Social housing is to be built on the site of a former North Belfast barracks that closed two years ago. The homes are to be built by Fold Housing Association on the site of Oldpark Barracks. The former police station closed in 2010. The housing association is to built ten homes on the site.
Tag Archives: Sinn Fein
Site ‘was never going to solve North issues’
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said the Girdwood development was “never going to solve the inequalities” in North Belfast housing, but it will open the gateway for other housing sites in the area. The Stormont MLA was peaking after criticism that the Girdwood site has been the victim of a DUP and Sinn Féin
Marian must be released now
RENEWED calls for the immediate release of West Belfast republican Marian Price have been made after local parties met with the Secretary of State and the Minister for Justice this week. A Sinn Féin delegation, including West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann, met with Justice Minister David Ford on Monday when they called Ms Price’s continued imprisonment “an affront to natural justice”.
You haven’t lost a bridge, have you?
Never mind the Bridge Over The River Kwai, people in Poleglass are calling this the Bridge Over The River, Why? Shocked residents of Poleglass awoke this week to find a large metal bridge dumped in a field near their homes. Situated at Woodside Hill, the dumped half-ton bridge has left local people scratching their heads.
2nd brutal attack at flats of fear as warning is issued
A WEST Belfast councillor has said someone could be killed unless more is done to crack down on the number of violent assaults in Lenadoon. Sinn Féin representative for the area Gerard O’Neill was speaking after a local father-of-two was viciously assaulted outside his Corrib Avenue home in Lenadoon just days after two of his neighbours were attacked by a drunken gang in an outrage we reported on last week.
Thugs halt play park work
CONSTRUCTION work at the Lenadoon play park has come to a halt due to ongoing vandalism. The contractor who is carrying out the final phase of the work has refused to come back onsite until the anti-social behaviour that has been plaguing the site ceases.
