Twaddell

There might seem to have been little coverage of the government’s £1.

This summer was one of the most peaceful in recent years with none of the violence and ratcheting up of tensions that have been a feature of previous marching seasons.

It is notable that the lead up to this year's Twelfth has not been marked by the heightened tensions and threat of violence that have been a feature of recent times and for that we must be thankful.

London-based Jason Small, 35, faced a charge of theft for allegedly taking the flag valued at £5 in March last year

A 20-year-old man is starting a 15-month jail term for rioting in a flashpoint area of north Belfast.

HARDLINE republicans have rejected a plan by former Ardoyne priest Fr Gary Donegan to build a memorial to all victims of the Troubles near a north Belfast interface.

THE plot of land that was home to the Twaddell protest camp in north Belfast is for sale. Loyalists first occupied the site owned by the Housing Executive in July 2013, after the banning of an Orange Order march along a nearby stretch of Crumlin Road.

THE Assistant Grand Master of the Orange Order has claimed a three-year parade dispute in north Belfast would not have been resolved without the loyalist protest camp at Twaddell Avenue.

A WRITER in the Irish Times on Saturday produced a useful phrase the Dutch have: plaatsvervangende schaamte.

POLITICAL leaders have paid tribute to the courage and dignity of Ardoyne cleric Father Gary Donegan.