Powering ahead with energy company
Powerteam, Northern Ireland’s largest high voltage (HV) electrical design and build company, which specialises in the construction and maintenance of electrical substations and overhead lines, has...
View ArticleNo prosecutions in O’Hagan case
Eight people investigated over the murder of a Northern Ireland journalist more than a decade ago will not be prosecuted because of concerns about a key witness’s evidence, the Director of Public...
View ArticlePolice attacked by Loyalist protestors
A petrol bomb has been thrown at police during loyalist disturbances linked to the Union flag protest in Northern Ireland on Fridaty nightA PSNI spokesman said officers came under attack north of...
View ArticleMore austerity ‘poses a threat to recovery’
AUSTERITY has outlived its purpose and now poses a threat to UK economic recovery, Danske Banke chief economist Angela McGowan said yesterday.A day after the latest warning from the International...
View ArticleExecutive committed to construction
FINANCE Minister Sammy Wilson yesterday re-iterated the Executive’s commitment to helping the construction industry back onto its feet.Responding to the latest figures from the Northern Ireland...
View ArticleDevlin murder: Man gets extra 12 months for escape bid
A NOTORIOUS and remorseless killer who is currently serving a minimum of 30 years in jail for knifing a teenager to death was yesterday jailed for another year for trying to escape lawful...
View ArticleBaby Millie killer must serve at least 25 years
EVIL Barry McCarney was yesterday told he will serve at least 25 years behind bars for the murder and sexual assault of 15-month-old baby Millie Martin.At the end of his Dungannon Crown Court trial...
View ArticleCouple tied up by armed jewel thieves
POLICE are hunting three masked robbers who raided a house in Co Antrim and made off with a haul of jewellery in the family car.One of the trio had a gun and another had a hunting knife. They tied up...
View ArticleChild porn offender cannot be identified
A MAN jailed for child porn offences cannot be identified because publicity could lead him to commit suicide, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.In an unprecedented case he was granted an injunction...
View ArticleOffenders need to be identified
IT is deeply troubling that a sex offender has been able to avoid being identified because he might commit suicide.The matter has arisen in an unprecedented case that went before the High Court last...
View ArticleUK is better off in EU – poll
AN overwhelming majority of Ulster people want to stay within the EU, a News Letter street poll has indicated.In an informal survey of opinions in Belfast city centre, we approached 42 people at random...
View ArticlePaisley critical of DUP border poll talk
LORD Bannside has warned the DUP against agreeing to Sinn Fein demands for a border poll.Writing in his {http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/paisley-urges-caution-over-border-poll-1-4717173|weekly column...
View ArticleIRA involved in horse-burgers - Willie Frazer
VICTIMS campaigner Willie Frazer has claimed that the IRA was involved in putting horse meat into meat products.Mr Frazer who is prominent speaker at the ongoing flag protests, made the claims to the...
View ArticleFlag march moved to avoid Bloody Sunday anniversary
ORGANISERS of a loyalist flag protest have changed the route of planned parade in Londonderry to avoid the Bloody Sunday anniversary.It is understood that behind-the-scenes talks were held, as fears...
View ArticleDo hungry cows, squabbling starlings and indoor clothes lines herald an...
I HAVE always claimed to like snow. Age though is testing my patience for the stuff which fell by the ton load in my area over six days starting last week. At the time of writing it’s still outside my...
View ArticleFlag protest group want meeting with Matt Baggott
THE Ulster People’s Forum - the group set up by flag protestors - have said they want a meeting with the Chief Constable Matt Baggott over the policing tactics of protests.They have also have demanded...
View ArticleSecurity alert after off-duty officer opens fire
AN investigation is underway after an off-duty police officer fired shots at in Omagh, on Friday night.A PSNI spokesperson said no-one was injured during the incident in the Coolnagard area, which has...
View ArticleRobinson in talks as flag protests continue
NORTHERN Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson has met with community leaders from the loyalist community in east Belfast as part of the Unionist Forum set up over the flag protest crisis.The meeting...
View ArticleCross-border pledge after murder of Garda officer
NORTHERN Ireland’s Justice Minister David Ford has condemned the murder of a Garda officer in Co Louth and has pledged to continue cross-border efforts to tackle criminal gangs.Det Garda Adrian...
View ArticlePetrol bomb thrown amid Union flag demos
A petrol bomb has been thrown at police during loyalist disturbances linked to the Union flag protest.A PSNI spokesman said officers came under attack north of Belfast in the Newtownabbey area on...
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