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Cliftonville youngsters’ tribute to tragic Conan

YOUNG football players from Cliftonville Football Club have donated a signed Reds jersey to the family of popular Short Strand football coach, Conan Anderson. The 22-year-old died after suffering a head injury on a night out in Belfast city centre in February. Conan was a popular football coach, who worked with kids from Doyle FC, […]

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Police appeal after rocket launch and gun discovery in Dundrod

DETECTIVES from Serious Crime Branch are appealing for information following the discovery of an improvised rocket launcher and other terrorist-related articles at Budore Road in Dundrod. Police were made aware of a suspicious object in the area at around 5.30pm on Sunday (October 8) and an operation was immediately put in place to locate its […]

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Party leaders clash over identity

THE two biggest party leaders in the North have clashed over identity and the north’s future role in Europe. Sinn Fein’s northern leader Michelle O’Neill and DUP leader Arlene Foster were on stage together at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester when the war of words erupted. “The north isn’t British,” Mrs O’Neill responded when […]

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Cops look into Facebook ‘drug dealer’ claims

THE PSNI says it’s currently investigating a West Belfast social media page that has published the names and images of alleged drug dealers. The Communities Against Death Dealers (CADD) group, which popped up on Facebook on Sunday, describes itself as a “cross community-based organisation focused on the exposure and prevention of death dealers”. At the […]

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Sumptuous Swilly at the Suffolk Inn

THE Swilly at the Suffolk Inn is one of the newest dining experiences in West Belfast having opened its doors only this year. Built in 1972, the popular Suffolk Road establishment is now in the safe hands of proprietor Tony Clarke with the view to bringing beautiful food at affordable prices to customers. The food […]

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Rossa set for the Croke to Casement solo run this week

GAELIC football fans will descend upon Dublin this weekend for the All-Ireland finals, but members of O’Donovan Rossa GAC and some special guests will be heading in the opposite direction as they complete a non-stop solo run from GAA HQ to Casement Park in Belfast to highlight the need to ‘Build Casement’. At 7am at […]

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