Police have released images of men they want to question in relation to the Ardoyne riots which took place on 12th July when an Orange parade was attacked by a republican mob. The images were taken from CCTV footage of the assault in which 100 police off… more »

The riots in Ardoyne last night were not just an orchestrated attempt to express intolerance at a display of Orange culture, nor an example of a community's complete inability to abide by normal standards of decency. The PSNI today said that republican r… more »

Obviously jealous of what a great time the rest of us were having, a few republicans in Belfast decided to express their own culture today. Here's the highlights. Ardoyne Republican rioters "seriously hurt" one police officer and injured another 50 a… more »

David Taggart, the prisoner who escaped from Lisburn court a month back, has been rearrested by the police at a planned raid on the Antrim Road in north Belfast at about 6:00 this morning. Police District Commander Ken Henning said this arrest had bee… more »

The annual Drumcree Parade has passed off peacefully today, amid what the BBC called 'low-key' security. As I mentioned in my Friday post, this is now the third year in a row the Drumcree Parade has passed off without any major incident. Hundreds of O… more »

The PSNI have said that Drumcree will see scaled down physical security measures when the annual Drumcree Parade takes place this Sunday. While the Parade's Commission have again banned Orangemen from walking home along the Garvaghy Road (a ban they have… more »

A 50 year-old woman collapsed in her home last night in the republican Glenalina area of west Belfast. Ambulance crews alerted the PSNI, whose officers then found her in her kitchen, unconscious. They began to resuscitate her with a defibrillator and CTR… more »

In an attempt to capitalise (a bit belatedly in my opinion) on the wristband craze that seems to be all the rage amoung "young people these days," the PSNI have launched their own multicoloured "Respect Difference" wristbands. The police hope the scheme… more »

Following on from my earlier post, 'Shankill Bomber Re-Jailing "Reprehensible"' on Tuesday, I'd like to draw attention to some of the writings of Newton Emerson, which were drawn to my attention by a post at Slugger O'Toole. In his piece in the Irish… more »

(Did you see what I did there? ;)) UNHAPPY with the increasing levels of anti-social behaviour in Belfast, traders have clubbed together to pay for 2 extra police officers to patrol the streets around the city centre. Obviously the traders think th… more »