THE family of a popular barman at The Chester have surpassed the £10,000 mark in their fundraising efforts to keep his memory alive. Joe Burns died suddenly five years ago in July 2014, aged just 23 after collapsing at his parent’s home. Joe was a fit and healthy boxer who trained regularly at the gym. […]
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Johnson arrives for power-sharing deadlock talks
NEW British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived in the north to begin talks with the main parties over the power-sharing deadlock. Boris will begin talks with the Stormont parties on Wednesday morning. Speaking at Stormont, Mr Johnson said his prime focus was to do everything he could to help get Stormont “back up and […]
Belfast leisure centres pay strike looms
WORKERS at Belfast leisure centres are to be balloted on strike action in pursuit of a six per cent pay rise. Unite the Union will ballot its members at 12 Council-owned leisure centres, which have been under management of Greenwich Leisure Limited since January 2015. The union is calling on local political parties to bring […]
A Night To Remember ….in August
THEATRE-goers will enjoy A Night in November in August as part of the Féile an Phobail drama line-up. Marie Jones’ play, directed in this 2019 interpretation by her son, Matthew McElhinney charts the story of dole clerk Kenneth Norman McAllister, a Protestant who has always followed the rules and has “cleanly discriminated” against Catholics throughout […]
Casement Park decision due by the end of year
THE long awaited planning decision for the redevelopment of Casement Park is anticipated to be made before the end of this year. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, following meetings this week with the Department for Communities (DfC) and Ulster GAA, West Belfast MP Paul Maskey said that as “far as I can ascertain, all the […]
Sailin’ away on the crest of a wave
TO understand today’s music scene in West Belfast you have to go way back to brass, reed and silver bands. There were 13 children in our house, a sure sign you were from the Falls during the 70s, and St Peter’s Brass and Reed Band and St Paul’s Silver Band featured prominently in our lives. […]
Defib lesson well learnt
A NEW defibrillator has been installed at Stewartstown Road’s popular Coffee House Bistro. And the life-saving equipment is now on the doorstep of the surrounding businesses and shops. Owner of the Coffee House, Jim McIlwaine, explained how a medical emergency in the coffee shop on a busy Saturday lunchtime was the inspiration for the new […]
