Ulster Star (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) back issues from May 2008:
ANIMAL FEED LORRY OVERTURNS ON BUSY ROAD.
May 01, 2008 ... A LISBURN Councillor who witnessed a lorry overturn near the Union Bridge in the city says it is a miracle no one was seriously injured or killed. Councillor Andrew Ewing was walking to work when he witnessed the vehicle carrying animal feed, overturn just before 9am last Monday ...
LOCAL WOMAN REACHES THE NORTH POLE.
May 01, 2008 ... IT MAY have been a bit nippy here recently, but a former Dunmurry woman knows what cold is all about after becoming the only woman in a team of five to reach the North Pole last week. Wendy Kidd was quite literally on top of the world on April 21 when she and a team which ...
FRIENDS RETAIN HELEN MARTIN TROPHY.
May 01, 2008 ... THE much anticipated end of season girls' hockey competition took place at Friends' between the hosts and Wallace for the Helen Martin Trophy. Inaugurated in 1997 in memory of Helen Martin, a very influential teacher and great motivator, Helen was a former head of Girls' Games ...
LEAD ON NOEL.
May 01, 2008 ... LINFIELD'S 'Captain Fantastic' Noel Bailie has no intention of hanging up the boots despite the outcome of Saturday's JJB Irish Cup final showdown with Coleraine. Having lifted his eighth league title winners' medal last weekend, the 37-year-old from Lisburn is as hungry as ever ...
FURTHER APPEAL AFTER SHOOTING.
May 01, 2008 ... DETECTIVES in Lisburn are re-newing their appeal for witnesses to a shooting on the Stewartstown Road, in March. A 42-year-old taxi driver was shot by a masked male whilst parked at the rear of his taxi depot at ...
BRAKES PUT ON LISBURN'S BOY RACERS.
May 01, 2008 ... LISBURN police are planning a major crack-down on 'boy-racers' in the city as part of their road safety initiatives. The local PSNI have spent [pounds sterling]13,000 on new speed detecting equipment and digital breathalising kits, as they aim to put the brakes on high speed ...
VILLAGE RESIDENTS UNHAPPY OVER ACCESS TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
May 02, 2008 ... RESIDENTS in Maghaberry have objected to a planning application which they believe will have severe implications on their living environment if it gets the go-ahead with access thorugh their quiet cul-de-sac. 15 townhouses have been proposed at Glen Road and people living in ...
TAXI FIRM JOINS BATTLE TO SAVE LOCAL MATERNITY.
May 02, 2008 ... A LISBURN taxi firm has shown its support for the campaign to save the maternity services at Lagan Valley Hospital. Premier Taxis has collected over four hundred signatures calling for the retention of the unit. And the Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor James Tinsley, has ...
MAKE IT THE MAZE AND ALL NORTHERN IRELAND WILL WIN.
May 02, 2008 ... LISBURN City Council's Chief Executive has said the council is 'very hopeful' the plan to develop a national stadium at the Maze will get the go ahead from Finance Minister Peter Robinson. Mr Norman Davidson said the Maze project - of which the stadium is just one element - ...
TIM IS PIPPED AT THE POST.
May 02, 2008 ... UNFORTUNATELY local man Tim Taggart, who was competing this week to win a coveted presenting slot on GMTV just missed out on the top prize. However, Lisburn can be rightly proud of the young man who beat off thousands of other hopefuls to become one of just two finalists hoping ...
ROBINSON TO TURN DOWN MAZE PLAN CLAIMS NEWSPAPER REPORT.
May 02, 2008 ... A REPORT in the Guardian newspaper claims Finance Minister Peter Robinson is set to ditch plans for a [pounds sterling]140m national sports stadium on the site of the Maze prison in one of his last acts before taking over as First Minister. The report by respected journalist ...
NIECE INSPIRES BUS DRIVERS TO PUT ON THEIR RUNNING SHOES.
May 03, 2008 ... TWO Lisburn bus drivers are gearing up to run the Belfast City Marathon on Monday. Translink workers Gary Wassall, 40, and Michael Breen, 29, originally wanted to get fit so took up running at the beginning of the year. After a while they realised that they needed a ...
DOES DUNMURRY HIGH PUPIL HAVE THE X- FACTOR?
May 03, 2008 ... A SCHOOLGIRL from Dunmurry High School is heading to Scotland next week to take part in auditions for the X-Factor. Rebecca Dalzell, a Year 11 pupil is going to Hampden Park, where she will be singing 'Where Do Broken Hearts Go?' by Whitney Houston and she hopes she will impress ...
