Andersonstown News

Gaelic Games: SFC – St Brigid's shock Dunloy as champions exit football championship

Antrim Senior Football Championship - Semi-FinalDunloy 0-8St Brigid's 0-17At Dunsilly

Two arrests after arson and burglary in Twinbrook

POLICE have mad two arrests following a report of arson and a suspected linked aggravated burglary in Twinbrook on Saturday.

Several thousand show their support for Garvaghy Road residents

SEVERAL thousand people attended a rally on the Garvaghy Road this afternoon in support of local residents in their determination not to have an Orange march forced through their area. Speakers included Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition, Sinn Féin leader and deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill, Gerry Carroll from People Before Profit and Aontú leader Peadar Tobínl as well as Linzi McLaren who was one of over 1,000 people from a Protestant background who signed a letter this week in support of the Garvaghy Road residents. Several musicians also played from the main platform including Fergus Ó hÍr and Gráinne Holland. Speaker after speaker told those gathered over the course of an hour that there will be no Orange parade on the Garvaghy Road.

Gaelic Games: SFC – Sarsfield's condemned to relegation after derby defeat to St Paul's

Solidarity rally to take place on Garvaghy Road on Saturday

LARGE numbers are expected to attend a solidarity rally on Saturday afternoon on the Garvaghy Road.

DUP links SDLP motion on radicalisation of young men to Drumcree dispute

A DUP councillor has hit out out at a SDLP motion on the radicalisation of young men after linking it to the Drumcree dispute.

Ciorcal Comhrá agus Cruinniú Éigeandála Chonradh na Gaeilge ar Bhóthar Gharbhachaidh

Eagraíodh roinnt imeachtaí Gaeilge ar Bhóthar Gharbhachaidh Dé hAoine, mar a lean Sáinn Dhroim Crí ar aghaidh. 

Sinn Féin councillor pokes fun at TUV's Ron McDowell over AI image of Portadown rally

SINN Féin councillor Ryan Murphy poked fun at TUV councillor Ron McDowell in Belfast City Council after his AI-generated image of a crowd at a rally in Portadown this week.

Names of 21 victims who lost their lives during last Drumcree crisis read out at Belfast City Council meeting

BELFAST City councillors have clashed with heated exchanges in the City Hall chamber over the Drumcree stand-off.

PLATING UP: Piri piri beef with aubergine and buckwheat

We hope you enjoy our cookery  column with chef Paul Watters who each week will take the fear out of cooking with his easy to follow recipes...

HEALTHWISE: Beware those lying labels when you’re shopping

FOOD labels are designed to give consumers reliable information that is clear and accurate so people can make an informed decision on what they are buying. 

Christy Moore and Damien Dempsey are the latest musicians to rally in support of Garvaghy residents

MUSICIANS from across Ireland have been sharing messages of support with the Garvaghy Road residents as the dispute rumbles on. 

Talks collapse as Garvaghy Road stand-off continues

Talks aimed at resolving the Garvaghy Road dispute ended without a resolution last night, as the standoff continues into the weekend. 

Concerned Protestants and US politicians call for an end to Drumcree stand-off

OVER 150 people from a Protestant background have penned a letter urging the Orange Order to end the Drumcree parade stand-off.

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Breandán Mac Cionnaith interview – 'Ban this parade once and for all'

BREANDÁN Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition has called on the British government to ban the Drumcree Orange Order parade ‘once and for all’. In an exclusive interview with the Andersonstown News this evening, Mr Mac Cionnaith said residents who were children in the 1990s during the last parading crisis have their own children now and don’t want them to experience what they went through. Speaking about the difference between the 1990s and now, he said: “Probably the major change in almost 30 years is the confidence that our community has now locally. There was a time when you go back to the 1980s and 1990s this community was small, it was isolated.