The stabbing of a man in the Springfield area yesterday took place just seconds after a mix-up over an early-morning delivery, we’ve been told. A 24-year-old man has been arrested following the attack on a lorry driver in Colinward Street. Locals say the victim, who’s in his 60s, was stabbed in the torso and neck […]
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Delivery mix-up link to stabbing probed
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Tricolour at dump is ‘inappropriate’
A local Sinn Féin Councillor has met with the Chief Executive of Belfast City Council to discuss the flying of flags at Council property. Jim McVeigh says all flags should be removed from all Council properties and added that he has advised the Chief Executive of his party’s stance. He was speaking after a tricolour […]
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Home attack linked to police meetings
DISSIDENT republicans have been blamed for a weekend attack on the home of an Ardoyne community worker who has been the victim of an ongoing campaign of intimidation. A large crowd of Ardoyne residents and politicians gathered outside Phyllis Doherty’s home last night (Wednesday) in a show of support for the 62-year-old organised by the […]
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Grimley’s boss tells of ordeal
THE Director of Noel Grimley Electrics says the callous actions of thieves who robbed his premises on Monday will not deter him or staff from continuing the business which has served the West Belfast community for 50 years. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, Eamonn Grimley said he and other staff are still “pretty shaken up” […]
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5 pints of blood for mum sent home from A&E
A young West Belfast mum has accused the Royal Victoria Hospital’s A&E department of letting her down after she was sent home and had to return again within an hour suffering from severe internal bleeding. 23-year-old Aisling McGrath was brought by ambulance to A&E at around 5pm last Tuesday after she started to bleed heavily. […]
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Death of man in flat treated as ‘suspicious’
DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man at a flat in the St Mary’s Gardens area of Beechmount on Saturday. Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway said that following a post mortem examination, results have indicated that the man may have died in “suspicious circum-stances”. Suspicious “My […]
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