LINFIELD COMPLETE TREBLE.
May 03, 2008 ... IRISH Cup hero Peter Thompson dedicated his trophy winning two goal blast to the late Linfield chairman David Crawford and his grandfather who also passed away this year. The Northern Ireland striker turned the cup final in Linfield's favour after underdogs Coleraine led 1-0 at ...
ORANGEMEN COMPLAIN OF STEEP RISE IN TRANSPORT COSTS.
May 04, 2008 ... LOCAL members of the Orange Order have complained of steep rises in the cost of bus hire to take them to and from this year's South Antrim Combine 'Twelfth' demonstration at Derriaghy. Orangemen based at Castlerobin feel particularly agrieved they are being asked to pay more ...
ABSEIL LAUNCHES SCOUT HALL REDEVELOPMENT FUNDRAISING DRIVE.
May 06, 2008 ... THERE was a hair-raising experience for members of First Hillsborough Scout Group recently as they abseiled down the front of Belfast's Europa Hotel to launch their fundraising campaign to rebuild Hillsborough Village Scout Hall. From the comfort of the pavement on Great ...
WALLACE PARK REFURBISHMENT EXPECTED TO START IN AUTUMN.
May 06, 2008 ... WORK on refurbishing Wallace Park in Lisburn is expected to start in the autumn, Lisburn councillors have been told. Director of Leisure Services Mr. Jim Rose told this month's council meeting he expected work to start on the scheme and who would be carrying out the public ...
LAMBEG STUDENT KILLED IN TRAGIC ROAD ACCIDENT.
May 06, 2008 ... A TRAGIC road accident in England has claimed the life of a Lambeg student. Emma Rebecca Donnelly (20) from Woodland Avenue was struck by a vehicle between Bath and Stroud on Saturday after stepping off a minibus. The accident occurred as Emma who attended Bristol ...
NATURE RESERVE CREATED AT SLIEVENACLOY.
May 07, 2008 ... A CEREMONY was held last Saturday to mark the creation of a 125 hectare nature reserve in the hills above Lisburn. Slievenacloy, managed by the Ulster Wildlife Trust and nestled behind Divis and Colin Mountain, was given its new status recently by the City Council. ...
REV DENISE ACHESON INSTITUTED AS RECTOR OF ST COLMAN'S DUNMURRY.
May 07, 2008 ... THE Rev Denise Acheson, former curate assistant in Ballyholme Parish, was instituted as rector of St Colman's Parish, Dunmurry, last Thursday evening in succession to the Rev Tom Priestly, who died in August last year. The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy led the ...
WORK COULD START ON FIVE STAR HOTEL IN OCTOBER.
May 08, 2008 ... WORK could begin on the [pounds sterling]20m five star hotel on the Hillhall Road in October if the Planning Service give it the green light by the summer. This week the man behind the project, top hotelier Arthur Mooney, pledged to deal with any concerns local people may have ...
FIRST SOD IS CUT AS COLLEGE BUILDING GETS UNDERWAY.
May 08, 2008 ... THE construction phase of the new [pounds sterling]25 million education facilities for the South Eastern Regional College in Lisburn officially got underway this week when Employment and Learning Minister, Sir Reg Empey, performed the official sod cutting ceremony. Speaking at ...
LISBURN FALL JUST THREE RUNS SHORT.
May 08, 2008 ... LISBURN almost did what only a few teams have done at The Green, beat North Down when they came within three runs of victory. Needing 18 runs off the last three overs, the later order could not grab an unexpected win even after the professional, Gerry Strydom had again slayed ...
DUNMURRY 'HIGH' AFTER WIGAN TRIP.
May 08, 2008 ... A PARTY of 21 boys and two staff from Dunmurry High School have recently returned home after a five day football trip to Wigan. The group, which was accompanied by two community police officers from the PSNI, who helped to organise the tour, played two matches, winning one and ...
LACK OF LIGHTS BLAMED FOR BALLYMACASH ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.
May 09, 2008 ... ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour in the Ballymacash area is making local residents 'uncomfortable' in their own homes two local councillors have claimed. And they say the problem has been caused by the removal of street lighting at the rear of Rathvarna Walk and Drive. ...
POLEGLASS BOY SURVIVES 100 FOOT FALL.
