In pictures: Funeral for IRA bomber Dolours Price
Up to 500 republicans attended the funeral of Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price on Monday.Her sister, Marian, who is in prison accused of dissident republican activity, was not at the service at St Agnes...
View ArticleWho’s reaching out to moderates?
I ACTUALLY don’t like being described as a ‘moderate’ unionist, or a ‘liberal’ unionist, or even a ‘pluralist’ unionist.I don’t like it because the descriptions carry the whiff of the pejorative about...
View ArticleInquest hears of Spence men’s final minutes
A woman whose father and two brothers, one of them a rising rugby star, died in a slurry pit accident has said love for her family drove her to twice enter the fume filled tank in a bid to rescue...
View ArticleGardai must apprehend killer gang
THE brutal murder of a Garda detective in an armed robbery near Dundalk in Co Louth on Friday night was an atrocity that has the government and security authorities in the Irish Republic looking at the...
View ArticleUlster Unionists back unity move
STRAINS within unionism intensified last night after the Ulster Unionists said they would support a unity candidate in the Mid Ulster Westminster by-election.The party pledged to stand down if the DUP...
View ArticleShould Mid Ulster have a united Unionist candidate?
The Ulster Unionist party has pledged its support for a united Unionist candidate in Mid Ulster, so long as any agreed community candidate had “Ulster Unionist values”.Should there be a united Unionist...
View ArticleFire extinguished on ship docked at Belfast
A FIRE was extinguished on a ship docked at Belfast on Monday, after more than 50 firefighters were deployed.The rescue services were called to the ship berthed at Stormont Wharf, Duncrue shortly after...
View ArticleWillie Frazer set for live webchat
VICTIMS’ campaigner Willie Frazer will take part in a live webchat with News Letter readers on Wednesday.The Co Armagh man, who lost his father and several other relations and friends to IRA gunmen...
View ArticleAlliance call for state regulation on flags
The flying of national flags from lampposts in Northern Ireland should be subject to state regulation, with zero tolerance of paramilitary symbols, a new community relations blueprint from the Alliance...
View ArticleFirst Trust facing £2m payout to staff
First Trust Bank is facing a £2 million payout to staff after losing an appeal over bonuses and pay rises on Monday.In a verdict expected to lead to increased wages for hundreds of workers, senior...
View ArticleHatchets, knives and sledgehammers used in flag violence
Loyalist rioters attacked police vehicles with hatchets, knives and sledgehammers during trouble in east Belfast, the High Court heard on Monday.Petrol bombs were also fired at PSNI lines in one of the...
View Article‘There’ll never be a united Ireland - Seamus Heaney
SEAMUS Heaney has said he believes there will never be a united Ireland and has questioned the restrictions placed on the Union Flag at Belfast City Hall.The Nobel-prize winning poet said Sinn Fein...
View ArticleFurther expansion brings more jobs
A SECOND phase of growth at Newry based Murdock Builder’s Merchants is set to create five new jobs as the building supplies firm prepares to expand its recently opened roof truss manufacturing...
View ArticleThe Inquiry and the appeal
THE first day of evidence at the Inquiry into the loss of MV Princess Victoria was held in Crumlin Road Court House on March 23, 1953 with 66 witnesses called to give evidence during 22 days of...
View Article“There’s a ship in trouble out at sea somewhere”
THE rescue ship MV Orchy, searching for survivors from MV Princess Victoria, sent a message to the coast guard at 5.34pm on Saturday January 31 1953. “Can do nothing more. Am going back to Belfast...
View ArticleSepha produces a healthy balance sheet
STEADY growth across global markets is helping Belfast-based medical services firm Sepha report very healthy figures with 40 per cent rise in turnover confirmed today.Founded in 1980 the firm has...
View ArticleRoll of honour
DEATH renders all men equal, but amongst the names more widely remembered from the 134 who perished on MV Princess Victoria, along with her skipper James Ferguson and heroic Radio Officer David...
View ArticleConstruction set to level out?
CONSTRUCTION in the province could stabilise in 2013 and might even see a degree of growth next year according to an industry report yesterday.Though still deep in recession, the Construction Skills...
View ArticleWithout the safety of Loch and quay
AROUND 9am, near Corsewall Point Lighthouse on Saturday February 31, 1953, Lighthouse keeper George Sutherland watched MV Princess Victoria leaving Loch Ryan, entering the Irish Sea, and exposing her...
View ArticleSecond road death in two days
A 26-year-old man died in a one-vehicle road crash in Co Armagh on Monday night.The man was driving a silver Toyota Supra car on the Monaghan Road in Armagh when the crash happened. Police said they...
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