5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (393+ words) FÉILE an Phobail have promised to deliver their biggest ever festival next year after criticism from DUP Communities Minister Gordon Lyons. The Minister's comments in the Assembly on Tuesday followed a question by DUP MLA Brian Kingston who compared Fleadh…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (203+ words) A PUBLIC meeting is to take place in North Belfast on Thursday focusing on the future of the pro-life movement in Ireland. Organised by Aontú, it will take place at the Lansdowne Hotel on the Antrim Road, at 7.30pm. The meeting…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (755+ words) WRONGLY convicted of the IRA bombings of Guildford and Woolwich in 1974, Paddy Armstrong would spend 15 years in English prisons along with Paul Hill, Gerard Conlon and Carole Richardson, until their convictions were overturned in 1989. Based on his best-selling memoir, Life…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (690+ words) SHOULD we have been surprised by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s crass assertion last week that the issue of the unity referendum promised in the Good Friday Agreement, “is one issue that will be off the table”? Two months ago…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (274+ words) A WEST Belfast MLA has called for urgent action to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour and vandalism at Suffolk Shops, after a second fire was lit dangerously close to a resident’s oil tank. Sinn Féin representatives have once again met with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (413+ words) THE Andersonstown News/North Belfast News and belfastmedia.com has expanded its services in recent weeks with the appointment of a dedicated Irish language journalist. Aodhán Ó Baoill is originally from Portstewart in County Derry and has lived in Belfast…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (403+ words) SECURITY fencing erected at Holy Cross Church during the height of the Troubles is being removed this week. The fencing on the Woodvale Road side of the Ardoyne church was erected in the early 1970s and then extended in 2001 at the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (505+ words) A MOTION at Belfast City Council calling for urgent action to secure the entry of three purpose-built mobile maternity units into Gaza has been passed despite Unionist opposition. The motion called for representations to the Irish and British Governments and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (201+ words) A BELFAST sandwich shop has been paid by Deliveroo after posting on their social media that American policy towards "anyone or thing associated with Cuba," was the cause of delayed payments over the past two months. However, they did not…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) A funeral service has been held in his native Stockholm, NJ for Irish American Belfast Ambassador recipient and legal luminary William Cox. Bill, who had been struggling with illness recently, passed away suddenly on 17 August. A tireless supporter of the…...