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Archive | December, 2019

Dig deep for Santa

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Frank was murdered for throwing a stone: Friend

A West Belfast man who witnessed the 1971 shooting of his 17-year-old schoolmate has said video footage featured in a recent BBC documentary proves he was “murdered for throwing a stone”. Francis McGuinness, known to his friends as Frank, was shot dead by the British Army’s Parachute Regiment during rioting on Finaghy Road North at […]

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Enda is paddling his own canoe

Journey to the Edge by Enda O’Coineen, £14, Ballpoint Press Book Review By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Enda O’Coineen has lived a life of extremes. From businessman behind the Iron Curtain to Sunday Business Post owner, his approach is characterised by one indelible characteristic: he likes to paddle his own canoe. Those given to radical even […]

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At the finish line

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‘THEY MISSED MY SICKNESS FOR 23 YEARS AND TODAY IT’S TOO LATE’

AN Oldpark woman has been diagnosed with a rare spinal illness – 23 years after being injured in a fall. Margaret Reeves (58) says a scan revealed her condition in 2007, but she was only told about it when she became one of the patients recalled last year by under-investigation neurologist Dr Michael Watt. Now, […]

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Spotlight shines on unsung heroes of Belfast at annual Aisling Awards

THE great and the good from across the city of Belfast gathered on Friday evening for a packed Aisling Awards, now in its 23rd year. Addressing a full-house in the Europa Hotel for the Aisling Awards, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said that any attempt to introduce a hard border in Ireland or to undermine the […]

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