Third arrest after police car bomb attack
Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland have made a third arrest.A 41-year-old man was detained in west Belfast this evening.Two others, aged 25 and 34,...
View ArticleBomb hoax at shopping centre
A suspicious object found at Junction One shopping centre in Antrim has been declared a hoax.At around 12.30pm, it was reported that a suspicious object had been discovered. Army bomb experts were...
View ArticleAuld rhyming lines not forgotten
IN October last year Moneymore reader Iris Stewart asked us to help her find the words of a poem that she learnt in the late 1950s in her old primary school. It was called ‘The Burial of Sir John...
View ArticleIn search of the tales of Hofman
WITH the recent echoes of Auld Lang Syne still ringing in our ears, Roamer’s first column in 2013 celebrates the New Year with a short account of a garden party held over a century ago in a busy and...
View ArticleCameron calls for ‘bold steps’ at Fermanagh summit
DAVID Cameron has told fellow G8 leaders they must start work now on preparing “bold steps” to take when they meet in Northern Ireland in June for the annual summit.The Prime Minister, in a letter...
View ArticleIt’s not disloyal to want United Ireland - Hayes
THE most senior Catholic civil servant in Stormont in 1982 sent a private six-page analysis of Catholic views, arguing that an expression of Irishness and a desire for a united Ireland should not lead...
View ArticleWhy Abortion Act wasn’t extended to the Province
A FILE on abortion policy shows that the government did not try to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland partly out of fears that medical staff would refuse to perform terminations.However,...
View ArticleGrowing influence of unionism’s rising star
THE influence of the rising unionist politician Edgar Graham was apparent in a cabinet paper exchange in 1982, the year before he was murdered by the IRA at the age of 29.A letter from Mr Graham to...
View ArticleOne road death is one too many
ROAD fatalities on both sides of the Irish border happily showed a significant reduction in 2012 with an obvious greater safety awareness leading to the fall.In Northern Ireland, we experienced the...
View ArticleFlag protests to continue, despite warning from loyalist chief
Loyalists will continue their flag protests well into the new year with a walk from City Hall to Stormont due to take place in early February.Their pledge comes despite a warning from UDA boss Jackie...
View ArticleSafety pledge as victim dies after attacks in Omagh
A councillor in Omagh has said local authorities will look at the death of a young assault victim to see how safety around bars can be improved.The SDLP’s Josephine Deehan said the death of Co Monaghan...
View ArticleOmagh death now treated as murder, say police
The death of a teenager on New Year’s Eve is being treated as murder, police have said.Jason McGovern, 19, from Tydavnet, Co Monaghan, died after being assaulted during a night out in Omagh, Co Tyrone,...
View ArticleVolunteers wanted to help offenders get back to work
Volunteers willing to help offenders get back on the straight and narrow have been urged to sign up to a new mentoring scheme.Participants in the Probation Board Northern Ireland (PBNI) initiative will...
View ArticlePoliticians urged to get radical on investment
THE Northern Ireland Executive must make radical decisions and take bold steps to help the economy into life in 2013 employers’ groups have claimed.New Year messages from the CBI and the Northern...
View ArticleMcGuinness gets title as he quits as MP
Martin McGuinness has been awarded an English aristocratic title to secure his resignation as an MP, the Treasury confirmed on Wednesday.The Sinn Fein politician, who has never taken his seat in...
View ArticlePair released over police murder bid
Two men being held in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland have been released.The pair, aged 25 and 34, were arrested on Monday after a bomb was found under a...
View ArticleRoads blocked in fresh flag protests
Up to 300 loyalists have blocked roads in Carrickfergus as part of a protest over flags, police have said.The crowd, some of whom used scarves to hide their identity, gathered at a roundabout between...
View ArticleNew flag protest group want ‘direct rule’
A NEW committee of flag protestors elected on Thursday night, have called for a return to direct rule, but politicians say they are committed to the Unionist Forum set up by the UUP and DUP.A DUP...
View ArticleReport on ‘brain dead’ debate sparked uproar
A BBC Panorama programme that asked whether brain dead patients were really dead alarmed the public and annoyed the medical establishment.The documentary caused a sensation across the UK, and viewers...
View ArticleAnger over cross-border lough ferry
A RESIDENTS’ group is objecting to plans to build a ferry link between south Down and Co Louth across Carlingford Lough.Greencastle Area Residents’ Group, which says it represents some 60 families in...
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