Daily Archives: June 21, 2013
FOUR HELD OVER EAST BELFAST GANG ATTACK
DETECTIVES are questioning three males and a juvenile over a serious assault on two men in east Belfast.
They were arrested after a gang of around seven men reportedly attacked the pair at 11.55am at the junction of Albertbridge Road and Lord Street on Friday.
The...more
LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER NEW CASEMENT PARK STADIUM
ULSTER GAA chiefs are facing a legal challenge over the planned £70m redevelopment of Casement Park stadium in west Belfast.
It has emerged that two construction companies whose joint bid for the contract was unsuccessful have launched High Court proceedings to try to...more
WARD QUITS GLENS FOR THE BLUES
GLENTORAN have agreed a package deal with Linfield for the transfer of Sean Ward.
The 29 year old, who has spent over a decade at Glentoran and played almost 400 games for the club, informed the manager during last season that he wished to leave.
In a statement, the...more
JOHN PEEL MURAL PAINTED OVER IN BELFAST
IT had become almost as iconic as punk godfather Terri Hooley, the Titanic basin and George Best in Belfast.
For nine years John Peel was honoured in the city with a line from an Undertones song he played on the radio which launched the grooup.
But now civil servants...more
ARDOYNE TWELFTH OF JULY RIORTERS JAILED
THREE republican rioters who admitted their involvement in serious public disorder at the Ardoyne shop fronts last summer have been jailed for a total of even and a half years.
Belfast Recorder Judge David McFarland told Paul Faulkner, Brian Gavin and Daniel Neill...more
GARDA: PSNI ‘FAILED’ FAMILIES OF MURDERED RUC OFFICERS
THE PSNI has come under attack on Friday at a tribunal in Dublin which is investigating allegations of Garda collusion in the IRA murders of two senior RUC officers
A lawyer for the Garda commissioner accused the PSNI of failing the families of Chief Superintendent...more
REVEALED: THE PAEDOPHILE PASTOR JAILED FOR ABUSING GIRLS AS YOUNG AS SEVEN
THIS is the one-time preacher man who has been caged for his perverted sins of the flesh against young girls.
Former pastor Paul Gardiner admitted abusing three young girls 35 years ago.
Once, he was even caught naked coming out of his victim's bedroom by the young...more
PENSIONER ARRESTED FOR WORKING ILLEGALLY IN WEST BELFAST
AN ELDERLY man was among two people arrested for working illegally at a takeaway in west Belfast.
A 25-year-old Indian man and a 73-year-old Pakistani man were detained after immigration enforcement officers visited Ali's Kebab House on Kingsway on Thursday.
The...more
MAN ARRESTED OVER EAST BELFAST GANG ASSAULT
DETECTIVES are questioning a man over a serious assault on two men in east Belfast.
He was arrested after a gang of around seven men reportedly attacked the pair at 11.55am at the junction of Albertbridge Road on Friday.
A 21-year-old man has been taken to hospital...more
