Braid vibrates to flute and accordion
ONE of the Province’s finest concert venues, the Braid in Ballymena, hosted the annual concert for Dunloy Accordion last Friday night. State of the art facilities and a well known and entertaining host...
View ArticleBus fares down £50k during flag protests
Around £50,000 worth of fares were lost through cancelled Northern Ireland bus services because of loyalist Union flag protests, it was revealed.Three vehicles also sustained damage during the disorder...
View ArticlePaisley apologises for Chinese remark
IAN Paisley Jr has apologised after using — in an apparent reference to a Chinese takeaway — a term used as an anti-Chinese racist insult during a live radio interview.The North Antrim DUP MP told BBC...
View ArticleVideo: Marathon runner died after taking legal drug
A fit and healthy woman who collapsed near the finish of the London Marathon probably died as a result of taking a legally available performance-enhancing drug, a coroner ruled to today.Claire Squires,...
View ArticleSecurity alert in Loughgall
Police in Armagh are currently attending a security alert in the Ballynick Road, Loughgall area following the discovery of a suspicious object. Army Technical Officers have been tasked. There are no...
View ArticleBelfast Metropolitan College suffers £17m losses
Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) has made losses worth more than £17 million since it opened, it has been revealed.Redundancy costs, difficulties in retaining full-time students in key areas and...
View ArticleRIR soldiers could be sent on Mali mission
SOLDIERS from the Royal Irish Regiment could be deployed to Mali to train forces in combat against terrorists.Up to 240 British troops could be deployed to train the Malian military and prepare...
View ArticleVideo: Emotional scenes at murdered Garda officer’s funeral
A detective shot dead during a credit union robbery in Ireland was a virtuous man who was a perfect role model for the rest of society, his state funeral heard today.Thousands of mourners endured sleet...
View ArticleNew probe into murder of IRA spy Denis Donaldson
The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman has opened a new investigation into the murder of IRA spy Denis Donaldson.The office of Dr Michael Maguire confirmed a new inquiry is under way into the police’s...
View ArticleStriking back at stroke
A quarter of strokes happen in younger people like the BBC’s Andrew Marr, but new research suggests tea and other small pleasures may help cut the risk for all age groups. LISA SALMON reportsIF you...
View ArticleChristmas sales soar at Amazon
THERE were further signs shoppers are shunning the high street yesterday as the world’s biggest online retailer reported soaring Christmas sales.Seattle-based Amazon said global sales, including those...
View ArticleApprentice Boys: Display brings historic siege to life
From the original petition signed by the survivors of the siege of Londonderry in 1689 to the head of an original statue in the city blown up by the IRA in 1973, history is something you can see and...
View ArticleHow to have a happy heart
New Year, New You plan over before it started? There’s another chance to make a difference to your health thanks to National Heart Month in February. LISA SALMON reportsIF you’re among the 80 per cent...
View ArticleSinn Fein ‘still linked to organised crime’
A DUP MP has dramatically claimed that Sinn Fein vetoed the creation of a new national crime agency because the party is still involved in organised crime.In comments which raise uncomfortable...
View Article‘No fair deal for victims’ - Sammy Brush
A MAN who almost died in an IRA attack in 1981 says that, while his assailant has just finished two years in jail, he is still under regular attack – 32 years on.Sammy Brush, now aged 70, was a...
View ArticleClaim that Britishness is being eroded is simply untrue, says Villiers
SECRETARY of State Theresa Villiers has reminded the political party linked to the UVF that it supported the Belfast Agreement.In a hard-hitting speech last night which denounced the rioting at some...
View ArticleLast Robinson leaves Castlereagh stronghold
THE last Robinson will today resign from the council which the family has dominated since First Minister Peter Robinson was first elected 36 years ago.The DUP leader’s son, Gareth, is resigning from...
View ArticleGhana family want body to be returned
A TRAWLER company is coming under increasing pressure to repatriate the remains of a Ghanaian fisherman – some 18 months after his death.Fortune Adzawoloo, 29, died following an illness in July 2011,...
View ArticleNo end in prospect for high Ulster fuel prices
THE Consumer Council yesterday called on Northern Ireland’s supermarkets to end the policy of local fuel pricing as a report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) once again confirmed consumers here...
View ArticleCensus figures show deep religious split
THE true extent of religious segregation has been laid bare in the latest data from the Northern Ireland Census.The most religiously-exclusive region, where almost the entire population belongs to just...
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