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Archive | December, 2015

Victory as Council dump asbestos dump

COMMUNITIES living close to the Black Mountain are rejoicing after plans for a toxic asbestos dump on the hills overlooking Belfast were rejected on Tuesday night. Belfast City Council’s Planning Committee voted against the application at the meeting with eight councillors opposing the plans, two in favour and one abstention. The application had legally complied […]

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Homeless in our Christmas thoughts

THE Devenish Complex will host a very special Christmas dinner next Tuesday for the homeless. The gesture is part of a festive drive by the Devenish and the others businesses of the JDM group who are asking for as much support from the people of Belfast as possible Along with inviting the homeless for a […]

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200 YOUTHS ON RAMPAGE HOURS BEFORE MURDER

EARLIER on the same night that 20-year-old Christopher Meli was murdered in Twinbrook, gangs of youths went on the rampage in the shadow of Woodbourne police station – less than a mile away – causing mayhem, damage and physically assaulting a young girl at a bus stop. Despite Friday night’s carnage on the PSNI’s doorstep and […]

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New Irish centre the latest step forward for language in the city

CULTURE Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced funding of £160,000 to go towards building a new Irish language cultural hub for the Upper Springfield area. The new centre is the brainchild of Glór na Móna and will be named Ollionad na Carraige. To be built on a site beside Whiterock Leisure Centre, the centre is […]

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Positive exam figures welcomed by Education Minister O’Dowd

The number of students attaining five GCSEs or more at a minimum grade of C has passed the two-thirds mark. 67 per cent of pupils are in that bracket, compared to 65.2 per cent in the year 2013/14, according to figures just released by the Department of Education. There’s further good news for Education Minister […]

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Golden boy Jack has his sights on the Paralympics

A teenage wheelchair athlete has raced closer to his dream of competing in the Paralympic Games after returning with three gold medals from his first-ever international competition. Belfast Royal Academy pupil Jack Agnew (16), who has been in a wheelchair since birth, recently returned from the 2015 Brazil Paralympic School Games in Natal, having won […]

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