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BBC News
19 hours ago
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West Belfast: Fire at GAA club started deliberately, police say
Police say a fire which destroyed facilities at a west Belfast GAA club was started deliberately.A shop, scoreboard and signage at Lámh Dhearg GAC in Hannahstown were destroyed in the attack on Saturday a statement on Monday, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Insp Dalton said the fire is believed to have been started at around 18:20 BST on Saturday. Insp Dalton said the fire caused "extensive damage". "It's absolutely unacceptable that a community organisation should be targeted in this way," he added. Belfast city councillor Arder Carson said the fire was a "blatant act of vandalism". Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster, Carson said: "It definitely fills you with despair and some anger that a club that does so much for the local community in terms of working diligently to provide facilities and services that give young people hope and opportunity has been subject to such an attack." He said the club was "in the heart" of preparing for its children's summer camps and the start of a new championship season. "Setting fire outdoors at any time is reckless but this level is just beyond reckless," Carson said. "On the period of dry weather we have had, to set fires in an area like that which is rural and totally green is just beyond reckless."Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Fire destroys club shop and scoreboard at Lámh Dhearg GAA club
A scoreboard, shop and signage was destroyed in a fire at a GAA club in County Antrim.Lámh Dhearg GAC said it believed the fire had been started deliberately. "The club has made great efforts in recent years to improve our club facilities for our members and local community and are deeply concerned by this act of vandalism at a time when our facilities are needed the most," a spokesperson Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it attended a fire at the club in Hannahstown at about 18:00 BST on Saturday. Belfast city councillor Arder Carson said the fire was "a pure act of deliberate vandalism that fills you with despair"."Attacking the very organisation that provides so much for young people and the entire community. It has to be condemned without reservation," the Sinn Féin councillor appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
