UNLIKE many other transfer windows where Celtic have adopted a more cautious approach, this summer has already seen considerable activity from the Glasgow giants as they prepare for the 2025/26 campaign. Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic board seem intent on strengthening the squad early, addressing key areas of need and building momentum well ahead of the Champions League qualifiers. Let’s take a detailed look at the crucial developments so far.
IN 1972, Catholic families who had endured three years of sustained sectarian attacks on their homes fled Annalee Street in North Belfast. Last month – fifty-three years later – Catholic homes in Annalee Street were again the target of sectarian attack and families were forced to flee. In the past fortnight we have also witnessed the firebombing of homes in Ballymena, Larne Leisure Centre and racist attacks in other parts of the North.
AFTER the Gerry Adams libel trial, BBCNI had two options: Suck it up or appeal. Given the savage battering that was dealt to the local branch of the corporation, an appeal would at first blush appeared to have been a no-brainer.
THE shocking scenes in Ballymena, where police were attacked and migrant families burned and beaten out of their homes, have prompted a robust and proactive response from the PSNI.
THE Stormont Assembly's Communities Committee has expressed no confidence in Communities Minister Gordon Lyons after his controversial Facebook comments about fleeing migrants being housed in an east Antrim leisure facility.
