
Sinn Féin fails to push through social housing on enviromentally protected land in West Belfast
A plan for a housing estate at Dunmurry Cricket Club faces opposition from locals, City Hall officials and a variety of political parties.
Local news from Dunmurry and the surrounding area

A plan for a housing estate at Dunmurry Cricket Club faces opposition from locals, City Hall officials and a variety of political parties.

Concerns proposal for 37 homes in Dunmurry will lead to ‘significant loss of open space’

“This is an example of a trader vastly over-inflating the reasonable cost of a job and then adding insult to injury by carrying out poor quality work into the bargain"
A Dunmurry man has been ordered to complete community service and probation after being sentenced for a catalogue of offences.
A 78-year-old Dunmurry man is preparing to run his third half marathon in a matter of months to raise funds and awareness for British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland, after heart conditions changed
A Stormont agency is to investigate a Dunmurry bad odour after complaints of a “rotten egg” smell in the air “choking” residents.
A 78-year-old man is proving that age is just a number after signing up for next month’s Belfast Half Marathon – all for a good cause.

"This is in a build up area with a number of children's play parks in the area."
Two Dunmurry tower blocks could be pulled down in a fraction of an “18 month” time frame amid years of demolition delays.

The road was closed for a number of hours following the collision

Motorists are advised to avoid the area

"It was originally expected for them to be taken down floor by floor and to take up to a year and a half, thankfully those predictions were wrong."
A Dunmurry man has been given a suspended prison sentence after spitting blood at a police officer.
Police made one arrest after reports of males trying door handles of properties sparked a manhunt in the Dunmurry area on Wednesday (July 22) afternoon.

Tim Molloy was asleep in bed when mob including ‘very close friend’ stormed Dunmurry property

"It is incredibly disappointing after five years since residents moved out of the tower blocks, that still no demolition has taken place."

Anthony Rooney, 20, of Gardenmore Way in Dunmurry, appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court
A hidden car trader from Dunmurry has pleaded guilty at Craigavon Crown Court on Wednesday July 8, 2026 after advertising and selling vehicles with false mileage readings.
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Terrorism Investigation Unit, assisted by officers from Local Policing and Operational Support, conducted further searches in west Belfast on F
Police have charged a teenager to court following a report of an attempted hijacking in Dunmurry in the early hours of Monday morning, June 22.