OVER 100 days after a local man was hospitalised after suffering a savage beating at the hands of a loyalist mob
Told you so! UDA and UVF music at Stormont event
BLOODCURDLING tributes to UDA and UVF killers who took the lives of scores of innocent Catholics were openly
Some victims are being shortchanged
There is a “blatant inequality” in terms of support and financial assistance from the Northern Ireland
Flags tarnish move on mural
A loyalist area of South Belfast has come in for criticism for the flying of paramilitary flags despite a separate move to paint over a highly contentious mural in the area this week. South Belfast MLA Conall McDevitt has called for immediate action in removing UVF and UDA flags flying from private houses in Sandy Row just as the area also received positive attention for painting over an infamous UFF mural on the edge of the loyalist stronghold.
Behind the flag protest
One of the men involved in the Black Mountain protest against the queen’s visit says the demonstration was a peaceful one. Ballymurphy republican Seán Cahill told the Andersonstown News that those involved in the protest represented no particular republican group but a number of republican backgrounds all keen on quietly expressing their Irishness.
It’s wall gone wrong
SQUINTER’S slow progress through Newtownards on Saturday afternoon is soon explained as he draws nearer the town square and the hysterical thud of scores of bass drums grows ever louder. Another weekend, another band day.Rather than sit in heavy traffic for an hour, Squinter parks up and goes for a stroll, which is how he came to meet this fella you see in the picture here.