May 09, 2008 ... THE POLEGLASS father of a 16-year-old boy who fell 100 feet down a ravine at the Colin Glen Forest Park at the weekend says his son is very lucky to be alive. Donal Collins' son Cillein, from the Colin Glen Road, was out walking with friends on Saturday evening when he suddenly ...
SEVEN POLICE INJURED AFTER CAR CAUSES MAYHEM.
May 09, 2008 ... SEVEN police officers have been injured while arresting a man alleged to have been driving erratically in Dunmurry on Friday morning Police say they received a report at around 8.40am on Friday morning that a man who was in a vulnerable state had left a house in the Ballyskeagh ...
POLICE CHIEF PROMISES MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON ROAD CARNAGE.
May 10, 2008 ... LISBURN'S police chief has warned motorists that more fixed penalties will be issued as his officers try to reduce the carnage on the roads. Speaking after the launch of the local policing plan last week, Chief Inspector David Moore said he was disappointed the PSNI had not ...
NEW HOUSING EXTENSION DROPS IN AT HILLHALL.
May 10, 2008 ... A REVOLUTIONARY new housing extension has been delivered to a tenant in the Hillhall estate. Glen Moore, who is unable to use his upstairs bathroom, took delivery of a 'Pod' - a pre-built room that attaches on to the rear of an existing house. The 'Pod', which in ...
LOCALS TREK THE WILDS OF BORNEO FOR ACTION CANCER.
May 11, 2008 ... LISBURN man Chris Lawlor set off on a life changing challenge to Borneo last weekend, where he will be trekking the wilds of the beautiful nation in aid of Action Cancer. Chris joined 15 other excited trekkers from across the Province, including Allyson Morrow, who is also ...
VIEWS SOUGHT AS PARK DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS UNVEILED.
May 11, 2008 ... LISBURN City Council has unveiled plans to revitalise Wallace Park to create an historic city green space within the city; and they are seeking your views on its proposals. A new and exciting concept plan for the Park has just been released, as well as a model of how the Park ...
LISBURN BEING TREATED AS 'SECOND CLASS CITY' IN BUS ROW.
May 12, 2008 ... LISBURN Council is investigating whether Translink's refusal to include Lisburn's new bus station on the route of the express coach service between Belfast and Dublin contravenes Northern Ireland's equality legislation. A separate letter is to be sent to Regional Development ...
SUN SHINES FOR MAYOR'S PARADE - PICTURE SPECIAL.
May 13, 2008 ... THE sun came out to join in the party as thousands of people packed into Lisburn on Saturday for ...
ROGER'S MOUNTAINOUS TREK TO RAISE MONEY FOR HILLSBOROUGH SCOUTS.
May 13, 2008 ... A LISBURN man has climbed the highest mountain in North Africa to help raise money for charity. Roger Duncan, 32, and his friend Simon Ball from Portglenone, embarked on the expedition in Morocco in March. The men, who are keen climbers, trekked for 22 hours out of 48 ...
CALL TO HELP LOCAL GIRL WIN MISS STUDENT UK TITLE.
May 14, 2008 ... A LISBURN girl has made it to the final of the Miss Student UK competiton. Charlotte Kearney, 21, from the Ballyskeagh area, will compete for the title at a grand final in Nottingham next month after she got through in a regional heat held in Manchester recently. The ...
LITTER PLEA AS DEAD FISH FOUND AT RESERVOIR.
May 15, 2008 ... STONEYFORD residents and Northern Ireland Water have appealed for vistors to Stoneyford Reservoir to respect the area and dispose of litter properly after the discovery of dead fish on the banks last week. Pollution has been ruled out by NI Water and instead concerns have ...
LISBURN URGED TO DO ANYTHING FOR NIAMH.
May 15, 2008 ... LISBURN residents are being urged to give it some 'Oom-Pah-Pah' and get voting for Niamh Perry as she competes to be Nancy in the forthcoming West End production of 'Oliver'. The 17-year-old starlet, who hails from Bangor, has become a familiar face in recent weeks appearing on ...
LISBURN GIRLS CALLED UP FOR WINDSOR EVENT.
May 15, 2008 ... TWO local girls have been called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the Pony Club Mounted Games event which will take place at Windsor Castle next weekend. Friends School pupil Charlotte Creighton and Wallace High School pupil Natalie Burns were both selected to the Northern ...
MOIRA BROTHERS GEAR UP FOR ITALY.
