A prison officer is understood to have been the target of a failed bomb attack in Lisburn. Police believe the device may have been an under-car booby trap bomb that fell off a vehicle as it made its way through Market Square in the County Antrim town on Saturday (July 30). They described it as […]
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Police suspect Lisburn bomb may have fallen off a vehicle
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‘Troubled Belfast’- The 7th Annual Irish Pages Lecture
A major lecture, entitled ‘Troubled Belfast’ will take place today at the Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre in Armagh by poet, Chris Agee. The editor of Irish Pages offers a distillation of 37 years of his life in Belfast as an immigrant, focusing on the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement. He reflects on […]
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Chernobyl children in visit to Mossley Mill
THE night of April 25/26 1986 will go down in history as the worst nuclear power plant disaster ever in terms of cost and casualties. In total, 31 people died during the Chernobyl accident, but it is the long-term effects of the catastrophe that are still very much felt today by people living in Belarus […]
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OT unit opened by Minister at Our Lady’s Home
OCCUPATIONAL Therapists play a vital role in transforming lives of elderly patients. That was the key message from Health Minister Michelle O’Neill as she officially opened the new Occupational Therapy department at Our Lady’s Care Home on the Falls Road. The care home has good links with the local community and will deliver nursing care […]
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Gang of four behind Poleglass shooting
Dissident republicans are being blamed for a paramilitary-style attack that left a man in his 20s needing hospital treatment for gunshot wounds. Around 10pm last night the man was approached by the gang who ordered him into an alleyway in the Laurelbank area of Poleglass where he was told to lie down. He was then […]
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Tributes go out to local community hero Brian
TRIBUTES have been paid to community worker Brian Mullan who passed away this week after losing his battle with cancer. Father-of-six Brian was a well-known face from his work with the Mater Hospital Community Forum, Newington Housing Association, the Newtownabbey Policing and Community Safety Partnership as well as the Newtownabbey Street Pastors. The retired civil […]
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