TRIBUTES have been paid to Lenadoon man Paddy Elliott who passed away on Monday. Paddy was the husband of the late Sally and father to Pearse, Eamonn, Brendan, Kevin, Sean, Sarah and Ciara. He died in hospital surrounded by his family. A life-long republican and Gael, his son Pearse led tributes to his father on social media. “He ran his race and fought the good fight,” wrote Pearse, “Every day was a life lived and on his own unique terms with our father Paddy Elliott who has passed one day before his 83rd birthday.   “He hurled into his 50s and won an All-Ireland silver double's handball championship with Johnnsy Dempsey after a quadruple by-pass. According to those that would know, he was unbeatable on the cobbles and gable walls at street handball with Young Turks twenty years younger than him because he had a kill shot that would hit the last brick in the gable wall."

NEW British Secretary of State Chris Bryant visited the People's Kitchen charity in North Belfast on Wednesday morning.

I’ve woken up like a turkey who has caught Bernard Matthews grinning at him.

A LOCAL councillor has called for action to address concerns raised by residents across the wider Boucher Road area following last weekend’s concerts.

NURSES here could be set for strike action in a dispute over the denial of a pay award given to colleagues across the water.