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3 days ago | belfastmedia.com | Conor McParland

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of the two murders and another attempted murder. The 50 year-old was arrested following the search of a house in North Belfast on Tuesday. He remains in police custody. The arrest relates to the attempted murder of Sean O'Reilly in February and the murders of Danny McClean in 2021 and Jim Donegan in 2018. Sean O'Reilly (49) was shot as he sat inside a taxi in the Bell Steel Manor area of Poleglass on the morning of Sunday, February 23.

3 days ago | belfastmedia.com | Conor McParland

A MAN who died following a a road traffic collision in Lisburn last week has been named as Gabriel Johnston (22), from Ligoniel. Gabriel's funeral will take place on Friday at 11am at St Vincent de Paul Church in Ligoniel. Police received a report of a two vehicle road traffic collision involving a car and a lorry at Sheepwalk Road, at shortly after 5pm last Tuesday (May 6).

3 days ago | belfastmedia.com | Conor McParland

VISITORS to Bog Meadows Nature Reserve can now learn more about this fascinating urban wetland haven and its array of wonderful wildlife through a series of self-guided walks, developed by Ulster Wildlife. The walks are seasonal, with one for every month of the year, and cover a wide range of topics from signs of spring and fascinating fungi to tree folklore and wellbeing in nature. The walks can be accessed online on the Ulster Wildlife website and on-site.

5 days ago | belfastmedia.com | Conor McParland

AN anti-eviction march will take place from West Belfast to the city centre this weekend. It comes as private and social tenants, political and community representatives come together to highlight the impact of evictions on individuals, their families and the wider community. Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) held a press conference at Forthspring Inter Community Group on the Springfield Road, alongside fellow grassroots community groups, to highlight the protest.

6 days ago | belfastmedia.com | Gerry Adams

I SPENT the last week in Dublin in the Four Courts as part of the outworking of my case against the BBC’s Spotlight programme nine years ago. But more of that when it’s over, which could take another fortnight. On the morning that the case started our Gearóid phoned me to say that his father-in-law Paddy ‘Swinger’ McBride was dead. The news was a great shock. I had spent a half-hour or more a few days before chatting with Paddy in his home.