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Archive | May, 2013

UNION JACKS OVER COUNCIL PROPERTY

Union flags have been erected inside Belfast City Council facilities in West and South Belfast. The flags are flying in Council yards at Agnes Street, off the Shankill, and at  Charlotte Street, off the Donegall Pass. The erection of the flags is being seen as an attempt by loyalists to put renewed pressure on the […]

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CIRA didn’t murder Kieran

The Continuity IRA have denied claims that they were behind the murder of West Belfast man Kieran McManus. The 26-year-old delivery man was gunned down outside Dominos Pizza on Kennedy Way at the end of March. In the wake of the murder, the CIRA said they shot the father-of-one for “terrorising the community with hatchets, […]

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Bungling counterfeiters hit wrong note

THE bad news for local shops and businesses? West Belfast has been hard-hit by the biggest influx of counterfeit notes seen in the city in ten years. The good news? The dud £20 notes are easy to spot. Many local shops, pubs and clubs have been hit in the pocket in recent weeks by the […]

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DUMPING HINDERING SEARCH FOR GRAVES

HEARTLESS dumpers who are illegally depositing waste over the location of Milltown Cemetery burial grounds are badly hampering the search for the grave sites of the poor – including babies. In a special feature for the Andersonstown News today ahead of Milltown Cemetery Sunday which is due to take place at the weekend, an archaeologist […]

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