Toddler killed in Fermanagh crash named
A TODDLER who died after a serious road crash in Fermanagh on Monday, has been named as Ryan Cox. The 19-month-old child was killed in the collision on the Boa Island Road in Kesh.A man and a woman...
View ArticleTraces of horse meat found in burgers
Traces of horse meat have been found in burgers on sale in some of the Ireland’s busiest supermarkets, food safety chiefs have revealed.Scientific tests on beef products sold in Tesco, Dunnes Stores,...
View ArticleBusiness as usual in Belfast says Sir Billy
TOURISTS and business visitors are still travelling and staying in Belfast despite the ongoing flag protests hotelier Sir Billy Hastings said yesterday.Stating that visitors from more than 80 countries...
View ArticleHMV bosses confident firm can survive crisis
BOSSES at the beleaguered retail chain HMV said yesterday they were “convinced” they can secure a future for the business despite collapsing into administration after poor Christmas sales.Chief...
View ArticleFirst motorway service stations to be built
Planning permission has been granted for the building of Northern Ireland’s first motorway service stations.Environment Minister Alex Attwood gave the go-ahead for two developments on the M2. Proposals...
View ArticleFormer BNP fundraiser speaks at demonstration
A FORMER fundraiser for the British National Party in Scotland addressed a protest in north Belfast on Tuesday in support of the Union Flag at Belfast City Hall.Jim Dowson was the main speaker at the...
View Article‘Both sides must share the blame’
A PROTESTANT mother living at a notorious east Belfast interface has said both sides of the divide are living with the nightmare of violence.Alison Baxter was speaking after loyalists attacked St...
View ArticleDUP man: I won’t quit for Cobain
A VETERAN DUP Assemblyman and councillor has said that he has no plan to resign his council seat and give it to former UUP chief whip Fred Cobain.Two sources yesterday told the News Letter that in...
View ArticleShivers refused bail ahead of murder retrial
Brian Shivers has been refused bail ahead of his retrial for the murder of two soldiers, due to a risk of reoffending.The same court ruled on Tuesday that the convictions against Brian Shivers for the...
View ArticleCatalogue of inequality is corrosive
THE flying of the Union Flag over Belfast City Hall has been a main catalyst for the street protests of recent weeks, but there are other testing issues of concern that are creating unrest and anger...
View ArticleFlagging up the deeper issues
THERE are challenging times ahead for Northern Ireland as the full implications of the flags protests sink in. In the past street protests have flared up briefly only to subside. Most of us probably...
View ArticleEmerging from a tangled web
THE future is bright, the future is Orange... and Vodafone and Facebook and Amazon and Apple and Google and Twitter and Microsoft. Even those of us who are not entirely au fait with every new...
View ArticleAmerican IT firm creates 33 jobs
An American IT company is to create 33 jobs in Belfast.Oxford Consulting Group (OCG) is to establish a development centre in the city.The investment is supported by £330,000 of assistance from Invest...
View ArticleUVF arrests require due process - Alan McQuillan
IF the UVF has been orchestrating violence in Belfast why can the police not make arrests, at least to disrupt the ongoing violence and also to potentially gather evidence?On January 7 Chief Constable...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland man taken hostage in Algeria
A man from Northern Ireland is among about 20 workers kidnapped by a group claiming to be al Qaida at a Swedish oil plant in Algeria.It is understood the 36-year-old married man was among British,...
View ArticleOne-sided inquiries angering people - Mervyn Gibson
AN east Belfast Presbyterian minister says flag protestors are angry that 50 detectives are trying to prosecute soldiers for Bloody Sunday while there are no similar PSNI investigations into IRA...
View ArticleThe homeowner with no home
A MAN forced to bear the full costs of a mortgage on a demolished house has spoken out after a landmark ruling against him.Joel Kerr, 31, had purchased a two-up, two-down terraced house in south...
View ArticleSome miss the lifelong sense of community
THE redevelopment in the Village area is to replace old housing stock.But some are sad to see the homes they have lived in most of their lives vanish. And Bob Stoker, a life-long resident of the...
View ArticleFrazer ‘not ejected’ by guards
CLAIMS by the DUP that victims campaigner Willie Frazer was ejected from Stormont by security staff have been contradicted by the Assembly administration.Yesterday it was reported by media that Ulster...
View ArticleAlbertbridge Accordion Band – on the road from ‘57
THE Albertbridge Accordion, nestled in the midst of east Belfast, owes its origins to the Boys’ Brigade in the city. As all BB Boys know, the Brigade only caters for boys up to the age of 18, except...
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