A North Belfast Sinn Féin councillor whose car was attacked by the loyalist mob at City hall on Monday night said they will “not be allowed to stop the progress on equality”.
Council does its job and now moves on
BELFAST City Council has emerged relatively unscathed from a week of bickering which brought back unfortunate memories of a Dome of Delight which in effect brought little joy to the populace.
Stale bread and City Hall circuses
SQUINTER still doesn’t know the age of the British army cadet at the centre of the controversy involving the Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile. Is she 14, is she 15, is she 16, is she 17? Whatever the truth, the child is clanking unseen around a crowded, noisy stage, like Banquo’s ghost; her parents have similarly refused, for whatever reason, to join the doltish drama.
Union Jack days numbered at City Hall?
THE FLYING of the Union Jack at City Hall could be reduced to just 18 days a year, if new recommendations are adopted by Belfast City Council
Thankfully, we don’t all subscribe to counsel of despair
WE HAD a fascinating insight into the unionist mind at Tuesday’s meeting of the Development Committee at City Hall when the Council’s long-overdue strategy to tackle poverty came up for debate.
Stormont rapport underlines City Hall divisions
I had two pals in the viewing gallery at City Hall during Tuesday’s monthly meeting of Council. One was Sheriff Leo McGuire, who represented Bergen County, New Jersey, a county of one million souls.