A New Lodge mother of six has insisted she will not be forced from her home after a gang of eight men brutally assaulted her and her father in a weekend attack. Catriona Arbuckle suffered a hairline fracture to her cheek, multiple facial injuries and lost eight teeth when she was attacked outside her Meadow […]
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Mum of six viciously beaten by 8-man gang
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Ardoyne man sleeps rough for two nights
An Ardoyne community worker has braved the streets of Belfast for 48 hours armed with just a sleeping bag in an effort to raise awareness of growing homelessness across the city. Paul McCusker, a healthcare support worker and volunteer at the Welcome Organisation, slept rough from 3pm on Monday to 3pm on Wednesday to highlight […]
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Shared space projects ‘aid demise of PLU’
Loyalists in Tigers Bay seeking to de-rail a project for shared space in North Belfast have claimed that such cross-community projects harm the Protestant community. Members of the North Belfast, Westland and Shankill UPRG attended a public meeting for Tigers Bay residents on the future of McCrory community hall last Friday and voiced their anger […]
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Cocaine and speed haul destroyed after seizure from local property
These are the thousands of pounds worth of drugs that were set to flood the streets of North Belfast. The NBN understands that the drugs were seized by men claiming to be republicans from a house close to Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School in Ardoyne. Earlier this week, community workers – who told us they […]
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Executive ‘starving’ historical inquiries of cash says brother of murdered man
THE brother of an Ardoyne man gunned down by the UDA as he worked in his restaurant on the Crumlin Road 27 years ago has accused the Executive of “financially starving” an investigation into historical inquiries. Paul McAuley (54) said that he has been “tormented” by his brother’s death for almost three decades and accused […]
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Incinerator company apply for permit
Almost two years after plans were announced to build an incinerator at the top of the Hightown Road an application has been submitted to operate the facility. The company behind the project, the Becon Consortium submitted the application to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on Monday (November 18). The granting of the permit is […]
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