West Belfast was a sea of green and white and red yesterday as Celtic and Cliftonville partied side-by-side ahead of the big Champions League game at Solitude. Indeed you were just as likely to hear a Glaswegian accent as a Belfast brogue as fans mixed in searing heat and visitors to the city from across […]
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West Belfast turns green, white and red for big game
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STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY ON BONFIRE
A STATUE of the Virgin Mary has been placed on a bonfire in a move that has caused outrage in Catholic West Belfast. The statue was carefully positioned on a mammoth structure at Lanark Way off the Springfield Road. In an added insult, the statue’s face had been hacked off. Late yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) the […]
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JUSTICE AT LAST FOR LOCAL MAN
A Falls man who spent over 17 years in prison after being convicted of one of the most notorious Troubles murders in West Belfast has had his conviction quashed. We reported last month that Patrick Livingstone (62) had had his case referred back to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. That […]
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New dawn as Dunville Park opens
ONE of the oldest public parks in West Belfast is set to open to the public after a £2 million renovation fund. Dunville Park on the Falls Road will boast a 3G pitch, adventure playground, running track and senior play area. The extensive upgrade got under way last year after Belfast City Council provided […]
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Galileo Rock looks place bet in Irish Derby
Royal Ascot 2013 is done and dusted, thank God, with punters a well-beaten second throughout the five-day meeting Not to worry, though – another cracking weekend of racing lies ahead with Irish Derby the stand-out race of the weekend at the Curragh on Saturday, and that’s where we start. English Derby winner Ruler of the World […]
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Community is united in grief at Matt’s death
THE West Belfast community and beyond was united in grief on Tuesday as mourners gathered in Turf Lodge under grey skies for the Requiem Mass for Fr Matt Wallace. 69-year-old Fr Matt, a priest and local community stalwart for some 40 years in West Belfast, died on Friday, June 7 at the Holy Trinity parochial […]
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