Top marks as NI Branch School breaks enrolment record
THE Northern Ireland Branch of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association recently released some statistics relating to its school programme which make for very encouraging reading.The figures show an...
View ArticleBelfast sky-scraper repossessed
Ireland’s tallest building has effectively been repossessed, it has been confirmed.The 85m-high Obel Tower in Belfast was built at the height of the property boom but administrators have been called in...
View ArticleDevice found close to police station was ‘viable’
A SECURITY alert in Larne is now over, after the discovery of a viable device close to the town’s police station.Army bomb experts examined the suspicious object discovered in the area on Saturday...
View ArticleCouncillor shocked at petrol bomb attacks
A COUNCILLOR in Belfast has praised the swift reactions of residents, after two houses were attacked by petrol bombs in the early hours of Saturday morning.Police say the attack on the homes in the...
View ArticleParade marks closing of Londonderry’s gates
THOUSANDS of people are expected in Londonderry on Saturday for the annual Lundy’s Day’s parade.The march commemorates events from the 17th century siege of the city and is organised the Apprentice...
View Article‘Nationalism is in crisis’ Peter Robinson tells a DUP gathering
Nationalism is in crisis as more Catholics define themselves as Northern Irish, Peter Robinson has claimed.A section of Catholics hold views on social issues, education and the economy which are not...
View ArticleMan beaten and robbed in his west Belfast home
A MAN has suffered a head wound after being assaulted by an armed gang at his home on the outskirts of west Belfast.The 23-year-old was at home in the Colinbrook Gardens area of Poleglass around 9.40pm...
View ArticleApprentice Boys event in Londonderry a ‘celebration of people power’
A major parade commemorating the shutting of Londonderry’s gates against Jacobite forces in 1688 has passed off in the city without incident.Thousands of Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD) members, along...
View ArticleBelfast News Letter marks major milestone
READERS can still buy the News Letter anniversary supplement, which celebrates the paper’s recent 275th birthday.The 32-page pull-out includes congratulatory messages from the Queen, Prime Minister...
View ArticleSectarian attack on new Kingsmills memorial
Sectarian graffiti has been scratched into the plaster of a new memorial to the ten victims of the Kingsmills massacre.It commemorates the Kingsmills killing in which 10 Protestant workmen were shot...
View ArticleGAA probes players’ racism claims
The GAA is to investigate claims of racism during an Ulster Club football final between Crossmaglen and Kilcoo.Crossmaglen player Aaron Cunningham, whose father is black, claimed he was racially abused...
View ArticleFacebook paedophile page must close
Facebook is considering its next move after a Northern Ireland court ordered the removal of a page monitoring paedophiles.A convicted sex offender won his legal challenge to have the site taken...
View ArticleUnion J knocked out of X Factor
Boy band Union J have been knocked out of the semi-final on X Factor in a public vote.The three remaining acts are women’s favourite James Arthur, over-28 contestant Christopher Maloney and Asda worker...
View ArticleDunlop boys keep the dynasty alive
Few would have predicted 10 years ago that William and Michael Dunlop would one day walk a path remotely similar to their legendary dad Robert or uncle Joey.The pair became two of Ulster’s favourite...
View ArticleTesco expected to report sales
A TRADING update from retail giant Tesco will shine the spotlight on the supermarket sector this week ahead of the all-important Christmas season.Tesco is expected to report sales slipping back into...
View ArticleGet into mistletoe mode
Make your lips the star attraction this Christmas. LISA HAYNES reveals how to achieve an eye-popping poutNATURAL beauties look away now, the season of excess is upon us.But if you prefer to leave the...
View ArticleWelcome for £12m science park funding
THE development of a £12 million science park on the Fort George site in Londonderry represetns a huge boost for the area Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has claimed.Welcoming the announcement...
View ArticleNationalism in crisis, says Peter Robinson
Nationalism is in crisis as more Catholics define themselves as Northern Irish, First Minister Peter Robinson has claimed.A section of Catholics hold views on social issues, education and the economy...
View ArticleDavid Tweed’s TUV membership ‘terminated’
TUV leader Jim Allister has confirmed that former rugby international David Tweed’s membership of the party has been “terminated”.Tweed, who represented the TUV as a councillor in Ballymena, was last...
View ArticleCouncil to vote on Union flag at City Hall
A former UK sports minister has slammed Alliance for “denigrating” those with a British identity as the City Hall flag row reaches a climax.Kate Hoey, the Ulster-born Labour MP for Vauxhall, says the...
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