A LOCAL survivor of horrific clerical sex abuse has said she’s “ashamed” to have been a Catholic, following the refusal of Cardinal Sean Brady to step down despite immense pressure for him to do so.
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Family hope for Aoife after US breakthrough
A local couple are calling on readers of the South Belfast News to support a fundraising drive for their daughter who has an extremely rare genetic condition.
RIRA headstone smashed
The destruction of a republican grave in the City Cemetery has been strongly condemned. The headstone at the resting place of Ballymurphy man Joe O’Connor, a member of the RIRA, was smashed in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It’s not the first time that the grave of the 26 year-old, who was shot dead in Ballymurphy in October 2000, has been targeted.
Local schools set to merge
Two West Belfast primary schools are set to amalgamate. St Aidan’s and St Bernadette’s, in the Upper Springfield, will merge from the beginning of the next school year. Education Minister John O’Dowd this week approved the proposal to amalgamate the two schools with effect from September 1, 2012, or as soon as is practical thereafter. The new single co-educational school will be located on the current site of St Aidan’s at the top of the Whiterock Road.
Holding out for a hero
What’s the story? The end of the world is nigh. Norse God of Mischief Loki (Tom Hiddleston) – the sly, conniving brother of the hammer-wielding Thor (Chris Hemsworth) – stakes his bid for world domination by stealing a weapon of mass destruction.
Our columnist backs Fr Brian in paper row
WEST Belfast priest and Andersonstown News columnist Fr Des Wilson has written a stinging letter to the Vatican over their censuring of an Irish priest. His letter was written just days after it was revealed
