LOYALIST flags and bunting have been removed from the Twaddell interface in response to residents’ “concerns”. A leading member of the Twaddell Woodvale Residents’ Association (TWRA) took to social media this week to explain why members of his group removed flags and bunting from their community centre located across the road from the ‘Civil Rights’ […]
Archive | April, 2014
Twaddell flags and bunting are lowered
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Mayor and Queen are set to meet
Belfast’s Lord Mayor is travelling to London today, Thursday, to join the Lord Mayor of Dublin at a reception hosted by the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh. The engagement is part of the State Visit to Britain by President Michael D Higgins. On Tuesday night deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness attended a […]
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Why I’m going to meet the queen
Last night, I attended the most solemn occasion in the calendar of any republican mayor: a Mass in Clonard in honour of our patriot dead. This service was initiated by Alex Maskey when he took on the mantle of First Citizen in 2002, in recognition of our belief that all the dead of our three-decade […]
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£30,000 to be given to ‘Beast’ bonfire builders
£30,000 of ratepayers money is set to be handed over by Newtownabbey Council to create a site for Ballyduff’s 12th of July bonfire this year – despite council officials admitting the shadowy group behind the construction is refusing to take any responsibility for the event. The proposal was put forward at Monday night’s monthly council […]
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City Hall and the West say yes to Papal visit
THE chance to welcome Pope Francis to Belfast took a step closer on Tuesday night after Belfast City Council voted to extend an invitation to the Pontiff. It could mean the historic Papal visit to the city many Catholics and Christians have been waiting for since the late Pope John Paul II came to the […]
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Slain RIRA leader to be buried from Cliftonville
The funeral of slain RIRA leader Declan Smith is to take place from his family home on the Cliftonville Road this weekend, two weeks after he was gunned down in North Dublin. At the time of his death Smith, 31, was wanted for questioning by the PSNI over the deaths of fellow dissident republicans Joe […]
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