A North Belfast couple who have been forced to live out of one bedroom in an eleventh floor tower block flat with their two young children have pleaded with the Housing Executive to find them a home. Nikita Geer and her partner Barry McGuinness have been sharing a flat on the eleventh floor of Cú Chulainn House in the New Lodge with a family member as well as the couple’s eight week old baby son and 14 month old daughter.
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Mum forced to leave dying tot
A heartbroken mum who was forced to leave her dying baby to let paramedics in to her New Lodge apartment complex has said the newborn could have been saved had emergency services been able to access their home sooner.
Stab victim’s mum heads up anti-knife crime rally
The grieving mum of a North Belfast man who was stabbed to death last month has spoken for the first time about his loss and voiced her support for an anti-knife crime campaign organised by his friends.
HE ‘throwing money down the drain’ over shower
A disabled North Belfast woman with no washing facilities in her flat since she moved in eight weeks ago said the Housing Executive is “throwing money down the drain” by having her assessed by an Occupational Therapist. Housing campaigner Angie McManus moved into her Carlisle Parade flat two months ago after being rehoused from her home in the New Lodge Seven Towers.
Catholics and those living in flats will die earlier
New Department of Health research that shows Catholics and tenants living in flats are more likely to die earlier than Protestants or those living in houses is proof that families should not be living in the New Lodge tower blocks, a local campaigner said this week.
Open invite to park life celebrations
Children from the Whitewell area were putting their artistic skills to good use this week designing a new welcome sign to their park which is due to be officially reopened tomorrow.
