Politicians in the North have dealt with bigger issues and reached an agreement, Sinn Féin’s lead negotiator Gerry Kelly said, after his first meeting with US diplomat Richard Haass on Tuesday night. The North Belfast MLA was joined by deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann, and veteran Clonard republican Seán Murray at […]
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Local delegates tell of opening talks with Haass
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NEW ‘IV’ GROUP BEHIND ATTACK
A gang operating out of Turf Lodge was behind last week’s pipe bomb find in Twinbook. The members of the gang are known criminals who were closely aligned to a former CIRA man who is now locked up in Maghaberry. They’re masquerading under the name ‘Irish Volunteers’. Since their leader – also a well-known West […]
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Casement public inquiry demanded
Residents opposed to the redevelopment of Casement Park have called on the Environment Minister Mark H Durkan to hold a public inquiry into the proposed new stadium. This morning the Moreland Owenvarragh Residents’ Association (MORA) will present their demand for an inquiry and their detailed objections to the Casement proposal to the Department of Environment’s […]
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Large drugs find near nursery school
Thousands of pounds worth of drugs, believed to be cocaine, have been found lying on a street in broad daylight outside a West Belfast childcare centre. The bag (below_ was discovered last Friday morning in St Agnes Drive by a passer-by who took the drugs to the nearby Sinn Féin office at Connolly House. Benny […]
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Murdered Patricia’s family left in ’72
THE family of the West Belfast woman who was murdered in County Cavan last week moved away from the district in the early 1970s. The 56-year-old husband of Patricia Kierans has appeared in court charged with her murder. Oliver Kierans, with an address at Drumbannon in Bailieborough, Co Cavan, was charged with the murder of […]
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BOMB PANIC HITS SCHOOL
PANIC erupted yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon in Twinbrook and homes were evacuated after a suspected pipe bomb was found near a local primary school. Police described the device that led to the evacuation as “viable”. As the PSNI secured the area and evacuated residents from Summerhill Drive, parents arrived at St Mark’s Primary School, many frantic […]
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