Patton creditors meeting in January
THE process of settling the affairs of the failed Patton Group construction company will take a major step early in the new year, the administrators said yesterday.A meeting of creditors is planned to...
View ArticleSouth Belfast street re-opens following gas leak
A street in the Village area of south Belfast has re-opened following a suspected gas leak.Pandora Street, off the Donegall Road, was shut off to the public early on Thursday evening between around 5...
View ArticleBomb made safe in Dublin
An Irish army bomb disposal team has carried out a controlled explosion on a device in Dublin.Members of the Irish Defence Forces were deployed to Turvey Avenue, Inchicore - a south west suburb of...
View ArticleBNP warned to stay away from Belfast flag protests
The British National Party has been warned to stay away from protests in support of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall.BNP leader Nick Griffin turned up at the Ulster Covenant centenary celebrations...
View ArticleOnline platform just the ticket for retailers
TreatTicket.com, a Northern Ireland deals provider has developed an app aimed at revolutionising the way high street retailers interact with local consumers, and how customers can locate discounts and...
View ArticleCautious households ‘pay back debt’
CAUTIOUS households are paying back “virtually as much as they borrow”, despite a pick-up in people spending money on their credit cards and taking out mortgages, a high street banking report said...
View ArticleIRA nearly led Guinness to drop Irish link
ONE of the most quintessentially Irish brands – Guinness – was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company during the Falklands crisis, Irish state papers have...
View ArticleFifty officials grilled on Robinson leak
THERE were six Civil Service inquiries in the space of seven years into the leaking of documents to either Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson, a 1982 file released under the 30-year rule reveals.For the...
View Article‘Brain washing’ of prisoners rejected
NIO officials considered ways to “brain wash” hunger strikers to abandon their protest, Stormont files from 1982 reveal.Pressure was to be put on inmates to stop fasting before their conditions became...
View ArticleSenior NIO man called McNarry a dangerous nuisance
DAVID McNarry was described by a senior NIO official as “a dangerous nuisance”, the newly-released government records reveal.In a confidential memo dated September 27, 1982, David Blatherwick reported...
View ArticleTory MP asked for hunger strike prison ship
AN NIO minister rejected a 1982 proposal from an influential backbencher to put paramilitary inmates on a prison ship during the height of the hunger strikes and dispose of their bodies at sea if they...
View Article22 fuel laundering plants shut
Customs officers dismantled and shut 22 fuel laundering plants in Northern Ireland this year which were capable of depriving the Inland Revenue of £68 million.in taxes, it was revealed on Friday.The...
View ArticleMore time granted to excavate ancient site
Archaeologists racing against the clock to excavate an ancient settlement in Co Fermanagh before a road is built on top of it have been granted more time to complete the dig.Work on the Drumclay...
View ArticleThatcher was key in saving the Falklands
DURING the Falklands War 30 years ago, Britain had few friends.Cabinet papers released today are a reminder of the unhelpful response of some UK allies at a time of need.Despite the so-called special...
View ArticlePriest ‘unguided moral missile’
ROMAN Catholic priest Denis Faul – who came to prominence during the 1981 hunger strike – was described by the NIO as an “unguided moral missile”, while a letter from another priest believed to be...
View ArticleFocus of Christian year is ministry of the Lord
IF you haven’t by now received one as a gift, you will no doubt be buying one for yourself before the week is out – a 2013 calendar.Calendars are not only a useful gift, they are usually also a...
View ArticleMinister gives go-ahead to retail store
A new ASDA store, which will create 350 jobs and represent an investment of £30m, is to be built in Londonderry following the Environment Minister’s decision to grant planning permission.Alex Attwood...
View ArticleSanity proves to be the best present this Christmas
An artisan brewery situated amidst the spectacular scenery of the Mountains of Mourne is creating plenty of cheer this festive season with a very special product.With all the frenzy surrounding...
View ArticleNationalist concessions were considered, archives reveal
The Democratic Unionist Party was prepared to endorse a meaningful role for nationalists at Stormont as early as 1982, the archive reveals.A fresh-faced Sammy Wilson, 27, not long out of Queen’s...
View ArticleDad cleared of son’s stabbing
A dad accused of murdering his peadophile drug-dealing son, was on Friday cleared of the horrific, brutal stabbing.The 62-year-old Co Armagh man, Kevin Patrick Fletcher had always denied stabbing his...
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