North Belfast News

North Belfast woman says her mental health is suffering as sewage problems continue in her home

A woman who suffers from epilepsy and PTSD has been living with sewage and blocked pipes in the home she shares with her three children.

After police interview Gerry Carroll says he would stand with Garvaghy Road residents again 'in a heartbeat'

WEST Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll has attended a police interview at Musgrave PSNI station in relation to his attendance at a protest against an Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road.

Anger as BBC cuts its Irish language department

CONRADH na Gaeilge have hit out at reports of job losses at BBC Gaeilge in Belfast. 

PSNI investigating six illegal parades in recent days

THE PSNI are investigating six "un-notified processions" in recent days linked to loyalist protests relating to the Secretary of State banning an Orange parade down the Garvaghy Road last Friday.

WATCH: Mum-of-four says pipe bomb attack on her home was 'mistaken identity'

Residents evacuated after explosion at house in Carrick Hill

RESIDENTS have been evacuated following an explosion at a house in Carrick Hill in North Belfast.

Carrick Hill residents raise concerns over accommodation for young people leaving care sector

Members of the Carrick Hill Residents' Association have expressed their unhappiness with plans from the Belfast Charitable Society to build accommodation at the corner of Clifton Street and Trinity Street for those leaving care.

Garvaghy Road firearms and explosives claims are 'sensationalist' and 'completely false'

UNIONIST claims that firearms and explosives were present on the Garvaghy Road during the recent stand-off between residents and the Orange Order have been branded “sensationalist and dangerous” by residents. Last Friday evening the Secretary of State banned the Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Road after a two-week protest by residents and their supporters. Last night on the Nolan Show on BBCNI DUP leader Gavin Robinson repeated claims that that decision was based on the threat of “violence, disorder and terror” adding that he has raised  publicly “rumours” that “there were guns available on the streets”. In a statement this afternoon Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition said that "such sensationalist and dangerous claims are completely false", adding that they were "totally unfounded and are designed with the sole purpose of creating and heightening tensions, suspicions and fear."

Sean Graham memorial defaced again – linked to parading tensions

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Sean Graham bookmakers atrocity was defaced again overnight in the second such attack in six weeks. 

Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years – victim says her 'childhood was stolen' from her

FORMER DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was today sentenced to 15 years in prison for 18 charges of non-recent child sexual abuse crimes, including the rape of a child under the age of 13.

EYE ON THE PAST: October 1985 – Men suffer sectarian attack in Derriaghy

We look at the stories that were making the headlines in the Andersonstown News this week in 1985...

PLATING UP: Grilled paneer with black and green olives and salad

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: Women’s eating habits can be problematic

CHOOSING the right food and drink can help women manage their changing life stages from social transition, hormonal changes and body development. 

DÚLRA: Feed the birds but keep those feeders clean

WHEN famous octogenarian Pádraig Ó Maolchraoibhe – former politician and educator Pat Rice – ran out of sunflower hearts to feed the garden birds this week, Dúlra came to the rescue.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Impassioned pleas don’t always get a yes

ONE of the DUP’s many cunning plans to oppose the 2012 decision to stop flying the union jack at City Hall 24/7 was to try and get the flag up permanently at the nearby Cenotaph. The thinking was, I imagine, that at least there would be a union jack visible at City Hall all day long, even it if was a bit less prominent.