Traders and residents are living ‘under threat’ after a weekend of anti-social behaviour in Glengormley. Police reported ‘unprecedented’ groups of young people gathering in the O’Neill Road area on Friday night, close to the entrance of V36 Valley Park. A 17-year-old male was arrested for possession of a knife. Large crowds also gathered in the […]
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Glengormley: Traders and residents living ‘under threat’
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Father John praises his parishioners as he prepares to move on
THE Parish Priest of St Mary’s on the Hill, Fr John Forsythe, says he is very sad to be leaving Glengormley after six years at St Bernard’s. Fr Forsythe, who moved from Christ the Redeemer parish, will now take up the parish priest role in Randalstown. Also moving from St Mary’s on the Hill parish […]
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One man and his school: a life in education
CHALLENGED with writing a history of Edmund Rice College, it would be hard for an outsider to know where to begin. But for anyone who knows the school there can only be one starting point – and that is at the door of Paddy McMeekin. In many ways Paddy’s personal story is the story of North […]
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Hyde Park Dam public meeting cancelled
A PLANNED public meeting to discuss the draining of Hyde Park Dam due to take place this evening (Friday, April 21) has now been cancelled. The meeting had been organised by concerned local residents at the Academy Community Hub over the draining of the dam that is now the subject of a number of investigations […]
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From Hightown’s hills to the Andes
A FORMER Belfast Media Group paperboy who quit his job to take on the journey of a lifetime through South America says that over halfway through his trip he’s glad to have taken a leap into the unknown. Chris Baird from Glengormley has spent the last seven months cycling the length of the Andes mountain […]
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Stormont Trafficking Law: Don’t criminalise me says Glengormley man
A disabled man from Glengormley is to start a campaign to overturn legislation that criminalises men and women who pay for sex. Martin McGurk, 33, says anti-trafficking legislation brought in last year fails to recognise the needs of people who use sex workers because of their unique circum-stances. Martin was born with cerebral palsy and […]
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