k goodie bags go to lockdown families, courtesy of Andersonstown Social Club
For 1700 elderly and vulnerable people enduring lockdown, it’s the perfect way to start an at-home exercise programme — get a runner’s goodie bag without having to even lace up your gutties. It might sound like an April Fool’s Day prank but the gift bags are real and come from the organisers of the postponed […]
As global supply of vital oxygen cylinders dries up, pharmacist calls for return of life-saving equipment
A local Community Pharmacy has issued an urgent appeal for the return of empty and unused oxygen cylinders in the face of growing numbers of people contracting the coronavirus. Pharmacies across the North are dealing with a shortage of the cylinders which are used by patients with chronic respiratory conditions and in end-of-life care. Michael […]