May 15, 2008 ... THREE brothers from Moira have made history by qualifying for the prestigious Bridgestone Cup at Lonato, near Lake Garda in Italy in October - the first time that three members of the same family have qualified for one of European karting's biggest races, at once. Reigning ...
DUNLOP DIES IN NORTH WEST 200 CRASH.
May 15, 2008 ... DARREN Burns from Stoneyford has survived a crash at the North West 200 on Thursday evening which claimed the life of Robert Dunlop. Burns suffered a suspected broken leg and concussion and is said to stable in hospital, but Dunlop (47), whose brother Joey was killed during a ...
LISBURN SINGERS GO HEAD TO HEAD IN RADIO VOTE.
May 17, 2008 ... A GROUP of talented Lisburn singers have been going head to head this week in a live radio vote to be crowned Young Star. The Citybeat Young Star Search was in the city on Saturday for the Mayor's Carnival Parade, searching for young singing talent aged from 8-16. ...
THIEVES BREAK INTO LORRY.
May 17, 2008 ... THIEVES broke into a lorry on the Ballykeel Road, in Anahilt last Wednesday sometime before 3pm. A sat nav system and ...
DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR LISBURN SIDE LOWER MAZE.
May 17, 2008 ... LISBURN side Lower Maze won the Alan Wilson Cup final last Friday night to add to the league title they won the previous week. It has been a terrific year for manager Tom Neill and his team, three years ago he took over the reins and with his son Darren as coach when the team ...
LISBURN RESIDENT WARNS OF OIL THEFTS.
May 17, 2008 ... A LISBURN resident has became the latest victim of the home heating oil thieves - losing around [pounds sterling]500 worth from her tank The woman, who did not wish to be identified had around 900 litres taken and only made the discovery when she checked her tank and found it ...
MINISTER URGED TO EXTEND RAPID TRANSIT TO LISBURN.
May 18, 2008 ... LISBURN Councillors are to write to Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy objecting to the proposed routes of the rapid transit network in Belfast. Councillors were unhappy that only the Dairy Farm area locally will potentially be serviced on one of the routes, and they ...
LOCAL MAN GETS READY FOR AMERICAN SUMMER CAMP.
May 18, 2008 ... A LOCAL man is preparing to cross the Atlantic to take part in an American summer camp. 21-year-old Andrew Morrison from the Pond Park Road will be working with children from the ages of 11-14, who will be taking part in a variety of activities such as canoeing, kayaking and ...
WALLACE PUPILS GO ONLINE TO WORK WITH HOLLYWOOD SCRIPTWRITER.
May 19, 2008 ... HOLLYWOOD came to Lisburn this week as Wallace High School pupils got the chance to work with award winning author and scriptwriter Daniel Wallace. Whilst the lives and careers of those in Hollywood keep millions of people around the world intrigued daily, the local Moving Image ...
CRIME IN LISBURN DOWN BY NEARLY 17%.
May 20, 2008 ... CRIME is Lisburn is down by nearly 17% in the last year, according to figures released this week. Statistics show that overall crime fell by 13.1% in the Police Service's D District, which includes Antrim, Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus as well as Lisburn. But the ...
DUNMURRY MAN FOUND IN CARAVAN PARK DIES.
May 20, 2008 ... A 41-year-old Dunmurry man who was found with head injuries in Castle Archdale caravan park in County Fermanagh on Sunday has died. A passer-by found James Patrick McGauran, from Kestrel Grange in Dunmurry, in a ...
TERENCE CELEBRATES 90 YEARS ON THE COKE SIDE OF LIFE.
May 22, 2008 ... ONE of the men behind the success of Coca-Cola in Northern Ireland has been honoured on his 90th birthday. Coca-Cola Bottlers (Ulster) Ltd hosted the celebration recently to mark the work and contribution of Terence Robinson, Non-Executive Director of the Lisburn bottling ...
BOOK OF CONDOLENCE OPENED BY COUNCIL.
May 22, 2008 ... LISBURN Mayor, Councillor James Tinsley and Sports Minister Edwin Poots were among mourners at the funeral of motorcycling legend Robert Dunlop last weekend. Councillor Tinsley, who is the Chairman of the Ulster Grand Prix Working Group, and Councillor Poots, joined more than ...
LISBURN WOMAN'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM QUAKE HORROR.
May 22, 2008 ... A LISBURN woman left the capital of Sichuan province i n China just two hours before the devastating earthquake which has left 70,000 people dead. Justine Holland, 35, had left the Chengdu Panda Sanctuary, where many people are still missing, but it was 48 hours before her ...
