News from the Unionist community
By Jamie Bryson Let me begin this piece by setting a clear and unambiguous context. I despise drug dealing and have campaigned against it my whole adult life. If people choose to engage in drug dealing then my view is that they take their chances with the law and if convicted they deserve a strong […]
The tax payer has been subjected to a relentless media campaign of adverts and press releases about tackling paramilitarism. Most people probably thought this was all about tackling organised crime, helping victims and making communities safer. The tackling paramilitarism programme originated in the Fresh Start agreement of November 2015 where it set out the Executive’s […]
Unionist Voice is currently working on a small pamphlet highlighting the murder of Robert Shields. In the interim period, as part of our ‘Forgotten Victims’ series, we have decided to highlight Robert’s murder and the positive role he played serving the community during some of the darkest days of the IRA’s terrorist campaign. Robert was […]
By Jamie Bryson Alderman Ruth Patterson is being hauled before the Local Government Commissioner on the basis of a factual and accurate speech which highlighted the fact Crumlin Star FC had on their committee a senior IRA terrorist. Despite not naming the aforementioned terror boss, Eddie Copeland self-identified himself as the person to which the […]
East Belfast FC secured a historic third Steel and Sons Cup with a convincing 3-0 win over local rivals Sirocco Works in the prestigious Christmas Day final. The club had previously secured the trophy in the 1954-55 season with a 5-0 over Dundela at Grosvenor Park and again in 1992 under the management of Jim […]
Loyalist Willie Young has told Unionist Voice that he is has felt “compelled to respond” after a Sunday World article published today (16th December) made a number of allegations against him, including that he was a ‘tout’. The article alleged that Mr Young had been ejected from a pub in east Belfast and further went […]
East Belfast FC progressed to the Steele and Sons Cup final after a historic victory at Seaview last night. A Danny McKee goal late in the game was enough to see Stephen Matthew’s NAFL Premier Division side book their place in the showpiece final on Christmas Day. On a cold night at Seaview over 1,000 […]
East Belfast Football Club have released a statement in the wake of last weeks invasion of their football club by masked men. The statement calls on unionist elected representatives to indicate their support for a political declaration which slams the actions of Belfast City Council, reaffirms that no unionist political representatives were consulted about the plans […]
On Saturday East Belfast FC organised a protest in response to masked men, aided by the PSNI, invading their facilities in order to demolish a children’s community hub, earmarked for mental health provision and educational workshops for the local community. The appalling actions of Belfast City Council has drawn anger from right across the local […]
By Jamie Bryson “Horrified”. That is how Labour MP Kate Hoey described the news of masked contractors invading a community sports facility in East Belfast to tear down a self-funded hub, designed to provide education and mental health provision for young people, many of whom come from areas of social deprivation. That was bad […]