Events at Gallipoli viewed both as a tragedy and a source of great pride
Historian Gordon Lucy looks ahead to Anzac Day and how Australians and New Zealanders remember the fallen of ‘ill-conceived’ WW1 operationFor over a century, in the dark hours before daybreak each...
View ArticleDUP: UK citizenship rules cannot erode principle of consent
Warnings that Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland will have their rights diminished by Brexit have been dismissed by unionist politicians.A campaign – led by immigration activist Emma DeSouza –...
View ArticleBelfast Marathon’s move to Sunday shows ‘disregard for Christians’
An influential evangelical Protestant lobby group has described the decision to move the Belfast City Marathon to a Sunday as an example of the “dismissal of Christian values”.The Caleb Foundation said...
View ArticleReported On This Day 280 Years Ago (April 17 1739): Soldiers in Dublin...
From the Belfast News Letter of April 6 1739 (April 17 in the modern calendar). DUBLIN, April the 3d.Last Saturday some Soldiers meeting with a Woman in Barrack-street, brought her into an Ale house,...
View ArticleReported On This Day 280 Years Ago (April 17 1739): Dick Turpin is guilty
From the Belfast News Letter of April 6 1739 (which is April 17 1739 in the modern calendar):Extract of a Letter from York, dated March 23.Yesterday John Palmer, alias Richard Turpin, was tried here,...
View ArticleCommunity fund support for four Carrickfergus groups
Four groups from the Carrickfergus area were recently awarded grants from the Workspace Community Fund to help support their community projects.The organisations awared funding were: Carrickfergus...
View ArticleClimate change protesters set to take to streets of Belfast
Environmental protesters will take to the streets of Belfast on Friday to voice concerns about climate change and call on the government to take urgent action to help “minimise the risk of human...
View ArticleIrish pro-choice campaigners named on ‘world’s most influential people’ list
Three Irish pro-choice campaigners in the abortion debate have been included in a list of the world’s most influential people.The former co-directors of Together for Yes have said they are “honoured”...
View ArticleIsrael Folau homophobia row: NI clergyman claims rugby authorities are trying...
The rugby authorities are trying to intimidate and silence those with firmly held Christian beliefs, a Northern Ireland clergyman has claimed.Rev David McIlveen, a retired Free Presbyterian minister,...
View ArticleNominate your club for chance to win £4K prize in Lidl's Sport for Good...
Lidl NI have launched an exciting new initiative, Sport for Good, after worrying statistics revealed more than one in four young people struggle with their mental health.European gold gymnast Rhys...
View ArticleProtests planned for ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ screening
Members of the Free Presbyterian Church are planning to protest at a film screening of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in Armagh this Saturday evening.The Market Place Theatre is showing the 1973 film of the...
View ArticleSean sails from one liners to cruise liners
Lurgan comic Sean Hegarty is to sail around the world, on a trip of a lifetime, telling jokes to audiences aboard P&O Cruises.Sean (35) was a semi-finalist on Ireland’s Got Talent, won Ireland’s...
View Article'Deadly pollen bomb' set to hit N.I. in next 24 hours
Weather experts have warned against a "deadly pollen bomb" that is due to hit Northern Ireland within the next 24 hours.Widespread moderate air pollution is forecast for Wednesday right across Northern...
View ArticleTraffic diversions in place as security alert continues
The PSNI has set up traffic diversions as the security alert continues in Lurgan.The area surrounding the derelict site of the former St Michael’s Grammar School has been sealed of by police after the...
View ArticleYoungsters dice with death as roof gives way on industrial building
Kids went partially through an asbestos roof while climbing on an industrial building in Castledawson.Police are appealing to parents and teachers to alert young people of the dangers. In a social...
View ArticleHomes evacuated in another NI town after security alert
Police are currently attending a security alert at the Rathvarna Drive area of Lisburn this afternoon (Wednesday 17th April).A PSNI spokesman said a number of homes have been evacuated as officers...
View Article£4,000 cement mixer stolen in building site thefts
Police are investigating two reports of thefts from building sites in the Greenisland area.The first took place between 7.00 pm on April 15 and 7.00 am, on April 16, at Chantry Gardens.Appliances,...
View ArticlePolice reassure parents amid ongoing security alert
Police have issued an update on the current security alert in Lurgan, giving details for parents picking up children from St Teresa’s Primary School.A police spokesman said: “The school is uneffected...
View ArticleMan arrested over INLA probe
Police investigating the activities of the INLA have arrested a 49-year-old man and conducted a search of a property in the Strabane area today.Detective Inspector Tom McClure said: “The man was...
View ArticleRat is crushed to death in N.I. restaurant - customers hysterical and...
There were hysterical scenes at a well known Northern Ireland restaurant on Tuesday evening after a rat was crushed to death in full view of customers after it came into contact with diners.The...
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