'DO YOU THINK SOMEONE IS WATCHING OVER ME'.
May 22, 2008 ... LISBURN woman, Justine Holland has spoken of her lucky escape from the devastating earthquake which hit China last week and has left at least 70,000 people dead. Justine, emailing from China, explained what happened during those fateful few days and told of just how lucky she ...
ROCK STAND IN WAY OF LISBURN'S HOPES.
May 22, 2008 ... LISNAGARVEY'S long season comes to a conclusion at University College Dublin this weekend. On Saturday, they play in the semi-final stages of the Club Championships, hoping for a place in the final on Sunday. Their opponents tomorrow are Three Rock Rovers, Leinster's league ...
HAMILTON CUP HERO FOR SPORTING LISBURN.
May 22, 2008 ... JASON Hamilton inspired Sporting Lisburn to their first ever trophy in the South Antrim League with a thrilling 5-3 win over 112th Old Boys II in the Supplementary Plate final at Seycon Park. Hamilton got on the end of a long ball to give Sporting the lead and he then ...
DERRIAGHY GET HOME DRAW.
May 22, 2008 ... DERRIAGHY have been drawn at home to Woodvale or Waringstown in the third round of the Challenge Cup. The tie will be played at Queensway on ...
LISBURN JEWELLERS ADDS MIDAS TOUCH TO ROYAL WEDDING.
May 23, 2008 ... A LISBURN jewellers played a very important role in the wedding of the Queen's eldest grandson. Bow Street firm Midas Jewellers was given the honour of providing the platinum wedding band especially commissioned by Autumn Kelly for her new husband Peter Phillips. Jim ...
ALL EYES ON ULSTER DERBY.
May 23, 2008 ... FOR the fifth year running Specsavers Opticians in Lisburn is sponsoring what looks set to be the highlight of this year's Down Royal Summer Festival of Racing - the Specsavers Derby on Saturday 21 June. The store in Lisburn, along with the 13 other stores across the province, ...
LISBURN MAN JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS OVER CRASH WHICH KILLED FOUR FRIENDS.
May 23, 2008 ... A 23-year-old Lisburn man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for causing a car crash which killed four of his friends. Kurtis Armstrong, from Ivy Hill, was driving when his car crashed into a field and hit a tree on a straight stretch of road at Ligoniel in February 2004 ....
KIRK SEEKS MORE ACADEMY COACHES.
May 23, 2008 ... LISBURN Distillery manager Paul Kirk has launched a recruitment drive for new coaches to assit with the Academy programme at New Grosvenor. The boss wants to hear from any qualified coaches who are keen to get involved coaching from Under-8 to Under-12 age groups. ...
HILLSBOROUGH FRIENDS ON THE RUN FOR CHARITY.
May 24, 2008 ... A GROUP of 25 friends from Hillsborough took part in this years Belfast marathon in a bid to raise money for charity. The group successfully completed the run and raised [pounds sterling]4,107. Ten people from the group decided to do the challanging nine mile walk ...
FURY OVER LEAK AGAINST MAZE STADIUM PLAN.
May 24, 2008 ... OPPONENTS of the Maze stadium claim a leaked document has blown the full-time whistle on the plan. What was supposed to be a confidential report was leaked earlier this week and said that building a National Stadium would cost more than three times the original estimate. ...
'A BELFAST PARLIAMENT FOR A BELFAST PEOPLE' SAYS CRAWFORD.
May 24, 2008 ... LISBURN Councillors have reacted angrily to the leak suggesting the Maze proposals are to be rejected. Ulster Unionist Councillor Ronnie Crawford said such a decision would simply be based on a 'pro-Belfast agenda'. Mr Crawford said: "If, as widely leaked by the DUP, ...
LISBURN GOLFER DAVID MAKES IRISH DEBUT.
May 24, 2008 ... DAVID Leathem makes his international golfing debut on Tuesday as Ireland take on Scotland at Scotscraig. The 20-year-old becomes only the second member of Lisburn Golf Club to achieve this honour. In March Matthew McKnight was the first when he was called onto the Irish team ...
MUM TELLS OF FANTASTIC TREATMENT AT LAGAN VALLEY.
May 25, 2008 ... THE dedicated care and attention of staff in the Lagan Valley Maternity Unit has been praised by a local mum, who says that she wouldn't have another child anywhere else. Barbara Mackin, who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a genetic bone disorder also known as 'brittle bone ...