A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the Divis area of the city early on Sunday morning. The victim was stabbed at around 6am in Cullingtree Road in an attack described by a local MLA as “shocking and appalling”. Another MLA said more needs to be done to counter […]
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Teenager remains critically ill in hospital after weekend stabbing
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Police anti-bomb jammer near Camp Twaddell is causing havoc at Ardoyne shops
THE PSNI has admitted to using sophisticated radio jamming equipment around the Twaddell protest camp which is playing havoc with security shutters and cars at the Ardoyne shops. The advanced equipment, used by the PSNI to prevent bombs being remotely triggered, has seen traders locked in and out of their shops, resulting in a damaging […]
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Family leave home after racist graffiti attack
POLICE are treating as a hate crime racist graffiti that was painted across the front window of a property in Stockmans Lane. It is understood the ‘Blacks Out’ graffiti was sprayed on the home late last Wednesday night and that the mixed race family living there haven’t been back to their property since. The graffiti […]
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Family await results of tests on bullet found in exhumed body of Ballymurphy Massacre victim
After yesterday’s sensational news that a bullet has been found lodged in the exhumed body of one of the victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre, the family of Joseph Murphy now face another wait for the forensic details of the newly-discovered round. Relatives of the murdered father-of-12 took the decision to apply for yesterday’s exhumation on […]
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Easter 1916 commemoration programme launched with speeches and drama at City Hall
Belfast’s commemorations of the 1916 Rising should be inclusive of all communities – that was the key message at the launch of the programme of events to mark the centenary yesterday at City Hall. Former Sinn Féin Belfast Lord Mayor and local historian Tom Hartley, who is Chairman of the 1916 organising committee, described the […]
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Police investigating pigs’ heads at a Belfast church as a hate crime
Police are treating as a hate crime the placing of two pigs’ heads at a disused Belfast church. The heads were found at the double front doors of St Luke’s Church of Ireland in Northumberland Street near the West Belfast peace line. Racist slogans had been daubed on the heads. Loyalist social media sites have […]
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