Residents living in Ross Street flats have hit out at the Falls Residents’ Association, accusing them of not consulting over future plans for the site. For years we have reported on the gangs that terrorise residents living in the lower Falls street, particularly inhabitants of the remaining flats that were not demolished when others were […]
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Pressure grows for flats to be demolished
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The courts and police are our servants, not masters
I enjoyed the movie In the Name of the Father, although I’m not sure ‘enjoyed’ is the word to describe such a sad, brutal story. But at one point I felt a little cheated. That was when the Guildford Four emerged from prison and Gerry Conlon ran to to the waiting microphones and cameras. Not […]
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Heroin kit found
A lower Falls community worker is calling for strict drug safety measures to be implemented after the discovery of a heroin kit and other drug paraphernalia in the district. The grim discovery was made on Saturday afternoon in a back garden close to the popular Divis Play Project crèche at the Frank Gillen Centre. Speaking […]
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Community unites to reject racist thugs
A Nigerian man who was verbally and physically assaulted in what is being treated as a racist attack says he and his family have no choice but to move from their home in the Sliabh Dubh estate after the gang threatened to burn his house down. 36-year-old Ade (we’re not using his full name) was […]
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West Belfast surrounded by loyalist flags
Sinn Féin Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has made contact with loyalists in Finaghy in a bid to ease flag tensions ahead of the Twelfth. Councillor Ó Muilleoir made the move after a number of double-sized unionist flags were erected in the Finaghy crossroads area. The flags went up late last week in an area that […]
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Queen is invited to local bar’s Brazilfest
WORLD Cup fever reaches its crescendo today (Thursday) as the first game, Brazil v Croatia, kicks off in spectacular style in Rio. West Belfast football fans who didn’t make the plane to Brazil can still soak up all the festival atmosphere as the Rock Bar embraces the carnival spirit throughout the historic tournament. Rock Bar […]
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