A murder investigation is under way after an attack on a 45-year-old man in East Belfast. The assault happened at Cluan Place, off the Albertbridge Road, at about 9pm on Sunday night. Local DUP Councillor George Dorrian, who knew the victim, said he had been told the victim was beaten by a group of people […]
Police launch murder inquiry after ‘barbaric’ attack in city
Disappointing weekend for Antrim as footballers and hurlers suffer narrow defeats
Allianz Football League Division Four Antrim 1-9 Derry 1-10 By Paddy Tierney and David Mohan ANTRIM were denied a valuable point in their Allianz Football League opener yesterday as Derry edged a tense Ulster derby at Corrigan Park. The Oak Leaf County had Padraig Cassidy to thank after he plundered a winner deep into injury […]
Our playground was Upton Cottages and Arizona Street
IN March 2017, an ‘Arizona Street and Upton Cottages reunion party’ was held in the Glenowen. It was a great event, with fantastic music provided by the McCourt brothers, and some equally impressive socialising done by the McKays, McDonalds, Quinns, McAteers, Pattersons, Monaghans, Lintons… and plenty of others, including a couple of Deedses. The oldest […]
Pic of the day, Friday, January 25
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Foyle flags a funny fáilte…
A BRACING five-mile walk from Derry to Newbuildings on Friday morning, the broad Foyle flat and calm to Squinter’s right, frosty winter fields to his left. There’s not much in the village, truth to tell. There’s a petrol station about a mile out from the ‘main street’ (Victoria Road) and there’s what looks like a […]
EYE ON THE PAST: January 25, 1975
Twinbrook anger at RUC THERE has been angry reaction from Twinbrook residents to a raid by RUC men on a house in the area which led to the arrest of a father of seven for the non payment of a £9 fine. During the raid three RUC men – two of them carrying sub-machince guns […]