West Belfast
# west-belfast - Today’s News
# west-belfast - Friday 17 May, 2013
Homes evacuated as PSNI investigate bomb found after shooting in Belfast
The device was found in follow-up searches to a gun attack in the area yesterday.
# west-belfast - Friday 15 March, 2013
Police ‘dealing with mortar-type device’ in Belfast
An army technical team are at the scene dealing with what police think is a mortar type device.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Evacuation of houses during Belfast security operation
The PSNI has closed parts of two roads due to an ongoing security operation on Lenadoon Avenue, they said this evening.
# west-belfast - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Man released ‘unconditionally’ over attempted murder of PSNI officer
The 36-year-old was arrested yesterday by police investigating the attempted bombing of an officer’s family car.
# west-belfast - Monday 11 February, 2013
Man arrested over attempted murder of PSNI officer
The 36-year-old male was arrested in relation to the attempted murder on 30 December 2012.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Witnesses sought in relation to shooting incident in West Belfast
A man, believed to be in his 20s, was shot in the Beechview Park area at approximately 7.35pm this evening.
# west-belfast - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Police probe report of small explosion outside house in west Belfast
The explosion is said to have happened early this morning on Springfield Road.
# west-belfast - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
Pipe bomb thrown at police vehicle in west Belfast
Parts of the Culmore Gardens area had to be evacuated last night following the incident.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Belfast police seek witnesses after ‘paramilitary-style’ shooting
A man in his 30s was shot in the leg in the west of the city last night.
# west-belfast - Friday 10 August, 2012
14 year old boy charged over 12th of July riots in Belfast
Young teenager will appear before Belfast Magistrates Court this morning.
# west-belfast - Friday 3 August, 2012
Around 100 West Belfast homes evacuated
Evacuations are to ‘ensure safety of local community’ as PSNI investigate reported mortar attack and shot fired at police vehicle.
# west-belfast - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Two women charged over Belfast stabbing
Two women have been charged over the stabbing of a 23-year-old man in Belfast yesterday.
# west-belfast - Monday 4 June, 2012
PSNI officers warn Facebook users about illegal sectarian posts
PSNI officers in West Belfast have said they have taken down illegal posts from the social networking site with a view to prosecution.
# west-belfast - Saturday 7 April, 2012
PSNI seek information on afternoon West Belfast assault
A man was assaulted by four masked men in the Hannahglen Heights area at around 2:30pm this afternoon.
# west-belfast - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
West Belfast homes evacuated over suspicious object
A security alert is in operation after the object was found in the Glen Road area this morning.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Govt committed to Ballymurphy justice campaign
Following the Attorney General’s decision to hold new inquests into the deaths of 10 people who were shot dead in west Belfast in 1971, the Department of Foreign Affairs has reiterated its support for the victims’ families.
# west-belfast - Monday 14 November, 2011
Police seeking information on armed robbery
A man was threatened during the robbery, which took place in West Belfast this afternoon.
# west-belfast - Thursday 11 August, 2011
Boy, 14, accused of attempted murder in Belfast
The Irish News says the arrested boy is the youngest person to face such a serious charge in nearly a decade.
# west-belfast - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
Petrol bombs and violence in Belfast ahead of Twelfth of July marches
Twenty-two police officers were injured in the disturbances overnight.
# west-belfast - Sunday 19 June, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In your Fix tonight: Labour picks its president; the cost of a second Greek bailout; the former government minister and the social network; The Boss looses his Big Man; and the dog who loves a riot.
Gang uses bats, bricks and bottles to attack houses
The armed gang struck a street in west Belfast in the early hours of Sunday forcing residents to flee.
# west-belfast - Friday 10 June, 2011
Sinn Féin retains Gerry Adams’ old seat in West Belfast
The result was widely expected but notable for the historic low turnout.
# west-belfast - Thursday 9 June, 2011
By-election being held to fill Gerry Adams’ Westminster seat
The Sinn Féin president resigned the seat earlier this year in order to run for the Dáil where he now sits as a TD for Louth.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
Man arrested after four stabbings in west Belfast
Four people are stabbed after a disturbance at a bar in the nationalist Falls Road area of West Belfast last night.
# west-belfast - Wednesday 26 January, 2011
I’m not the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, says Adams
David Cameron’s private secretary apologises to the Sinn Féin president after the PM says Adams has taken a job under the Crown.
# west-belfast - Tuesday 2 November, 2010
Pipe bomb explodes, and another defused, in Belfast
The Army is called in to deal with a pipe bomb shortly after an explosion in West Belfast near the Falls Road.














































