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Archive | June, 2016

Antrim management duo keen to remain in charge for next year

ANTRIM’s management duo of Frank Fitzsimons and Gearoid Adams are hopeful of remaining in place for next season despite the Saffrons crashing out of the Championship with a Round 1B Qualifier defeat to Limerick on Saturday. The Treatymen claimed a three-point win in Corrigan Park thanks largely to a penalty from Sean McSweeney and a […]

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Double drama at Belvior and St Bride’s

A DRAMA group established to provide a creative outlet for the over-60s and the retired will put on two shows over the next week in aid of charity. Womberang was one of Adrian Mole creator Sue Townsend’s most famous drama productions and the U3A FunDrama group from the ‘University of the Third Age’ network will […]

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Body-in-the-boot victim was stabbed 200 times

A MAN whose body was found in the boot of a car in South Belfast had been stabbed 200 times, Belfast court has been told. 23-year-old Belfast man Kyle Neil, a resident of Bangor at the time of his death, was killed during a furious row after a party in Comber, County Down, in April […]

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Historic Ardoyne parading deal collapses

Negotiations to produce a deal that could have seen the closure of Camp Twaddell have collapsed with the mediators reporting they could not deliver a deal between the two sides. In a statement released this morning, Reverend Harold Goode and Derry businessman Jim Roddy said they were “unable to achieve agreement for a resolution at […]

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Fight is on to maintain vital ex-prisoners service

A support group for ex-prisoners and their families is battling to maintain its services in the local community. Tar Isteach Advice and Counselling Service, which is based on the Antrim Road, was set up in 1999 to provide counselling and welfare rights advice for ex-prisoners and their families. But the group has been struggling to […]

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Clock ticking on Ardoyne parade deal

An expected deal that could see the protest camp at Twaddell dismantled as early as Friday has yet to be officially published with the clock ticking on the proposals. A meeting of Ardoyne residents will take place this evening with the agreement expected to be outlined for the first time. The Belfast Media Group understands […]

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