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South Belfast News February 22, 2012

‘Cop shops to close as crime increases’

NEW PLANS for the future of local police stations will leave South Belfast without adequate policing cover, it’s been claimed.

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Andersonstown News February 20, 2012

Search for devil-dog that mauled family pet Shep

A POLEGLASS couple who witnessed their much-loved family pet being viciously mauled by a pit bull-type ‘devil dog’ said the crazed animal needs to be found and destroyed before it targets a child.

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Andersonstown News February 20, 2012

Man bailed on burglary charge

AN 18-year-old has been released on continuing bail on charges of burglary with intent to steal after a home was broken into in Carrigart Avenue in upper Lenadoon.

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North Belfast News February 20, 2012

Catholics and those living in flats will die earlier

New Department of Health research that shows Catholics and tenants living in flats are more likely to die earlier than Protestants or those living in houses is proof that families should not be living in the New Lodge tower blocks, a local campaigner said this week.

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North Belfast News February 20, 2012

House prices continue to fall but sales increase

Continuing falling house prices are leading to an increase in sales in North Belfast according to a local estate agent. Laura McMillan, from McMillan Estate Agents in Glengormley, was speaking after the publication of the latest RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and Ulster Bank Housing Market Survey’s this week.

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North Belfast News February 20, 2012

Joby’s family won’t give up search

The family of Joby Murphy will continue to search the River Lagan for his remains despite the scaling back of the official search. The Glengormley man is presumed dead after falling into the river in the early hours of Thursday, January 26 after a night out at a concert in the Odyssey arena.

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Columnists February 17, 2012

Terms of justice should not be left to victims

Al Hutchinson, who is no longer officially our Ombudsman but is keeping the seat warm until his successor is installed, has stirred the pot of the past in recent days.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

A time for great rejoicing?

GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary

AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Chemical fly in the oinkment

A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Resilience a recurring theme, from Conamara to Ground Zero

That great hero of Conamara, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, was in the Cultúrlann on Saturday to launch his new poetry anthology Stadhan. A veteran troublemaker – in the best sense of the word – and the dynamo behind some of the best community ventures in the Gaeltacht,

Columnists February 15, 2012

Bitsa ramblings on travel – both time and otherwise

In the mid-90s I briefly took a break from playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 and worrying about who would win the musical face-off between Blur and Oasis to watch children’s television.