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Oldpark collision: police say car had been stolen

THE PSNI say they still don’t know if a car involved in a serious crash on the Oldpark Road on Saturday morning was stolen. The main road had to be closed by police after the collision that left a number of people needing hospital treatment. An eyewitness told the North Belfast News that they saw […]

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Dancers raise funds for vital treatment

BIG-HEARTED punters dug deep on St Patrick’s day to help raise an astounding £1,000 to go towards the treatment for Lagmore woman Kellie McConville. Kellie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bowel cancer in July last year, just months after her mother died of lung cancer. The 42-year-old mum-of-one has been undergoing innovative alternative […]

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His was a life of ‘endurance and resolve’

The 19th century Donegal poet, lamenting his drowned son, comes closest to capturing our devastation at the news that Martin McGuinness is gone. An chéad Mháirt de fhómhair ba brónach tuirseach mo scéal. Lámh thapa a bhí cróga ag gabháil rohmam ar leaba na n-éag. On the First Tuesday of autumn, sorry and tired was […]

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Thousands of daffodils brighten up Marie Curie’s ‘Garden of Light’

ST ANNE’S Square in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter will be awash with yellow daffodils when it plays host to the Marie Curie ‘Garden of Light’ to mark the charity’s Great Daffodil Appeal. The immersive art installation will be open to the public from Thursday 24 to Sunday, March 26. The Garden is made up of 2,100 […]

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Martin’s dream of a united Ireland lives on

POLITICAL representatives in West Belfast have expressed their condolences to the family of Martin McGuinness following the death of the former Deputy First Minister. Sinn Féin representatives paid tribute to their comrade saying his impact will be felt for many years to come. Alex Maskey MLA said Mr McGuinness was a man of ‘immeasurable stature’ […]

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Thousands attend Belfast vigil for McGuinness

THOUSANDS of mourners gathered in West Belfast last night (Tuesday) to pay their respects to former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. The Sinn Féin politician died in hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning with his family by his side. Mourners gathered at the site of the former Andersonstown Barracks to hold a candle […]

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