CATHOLIC Belfast City Council workers have hit out over what they say is “blatant inequality” after a tricolour erected at the Kennedy Way cleansing depot was taken down. The Andersonstown News has learned that the tricolour was erected at the cleansing depot at the end of May but that staff were instructed to take it […]
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WE GET A NEW HOTEL
THE revitalisation of West Belfast has received a major boost with news that plans are in place for a new hotel in West Belfast. In what is being seen as vote of confidence in the local tourism sector, the Devenish site on Finaghy Road North has been been acquired by West Belfast entrepreneurs Gerry Carlile […]
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UNION JACKS OVER COUNCIL PROPERTY
Union flags have been erected inside Belfast City Council facilities in West and South Belfast. The flags are flying in Council yards at Agnes Street, off the Shankill, and at Charlotte Street, off the Donegall Pass. The erection of the flags is being seen as an attempt by loyalists to put renewed pressure on the […]
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Bungling counterfeiters hit wrong note
THE bad news for local shops and businesses? West Belfast has been hard-hit by the biggest influx of counterfeit notes seen in the city in ten years. The good news? The dud £20 notes are easy to spot. Many local shops, pubs and clubs have been hit in the pocket in recent weeks by the […]
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DUMPING HINDERING SEARCH FOR GRAVES
HEARTLESS dumpers who are illegally depositing waste over the location of Milltown Cemetery burial grounds are badly hampering the search for the grave sites of the poor – including babies. In a special feature for the Andersonstown News today ahead of Milltown Cemetery Sunday which is due to take place at the weekend, an archaeologist […]
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Cops say hurley an ‘offensive weapon’
The mother of a schoolboy who had his hurling stick and sliotar confiscated by police who deemed it “an offensive weapon” says she is seeking legal advice. The teenager, a rising star in the sport, had his hurl and ball taken off him by police who kept it at Woodbourne barracks overnight. His mother, who […]
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