DUP mayor in GAA support
ANOTHER DUP politician has attended a GAA match – this time in Dublin.The Mayor of Ballymoney Ian Stevenson travelled to the Irish capital to lend his support to a local hurling team in the all-Ireland...
View ArticleCongregation prays for ‘very seriously ill’ Paisley
IAN Paisley’s congregation yesterday stayed after church to pray for the 85-year-old, whose condition in hospital they were told remains “very serious”.Worshippers at the Martyrs’ Memorial Free...
View ArticleRow over call for Troubles amnesty
THOSE who carried out some of the worst atrocities of the Troubles are already being given an “unofficial amnesty”, it has been claimed.The comments were made by a victim’s relative in response to an...
View ArticleBusiness hopes still in decline
NORTHERN Ireland businesses started 2012 in much the same position as they closed 2011 as the decline in overall activity continued according to the latest Ulster Bank PMI report released today.The...
View ArticleALEX KANE: SF wants a border poll? Bring it on!
ON March 8, 1973, a referendum in Northern Ireland asked two questions: Do you want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom; (or) Do you want Northern Ireland to be joined with the...
View ArticleUnion table ‘is hidden away in a warehouse’
THE table on which the Act of Union is believed to have been signed into law more than 200 years ago is languishing in a warehouse, the News Letter can reveal.The historic mahogany table is one of...
View ArticleWhy there will always be a Rangers
News Letter journalist BILLY KENNEDY, a life-long Rangers fan, looks at the future ramifications for one of the largest and most successful British soccer clubsGLASGOW Rangers Football Club is a huge...
View ArticleButterflies on the decline
The number of butterflies fluttering across Ireland is in decline, according to a new book which for the first time brings together two decades of records.Records from 1992 were gathered together by...
View ArticlePolice ‘deterring carjackers’
AN enhanced police presence on the streets of Belfast is acting as a “visible deterrent” to would-be carjackers, a senior PSNI officer has said.Giving an update on the impact of a dedicated taskforce...
View ArticleRugby star Ferris bound over to keep the peace
AN Ireland rugby star yesterday agreed to be bound over to keep the peace after charges of assaulting two men were “left on the books”.Standing in the dock of Belfast Crown Court dressed in a dark suit...
View ArticleTerror amnesty ‘a reward for murder’
UNIONISTS have rejected the suggestion by the Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson that an amnesty for some Troubles crimes should be considered.Mr Hutchinson said on Sunday that “as part of a larger...
View ArticleSurvivor’s appeal for bomb memorial
A SURVIVOR of the Enniskillen bombing is leading a call for a permanent memorial to be erected on the site of the Poppy Day atrocity.Jim Dixon – the most seriously injured person to survive the 1987...
View ArticleAir links vital for economy
URGENT action is needed to protect and develop Northern Ireland’s air links to boost private sector growth, jobs and exports business leaders will claim today.Amid growing concern over the pressure on...
View ArticleFears for 425 jobs at HCL BPO Services
MORE than 400 jobs are under threat in Belfast and Armagh after outsourcing firm HCL BPO Services announced the start of consultation over planned redundancies at its centres in Northern Ireland.The...
View ArticleUlster fans stunned by Rangers crisis
RANGERS Football Club will survive the current financial crisis and come out stronger, its chairman has insisted.The club’s legions of loyal fans around the world were left shocked yesterday when the...
View ArticleTwo arrested over Hillsborough murder
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a Hillsborough man six years ago have arrested two men, only hours after issuing a fresh appeal for information.Ronald Todd, 30, was last seen leaving the...
View ArticleMarriages that have stood the test of time
Following on from the report on the special service of thanksgiving for marriage in St Mark’s Parish Church, Armagh, LAURA MURPHY meets two of the couples who attended and finds out why their nuptials...
View ArticlePlan has obvious omissions
Road enthusiast WESLEY JOHNSTON says routes such as Belfast-Londonderry have been overlookedMUCH of yesterday’s roads announcement is welcome, but there are gaps – including no upgrade to the shameful...
View ArticleFocus on Irish Government after funding boost for A5
NEGOTIATIONS will continue with the Irish Government over funding for the A5 dualling project, Stormont Roads Minister Danny Kennedy confirmed yesterday.Last November, the Republic’s Transport Minister...
View ArticleBank advised against buying club – Burnside
A FORMER Ulster Unionist MP who was once linked with putting together a consortium to buy Rangers Football Club has revealed a major bank advised against such a move five years ago. In 2007, David...
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