One of the most biggest and most dangerous bonfires ever constructed to celebrate the Twelfth of July could be built with the blessing of Newtownabbey Borough Council next year after councillors voted in favour of using ratepayers’ money to buy land for a permanent location. And the North Belfast News has learned that the Council […]
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Unionist councillors say yes to ‘The Beast’
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Tragic DJ Gerard is laid to rest
A West Belfast man who died after allegedly taking lethal ecstasy-type pills has been laid to rest. Gerard Mulholland, a well-known DJ on the local club scene, died on Friday night at a house party in Twinbrook’s Thornhill Court. Paramedics battled to save the 42-year-old but he died at the scene. Four other partygoers in […]
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Slashing victim is popular local cop
THE POLICE officer slashed with a Stanley knife on New Year’s Day is a well-known neighbourhood sergeant in the area who was investigating an alleged assault when he was attacked. Sergeant Craig McDowell, who received the overall award in the Protective Policing Service category at the Policing With The Community Awards in October, had entered […]
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‘We will put drug dealers down a hole’
THE republican paramilitary group the Irish Volunteers have told the Andersonstown News they are “re-strengthening and rearming” and will assassinate drug dealers in West Belfast. In an exclusive interview, the group said they have an “active anti-drugs unit” that is planning to put major dealers “down a hole”. The claim came just days after the […]
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Cliftonville fans split on Saint Stephen’s Day game restrictions
The North Belfast News has learned that many Cliftonville fans are to boycott the St Stephen’s Day fixture with Crusaders after the club joined with the PSNI in asking them not to walk to Seaview. But unlike last year, it is understood others will abide by the ruling and take official buses and private vehicles […]
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New Year mission for Palestinian activist
A LOCAL Palestinian activist is on his way to Gaza in early January in efforts to raise awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the city. A siege enforced by Israel with support from Egypt tightened in November and has resulted in the deterioration of conditions in Gaza. Fra Hughes, who will visit the Palestinian […]
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