Community Centre needs respect

Sinn Féin councillor Gerard McCabe said young children are risking their lives by climbing on to the roof of Ardoyne Community Centre.
The councillor made the warning as antisocial behaviour at the community centre has worsened over the summer months.

He said children as young as 11-years-old have been scaling dangerous fences in order to gain access to the roof.
They have also broken windows, ripped off shutters and put graffiti on the walls of the centre.

"People in this area had to go through a lot to get this community centre," he said.
"My predecessor Margaret McClenaghan had to do so much work in the council to secure the funding for the building and there were a lot of people who worked hard to get the place set up.
"It is a vital resource in this community and the community demands that this stops."

Councillor McCabe will be visiting local schools in the area once the new term starts to speak to the children and warn them about the dangers of their actions.
"These young people need to understand how much of an asset the community centre is to our whole community.
“I will be going into schools to tell children involved in this how much damage they are doing. They need to respect a resource that was fought so long and hard for."