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Andersonstown News September 30, 2011

Loughgiel fight back to retain hurling title

LOUGHGIEL Shamrocks collected their second Antrim hurling title in a row when a devastating final ten minute scoring burst ensured they pipped Cushendall to claim the Volunteer Cup at Casement Park on Sunday.

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Andersonstown News September 30, 2011

Champions complete drive for five

St Gall’s are the 2011 Antrim Senior Football champions after a three-point victory over Lámh Dhearg at Casement Park on Saturday night.

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Andersonstown News September 28, 2011

Church to welcome back ‘lost parishioners’

A LOCAL parish will be extending a heartfelt ‘Fáilte Ar Ais’ to the faithful this weekend as it prepares to host a series of welcome back Masses.

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Andersonstown News September 28, 2011

Lucky escape after car crashes into home

THE MOTHER of a disabled child and a five-month-old baby has told of how death-drivers cheered when she looked out the window to find they had smashed into the front garden of her home. Shauneen Kane, 26, was speaking to the Andersonstown News after the shocking incident, which took place in the early hours of [...]

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Andersonstown News September 28, 2011

‘Cop-out’ over missing manholes

A LOCAL councillor has accused NI Water of a “cop out” over the replacement of 22 stolen manhole covers at the Sally Gardens Community Centre.

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Andersonstown News September 28, 2011

What does he have to do?

MICHAEL Quinn may only be 22 years old, but already his name is enough to strike fear into the hearts of the community in which he grew up. And if his name strikes fear into the hearts of people who have mostly never crossed his path, how much more terrified must his past victims be? [...]

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Liam Murphy May 14, 2012

Big man of GAA celebrates in style

Veni, Vidi, Vinci . I came, I saw, I conquered, was the powerful message sent back to Rome by Julius Caesar when he won a war in Zela (currently known as Zile in Turkey. After spending two days with the Gaels of Glengormley, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh might well have sent a similar message back to headquarters. Throughout the two days he won the hearts of all who met him as he demonstrated his love and passion for the Irish language and Gaelic games.

Columnists May 13, 2012

That’s not the way to do it as summer nears

THERE’S nothing funnier for children to watch than a long-suffering wife getting battered with a cudgel by a short-tempered violent husband – or so you’d think if you watched a seaside Punch and Judy show.

Colin Millar May 12, 2012

Blues make it a double

Linfield replicated their end of season celebrations from 12 months ago as they lifted their second trophy in the space of a week, defeating Crusaders 4-1 in Saturday’s Irish Cup final.

Andersonstown News May 11, 2012

My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).

Columnists May 11, 2012

Who calls the shots in Europe?

I enjoy elections. I enjoy them so much, I was delighted when the Fianna Fáil wheeze of introducing electronic voting machines backfired, leaving them (and the taxpayer, of course) with machinery that couldn’t be used and cost a packet to store.

Andersonstown News May 4, 2012

Taking the needle

THERE’S that drip again. It’s like a malfunctioning tap only the drops aren’t falling into a cold, hard sink – they’re falling into Squinter’s head. Again. Perhaps he should explain. For more years than he cares to remember, Squinter has been plagued with sinusitis, which we won’t go into too deeply here, except to say it is the blockage of a series of passages inside the head and surrounding the nose.