HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).
Tag Archives: West Belfast
Gang stinking of booze screamed ‘We’re ONH’
The victims of a shockingly violent double assault and robbery in a West Belfast block of flats have told the Andersonstown News of the terror they experienced during the dead-of-night attack.In trembling voices, the local man and woman relived the horrific attack carried out by three masked and armed men claiming to be from Lenadoon Óglaigh na hÉireann – a claim that has been rejected by dissident republicans.
Our columnist backs Fr Brian in paper row
WEST Belfast priest and Andersonstown News columnist Fr Des Wilson has written a stinging letter to the Vatican over their censuring of an Irish priest. His letter was written just days after it was revealed
Petition to save building from the wrecking ball
A LOCAL man has launched a petition in a last-ditch effort to save a historic old building that has played a part in the lives of countless West Belfast people. Springfield man Ciarán Logue also plans to submit a Freedom of Information request to Alex Attwood’s office in a bid to see the documents the Planning Minister consulted when making the decision to raze the former Athletics Store building in Queen Street – a popular shopping destination of which families in West Belfast have warm memories.
‘They tried to murder me and my kids’
A West Belfast woman claims those behind an arson attack on her home were trying to murder her and her children. Joanne O’Toole’s McDonnell Street home was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning by local thugs who have bullied and intimidated the O’Toole family for four years.
‘There’s always a queue of schoolkids waiting to use those gaming machines’
A WEST Belfast student who overcame a serious gambling addiction has said teenagers as young as 15 are now hooked on punting. The 20-year-old, who spoke to the Andersonstown News anonymously this week about his gambling problem in order to highlight the issue, said more needs to be done in local schools, sports clubs and youth groups to warn teenagers about the dangers of all types of gambling.
