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100 jobs for West Belfast

A £40 million investment and 100 new jobs were announced on Tuesday at Kennedy Way’s Delta Print and Packaging. First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, along with Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster joined a host of distinguished guests and local representatives to make the announcement at the manufacturing plant. […]

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Anger at comments by PUP leader Hutchinson

Comments made by PUP leader Billy Hutchinson about two innocent West Belfast men that he murdered in the 1970s have been described as “disgraceful”. Mr Hutchinson said this week that the 1974 murders of Edward Morgan and Michael Loughran in the lower Falls helped prevent a united Ireland. He also suggested that he had “intelligence” […]

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Distraught mum may exhume daughter

The family of a 24-year-old from West Belfast who passed away last year say they are considering having her body exhumed and cremated if attacks on the grave don’t stop. Terri McMenamy took her own life in January of last year and is buried alongside her grandfather in Milltown. Terri’s devastated mother Donna said she […]

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We tried to kill cop: CIRA

THE Andersonstown News can reveal that the Continuity IRA were responsible for the planting of an under-car booby trap bomb that brought the Blacks Road to a standstill last Friday morning. The bomb was discovered by a passing police patrol near the junction with Arlington Drive just before 8am. The CIRA told the Andersonstown News […]

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Running battles at Duncairn not sectarian

A Newington community worker has said a recent outbreak of violence that saw running battles fought on Duncairn Gardens has been sparked over a fall out between friends and are not sectarian clashes as reported earlier this week. A large number of teenagers confronted each other around 7pm on Monday evening (March 10) with fist […]

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Residents not impressed by La Salle pitch plan

A residents’ group campaigning to protect a piece of open land in Andersonstown say they have been left hurt and disappointed over how De La Salle College have gone about the development of their new sports facility. Many local residents have been campaigning to stop De La Salle from building on the green site at […]

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