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Archive | December, 2011

Quad riders not death drivers, meeting hears

CONCERNS were raised about increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour in West Belfast after police figures revealed that levels had increased by nearly four per cent from April to September this year on the same period last year.

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Violent crime has soared by very nearly a quarter

VIOLENT crime in West Belfast increased by 23.4 per cent (70 incidents) over the last-measured six-month period, according to new police stats. The figures were revealed during the recent meeting of the West Belfast DPP sub group where PSNI chiefs for the area submitted their six-month report for West Belfast covering the period from April to September 2011.

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You have your say on the strike

THE rain stayed away across West Belfast yesterday as public sector workers took to the picket lines outside our local schools, transport and hospitals services, protesting over threats to their pensions and the fear of further deeper cuts to vital services.

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St Matt’s FC round up …

THIS was a very disappointing result for St Matt’s who dominated the entire game but missed a host of chances and didn’t take advantage of the extra man after St Paul’s were reduced the ten men with 20 minutes to go.

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Take it as red, there’ll be no November moustache here

A boy’s first male role model is supposed to be his father – he looks to him to take him to his first football game, help him shave for the first time or buy him his first legal pint.

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Big-hearted Aquinas pupils come up trumps for Trócaire

Pupils from Aquinas Grammar School have achieved ‘solidarity’ with the developing world after an amazing fundraising achievement for Trócaire.

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