Riot squad cops had to move in to separate gangs of rampaging loyalists in the first violence associated with this year’s marching season. A senior police officer has said they recovered a crossbow and hammers during a night of violence in Carrickfergus. The trouble that broke out on the edge of the Castlemara estate is […]
Weapons recovered after bonfire violence
A fond farewell to Freddie Gilroy
THE funeral of North Belfast and Irish boxing legend Freddie Gilroy took place yesterday (Thursday). Family, friends and the close-knit boxing circle were among mourners at Holy Cross church in Ardoyne for Freddie’s Requiem Mass. Freddie died, aged 80, earlier this week following a period in hospital after suffering a stroke last year. The Ardoyne […]
Failed Twaddell talks may lead to solution in protest camp saga
Developments in the past week have laid encouraging foundations for the end of the parading issue in North Belfast, according to a spokesman for the Crumlin Ardoyne Residents’ Association (CARA). Joe Marley was speaking after CARA held a meeting on Wednesday night to discuss the fall-out from the collapse of talks on Tuesday convened to […]