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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Beggs welcomes new paramilitary taskforce
East Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman Roy Beggs has outlined his support for a new joint taskforce that is to be created to tackle crime by paramilitary groups. The MLA has consistently spoken out against both republican and loyalist paramilitary organised crime in recent years. Roy Beggs MLA said, “For too long now, paramilitaries from both the republican and loyalist persuasions, have operated beyond the rapprochement of law and order in our communities. Their illegal actions and resultant intimidation, drug misuse, extortion, loan sharking, punishment attacks, gun crime, arson and other organised criminal activity should not be tolerated in a lawful society.” Mr Beggs, a recent member of the Justice Committee at Stormont, has a record of consistently speaking out in opposition to all forms of paramilitarism through the media and on record at Stormont. “As an elected representative for East Antrim, I have witnessed at first hand the damage … Continue reading
Beggs attends NHSCT public meeting in Newtownabbey to discuss £13.2m cuts
Speaking following a public meeting at Mossley Mill in relation to the proposed cuts to the NHSCT budget totalling £13.2m, Roy Beggs MLA said “the proposal to close the 2 re-habitation wards at Whiteabbey Hospital would have huge damaging implications for Antrim Hospital itself as patients would continue to occupy acute beds at Antrim. This is being proposed alongside a reduction in nursing/residential packages and home care and would contribute to bed blocking. Fewer new patients would be able to be treated at Antrim and the already acceptably long waiting lists would get even longer.” Specialist rehabilitation staff at Whiteabbey highlighted that there was not space at Antrim for their bulky, specialist equipment which aided recovery and so patients would have a slower recovery from their condition. Roy Beggs MLA urged for cuts to health administration at the Health Department, the HSC Board and questioned the need for 5 Health … Continue reading
Gunshots fired into children’s bedroom during ongoing Larne feud
There have been calls for decisive police action after shots were fired into the bedroom of three sleeping children in Larne as part of an ongoing feud. The BBC reported the children were aged 10, seven and three. Police said that around 1.50am on Monday two masked men with shotguns hijacked a Volkswagen Bora in the Craigy Hill area of the town. The car was then driven to a Brustin Brae Road house, where shots were fired at the property and the car was set alight. Press Eye Belfast – Northern Ireland 11th September 2017The scene on the Brustin Brae Road outside Larne in Co. Antrim where shots were fired at a property along with a vehicle being set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye.com The children’s mother, Aislinn Hassin, told the BBC she blamed paramilitaries who were trying to harm her ex-husband, … Continue reading
Larne: Shots fired into bedroom as children sleep
Image caption A car was burnt out during the attack in Brustin Brae Road Three children, aged 10, seven and three, were asleep in a house in County Antrim when shots were fired into their bedroom on Monday morning. The gun attack took place at a detached house in Brustin Brae Road, Larne. Shots were also fired into the hallway. No one was injured. A car was also set alight and destroyed in the attack. Police have linked the attack to an ongoing feud, and said there would be an increased PSNI presence in Larne. Image caption Aislinn Hassin said she was considering moving house The children’s mother, Aislinn Hassin, told the BBC she blamed paramilitaries who were trying to harm her ex-husband, whose mother owns the property. “It has to stop. They’ve taken a disliking to him. Somebody needs to help and sort this, and we’ve been to loads … Continue reading
Beggs calls for increased police patrolling in Larne following latest Larne attacks
Following the latest in a series of arson attacks and a hijacking, Roy Beggs MLA has called for increased police patrolling and for the public to provide information to help end the intimidation and feuding in Larne. Roy Beggs MLA said, “The arson attack on two cars in Magee Park resulted in extensive damage to the adjacent home. We must thank the Fire & Rescue Service for their speedy response in putting out the fire and thankfully I am unaware of reports of anyone been seriously injured.” Subsequently in Craigyhill, a Volkswagen Bora was hijacked by 2 masked armed men. The local Ulster Unionist MLA said, “It must be of concern to the entire community when a car is hijacked at gun point. I am sure the occupants of the car will have been traumatised. I am led to believe that the car was then driven to an address on … Continue reading
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