Parents should keep their children at home for their own good — and for the benefit of the community. That’s the view of Sinn Féin Poleglass councillor Stephen Magennis who was speaking out after teenagers set a wildfire in Colin Glen on Tuesday. “It’s important that parents know where their children are,” said the Sinn […]
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Keep kids at home for the good of all: SF Cllr’s plea to parents after Colin Glen gorse fire
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Top class gesture by Malone College strikes a chord with Gary Lightbody
SNOW Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has donated £5,000 towards Malone College’s efforts to enable frontline healthcare staff from Musgrave Park Hospital use its facilities during the Covid-19 crisis. Staff from the nearby hospital are accessing the school to use its shower and changing facilities before and after their gruelling shifts. Principal Katrina Moore (on video […]
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IN TRIBUTE: Tom McCartney, 71, businessman, St Gall’s stalwart, laid to rest
Tom McCartney (71), who passed away at home in Dunmurry on Friday 17 April after a nine-month battle with cancer, was well-known as the driving force, with brother Joe, of the McCartney plumbing business in West Belfast. At one time the business, founded by Tom’s father Thomas P McCartney, had 60 West Belfast plumbers on […]
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Hunt is on for West Belfast ‘van-jacker’ caught on CCTV
Dramatic footage of the moment a brazen thief stole a delivery van in West Belfast has been captured on CCTV. Police are appealing for information following the theft of the White Mercedes Sprinter outside a convenience store on Mount Eagles Square in the early hours of Friday morning (April 17). The driver had left the […]
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We asked hospitality businesses if they would survive the lockdown – this is what they told us
As business leaders ponder the first steps on the return to normality, the hospitality sector is already weighing up the seemingly insurmountable obstacles blocking the revival of a sector which supports 20,000 jobs in the city of Belfast. In discussions with pub, restaurant and hotel owners this week, BelfastMedia.com found them firmly united in the […]
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Video Report: Covid-19 survivor Niall Murphy arrives home to applause of neighbours
Leading lawyer Niall Murphy is home with this family this evening after enduring a gruelling four-week battle with Covid-19. (Our video above shows Niall arriving home to the applause of his neighbours this evening.) “Shattered, Exhaustion beyond comprehension but I’m at home this afternoon,” he said. “Scariest time my life, even though I was oblivious […]
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