UUP probe into ‘McNarry affair’
THE Ulster Unionist Party has announced a probe into the “alleged indiscipline and breaches of party confidentiality” by David McNarry MLA and other party members.UUP chairman David Campbell yesterday...
View ArticleAnger erupts over EU Maze cash
UNIONIST politicians and victims of IRA atrocities have reacted angrily to the revelation that £18m of European funding has been approved for a conflict resolution centre at the Maze.It has been...
View ArticleMPs in row over IRA ‘genocide’
SHOCKED English MPs have rejected a Stormont minister’s testimony that the IRA carried out “genocide” against unionists in south Armagh.Danny Kennedy was giving evidence at Stormont yesterday, along...
View ArticleIAN PAISLEY: In praise of our heavenly ‘Vagabond King’
THE New Statesman recently carried an article entitled The Vagabond King. It tells the story of Valentine Strasser. In 1992 he became the world’s youngest head of state when he seized power in Sierra...
View ArticleAntrim company goes Dutch with export deal
An Antrim-based technology company has won new export business in the Netherlands.Details of the contract between TotalMobile and Aenova BV, a leading software company based in Delft, were revealed by...
View ArticleEntertainment for short attention spans
THE BELFAST Children’s Festival returns with a week-long programme beginning, March 9, of fun-filled events and low cost activities for children aged 0-14. This year offers a range of local and...
View ArticleIt’s all about Billy
GRAHAM Reid’s Billy plays, screened in the 1980s, offered, for the first time, a glimpse into working-class Ulster Portestant life.Here was the eponymous and rebellious Billy, played by a fresh-faced...
View ArticleTown shocked after salon gun death
A MAN in his 20’s is understood to have taken his own life in a shooting incident at a hair salon in Dungannon.It is reported the man, entered the hairdressers on Carland Road close to the town centre,...
View ArticleNo jail term leniency for Massereene killer
THE limited life expectancy of a terminally-ill dissident republican convicted of murdering two British soldiers should not influence the length of his jail term, his defence lawyer has accepted.Cystic...
View ArticleUUP had private opposition talks
ULSTER Unionist MLAs privately discussed going into opposition to the DUP less than a month ago while most of them did not know the party was engaged in talks with the DUP.At an ‘away day’ just four...
View ArticleOmagh families ‘have new evidence’
NEW evidence on the Omagh bombing has emerged to strengthen calls for an international inquiry into the atrocity, bereaved families have said.The 1998 car bomb planted by dissident republicans killed...
View ArticleFarmer robbed 14 times
A NORTH Antrim farmer whose property has been raided 14 times has told of his anger over thieves sending his insurance “through the roof”.Cullybackey man Wilbert Hanna, 59, who runs a beef and dairy...
View ArticlePlaque honours Titanic orphan
A PLAQUE to honour Titanic orphan and renowned Ulster author William Ruddick Millar has been unveiled in his native Carrickfergus.The former News Letter reporter was orphaned at the age of five when...
View ArticleRNLI crews save 200 in sea rescues
MORE than 200 people were rescued by volunteers from the RNLI in Northern Ireland last year.Figures released this week by the RNLI also revealed that rescue crews were deployed 259 times – an average...
View ArticleConcerns on ASA ban over ‘healing’ website
AN Advertising Standards Agency direction that a church website must not promote healing prayer has caused concerns in Northern Ireland.The Rev Ron Johnstone, moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church...
View ArticleSon defiant on blast memorial
THE son of one of the victims of the Enniskillen Poppy Day bombing remains defiant in his quest to have a memorial to those who lost their lives reinstated ahead of the 25th anniversary of the IRA...
View ArticleModerator to be ‘good neighbour’
INCOMING Presbyterian moderator the Rev Roy Patton has pledged to be a good neighbourly church leader reaching out in reconciliation, love and understanding in a way that reflects his Christian...
View ArticleMinister under fire for ‘snub’ on fishing talks
THE Conservative Party has attacked the Sinn Fein Agriculture Minister for failing to show up at a meeting with Portavogie fishermen and the UK fisheries minister.Conservative MP Richard Benyon, the...
View ArticlePrayers and messages of support for Paisley
FORMER First Minister Ian Paisley remained in intensive care for a fourth night at the Ulster Hospital last night surrounded by his wife and family.Details of the former First Minister’s condition were...
View ArticleTrimble questions Robinson’s bid to woo Catholic voters
PETER Robinson’s appeals for a shared future in Northern Ireland are aimed at wooing liberal Protestants rather than Catholics, Lord Trimble has claimed.In a string of high-profile gestures, the DUP...
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