REPUBLICANS across Belfast are set to remember their dead this weekend with a series of Easter commemorations. The Andersonstown Commemoration Committee will hold a special republican exhibition in the Andersonstown Social Club from noon to 6pm on Easter Saturday.
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Putting the co-op in community
With the economy continuing to struggle, one sector of society is urging people to sit up and take notice of its flourishing business
Brave Brian won’t be forced from home of 30 years
The pensioner who fended of a masked gang who broke in to his North Belfast home last week says he won’t be forced out of the
Trouble at McDonald’s
Police had to be called to a fast food restaurant in Newtownabbey at the weekend after an altercation between rival groups of young people . The incident happened in the McDonald’s drive through restaurant at the Abbey Centre early in Sunday morning. It is believed young people from Bawnmore and Rathcoole were involved in a fight and a number were injured.
Pensioners to be advised on fire safety after death
Community groups are planning to leaflet pensioners’ homes to highlight home safety in the wake of the fire tragedy in which a 90-year-old Twinbrook pensioner died. The blaze broke out at the woman’s Laburnum Green home in the early hours of last Wednesday morning.
Michael D follows in Mary’s footsteps
North Belfast political representatives met with President Michael D Higgins last week during his first official visit to the North. Sinn Féin MLAs Gerry Kelly and Carál Ní Chuilín met with the president in south Belfast’s Crescent Arts Centre. He also paid a visit to the Wave Trauma Centre just off the Antrim Road to see how victims of the Troubles are being supported.
