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Tag Archives: Antrim Road

Relief as hotel owners vow to refund customers

A North Belfast couple who were left devastated after the shock closure of a local hotel eight weeks before they were due to marry at the venue have spoken of their relief after the news they are to get their money back from the owners

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Show will go on as Dockers Club lends a Helping Hand

A major charity event which was due to be held in the Lansdowne Hotel will still go ahead thanks to the generosity of the Dockers Club. Helping Hands Romania, which carrys out work for orphanages in remote areas of the Eastern European country,

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Joby fund nearing target

The family and friends of a North Belfast man who died after falling in to the River Lagan in January after a night out are nearing their target of raising £40,000 to buy sonar equipment for a community rescue team after a series of fundraisers over the last month.

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My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).

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Attacks against church increase

A North Belfast orthodox priest said he has been “touched and delighted” by the support from the local community against ongoing antisocial behaviour issues at his church. The Antiochian Church of St Ignatius, on the corner of the Antrim Road and Cliftonville Road, has been a target for antisocial behaviour that has worsened in recent months. Local gangs of young people have been throwing stones and eggs at the church, damaging cars and harassing parishioners.

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Benefits cuts will impact all areas

Community workers from both sides of the sectarian divide have come together to help local people deal with the current benefit system cuts. Workers from the Antrim Road, Skegoneill and Westland have organised a meeting on welfare reforms and how they will affect local people as they say it is an issue that has no bearing on the sectarian divide.

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