Be prepared for weather disruption
NORTHERN Ireland is in the grip of adverse winter weather, but, hopefully, life here will not be too disrupted or travellers too inconvenienced by the snow and ice that has been forecast for this...
View ArticleMore flag protests close roads
A number of roads were closed in and around Belfast on Saturday as flag protests continued.Seven weeks after a vote was taken at Belfast City Hall to limit the flying of the Union flag to designated...
View ArticleJapanese delegation in town
INVEST Northern Ireland has welcomed a business delegation to Northern Ireland as part of a two day trip to boost trade, inward investment and tourism links.The delegation, which included the Japanese...
View ArticleFlag flies on city hall today
The Union flag is to fly over Belfast’s City Hall today to mark a royal birthday.But loyalists are expected to stage a protest as the flag is hoisted for the second time since city councillors voted to...
View ArticleMan dies in road crash
A 32 year old man has died following a one vehicle road traffic accident near Keady in south Armagh.Police believe the collision, involving a BMW, happened between 11pm on Friday 18 January and 2.30am...
View ArticleFringe benefits
Give your hair an instant makeover. LISA HAYNES reveals the transforming powers of the fringeBEFORE news of the royal baby broke in December, it was the Duchess of Cambridge’s new hair making the...
View ArticleLocal shoppers show GB regions the way
NORTHERN Ireland consumers showed the rest of the country a clean pair of heels in December as shopper numbers rose by 0.6 per cent on a year ago and 2.6 per cent over the previous month.However the...
View ArticleNesbitt silent on McCallister speech
MIKE Nesbitt has declined to comment on his former deputy leader’s scathing criticism of one of his major policy initiatives — the Unionist Forum.On Friday night John McCallister spoke at length...
View ArticlePeaceful protests as flag flies again
THE Union Flag flew over Belfast City Hall on Sunday to mark a Royal birthday after peaceful flag-related protests at the weekend.After weeks of sporadic rioting, east Belfast community leaders came...
View ArticleMickey Harte leads anti-abortion protest
TYRONE GAA manager Mickey Harte led up to 25,000 people at an anti-abortion rally in Dublin on Saturday night. Mr Harte told the Unite for Life vigil that no life is more vulnerable than an unborn...
View ArticleWho can bridge our electoral gap?
IN July 1972 Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness met the then Secretary of State William Whitelaw and demanded:l A public declaration that the Irish people as a whole decide the future of Ireland;l The...
View ArticleThe horror of global inequality
THE charity Oxfam claims that a fraction of the fortune of the world’s richest 100 people could end extreme poverty for the poorest people on Earth.This finding will make uncomfortable reading not only...
View Article‘Stroke treatment saved my life’
ELIZABETH Ferguson was out having a meal with friends and family when she suffered a stroke.“It came over me so suddenly - this terrible feeling,” recalls the 63-year-old from east Belfast. “It was...
View ArticleSurgeon denies manslaughter of Ulster patient
A hospital consultant has denied the manslaughter of a patient from Northern Ireland.David Sellu, 66, a colorectal surgeon, of Hillingdon, west London, pleaded not guilty to killing James Joseph...
View ArticleAndrew pipes up a real Winter Storm in Missouri
ANDREW Carlisle was one of the major prizewinners at the annual Winter Storm competition held in Kansas City, Missouri.Andrew, who is originally from Ballygowan, Co Down, is the director of piping at...
View Article‘Want something done? Ask a woman’
The youngest ever Mayor of Craigavon, Carla Lockhart, tells JOANNE SAVAGE that working to make the borough a shared space is a priority“I’M either very clued in or very foolish,” says Carla Lockhart...
View ArticleHazel Stewart bids to overturn murder conviction
Double killer Hazel Stewart’s bid to overturn her conviction for murdering her husband and ex-lover’s wife will be heard later on Monday.The former Sunday School teacher from Northern Ireland was...
View ArticleTragic climber wanted to make difference
A climber from Northern Ireland who was killed in an avalanche in Scotland had a great zest for life and wanted to make a difference, her former schoolteacher said.Una Finnegan, 25, from Coleraine in...
View ArticleColeraine woman killed in Scottish avalanche
YOUNG Ulster doctor Una Finnegan was one of four climbers killed by a major avalanche in the Glencoe mountains in Scotland on Saturday.Una Rachel Finnegan from Coleraine was killed after being swept...
View ArticleVideo: Disabled Ulster soldier conquers Dakar Rally
A DISABLED Ulster soldier and his fellow injured veterans who have completed an offroad desert race have received a congratulatory message from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.Corporal Phillip...
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