The detective investigating the murder of UDA man John ‘Bonzer’ Boreland has again appealed for witnesses to the killing to come forward, a week after the loyalist hard man was gunned down. Boreland, 46, was murdered last Sunday evening (August 7) outside his flat on Sunningdale Gardens in the Ballysillan area of north Belfast. The […]
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Boreland getaway car details in new appeal
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Loyalist residents and representatives reject deadline for interfaces
A government deadline to remove peace lines by 2023 should be removed and the interfaces given over to the community, according to a loyalist representative who described the walls as being “part of who they are.” Julie Ann Corr Johnston was speaking at a Greater New Lodge Community Festival Event on Tuesday discussing plans by […]
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Man City to win tight Premiership
THE English Premier League is back and it looks like the toughest one to call for many a year with at least six teams battling it out for the league title glory in the coming season. I can’t see that shock Leicester win of last season being repeated this year and I think they will […]
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Heartbroken parents demand residential drugs unit
THE parents of a Ligoniel schoolboy who took his own life after bravely battling a drug addiction say they will honour his legacy by campaigning for a secure unit for teens suffering from addiction and mental health problems. Paul and Sarah Fox’s son Aaron passed away in April this year aged just 16. The St […]
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Connolly keeping her cool ahead of Olympic adventure
BREEGE Connolly is honest enough to admit that the Olympics Games was never on her radar when she moved to Belfast from her native Leitrim 13 years ago. Yet, on Sunday the North Belfast Harrier will line up for the Women’s Marathon in Rio as part of Team Ireland. It has been a remarkable journey […]
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Rededication of Republican Plot
THIS Saturday marks the rededication of the Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery. Joe Austin, Chairman of the National Graves Association, said all the relatives of the 70 Volunteers who are buried in the Republican Plot are invited to join them for the rededication. “It is tradition that after a republican plot has been closed for […]
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