The disruption of a public meeting by a gang of teenagers in the New Lodge is indicative of the seriousness of the situation in the district, under siege residents have said. Months of criminality have been endured by local residents as a hard core of local teenagers have lain waste to the Seven Hills area. […]
Gang’s attack on New Lodge gathering a sign of dire situation
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Anti-social teenagers abuse residents at public meeting
A public meeting held on Monday night in The Recy to discuss the ongoing New Lodge anti social behaviour crisis was temporarily disrupted when the gang behind the trouble descended on the centre in a bid to intimidate local residents. Around 200 people had gathered to discuss the deteriorating situation which was described as “worse […]
West peace activist set for prison
A West Belfast peace activist is to be arrested this Friday on his return from abroad and imprisoned in Limerick prison. Niall Farrell of the Galway Alliance Against War was involved in a peace protest with fellow activist Margaretta D’Arcy last September on the runway at Shannon airport. In June they were found guilty of […]
The moral responsibility of truth
Did you know that in 1915 German soldiers ‘crucified’ a Canadian sergeant to a barn door in Belgium pinioning him with bayonets through the arms, legs and throat? And did you know that around 190,000 AK-47s, supplied by the American and British governments to the Iraqis have been ‘lost into thin air’? The missing weapons now in the hands of militia groups and […]
Community rallies behind under threat Ardoyne Fleadh
ORGANISERS of the under-threat 2014 Ardoyne Fleadh have said they are “amazed” at the level of support they have received since announcing a lack of funding for this year’s events. Paul McCusker of the Ardoyne Fleadh Committee said that a notice on the Fleadh’s social networking sites that some events might have to be cancelled […]