Minister considering closure of Belfast City Hospital’s A&E
Belfast City Hospital’s emergency department could close permanently under proposals being considered by the health minister.The Royal and Mater’s A&E units would remain open supported by direct...
View ArticleNationalist MLAs vote against crime agency
NATIONALISTS last night vetoed an Assembly motion calling for the extension of the National Crime Agency to Northern Ireland — a week after blocking the NCA in the Stormont Executive.Debating an Ulster...
View ArticleGerry Adams must give evidence to Smithwick
A SOLICITOR representing an RUC officer murdered by the IRA has called for Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to give evidence to the Smithwick Tribunal probing claims of Garda collusion in the 1989...
View ArticleRoyal Irish on standby for Mali mission
THE Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Irish are among a number of regiments on standby for deployment to Mali.The news comes as French-led forces continue an offensive against Islamic...
View ArticleReport to reveal state involvement in Catholic workhouses
A new report is expected to lay bare the extent of responsibility that successive Irish governments must accept for what went on in Magdalene laundries.An 18-month investigation into the Catholic-run...
View ArticleBP announces fall of 18 per cent
Profits at energy giant BP fell 18 per cent last year as it continued to count the cost of the fatal Gulf of Mexico oil platform explosion in 2010.Underlying replacement cost profits at the group were...
View ArticleMemories of sand, sea and C.S.S.M
THE passing reference here a few weeks ago to C.S.S.M (pronounced ‘sizzim’, meaning Children’s Special Service Mission) and its worldwide offshoot Scripture Union, struck a reminiscent chord with a...
View ArticleFlag poll points to alienation
TONIGHT’S BBC Spotlight poll, about unionist feelings towards the flag protests, makes sobering reading.Despite the trouble, despite the traffic disruption, despite the damage to trade, almost half of...
View ArticleBelfast-born tycoon in court battle with Barclay brothers
A property developer today took a legal fight with two of the UK’s best-known businessmen over control of a £1 billion company which owns three of London’s most famous hotels to the Court of...
View ArticleCatholic man to sue over online threats linked to flags row
Four people are set to be sued over threats against a Catholic man posted on Facebook pages linked to loyalist flag protests, the High Court heard on Tuesday. Efforts are being made to confirm their...
View ArticleBelfast named as a top business survival city
Belfast has one of the UK’s highest five-year business survival rates as well as some of the lowest business costs, a major report by Santandar has revealed,Its Corporate & Commercial Banking’s UK...
View ArticleSean Quinn junior has ‘no idea where property rents have gone’
The son of bankrupt tycoon Sean Quinn does not have a clue where rents from the family’s global property empire have gone, he has told a court.Sean Quinn Jnr said although he was deputy general...
View ArticleCancer diagnoses rise by a third
THE number of cancer cases diagnosed each year has risen by a third, the latest research by Queen’s University has revealed .The research has also revealed that five-year survival rates have improved...
View ArticleStormont considers new internet laws for child safety
New laws could be introduced in a bid to keep children in Northern Ireland safe on the internet, it was revealed.Ministers are considering the move because of concerns over the scale of the dangers...
View ArticleIrish Government apologises to Magdalene women
The Irish Government has apologised to the thousands of women locked up in Catholic-run workhouses known as Magdalene laundries between 1922 and 1996.As an inquiry found 2,124 of those detained in the...
View ArticleNewry firm doesn’t own horsemeat products
Meat being stored at a factory in Northern Ireland has been found to contain 80% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said.The latest discovery of horsemeat was discovered at Freeza Meats in...
View ArticleSportsman Brolly ‘inspired donor opt-out plan’
A campaigning former sports star has been credited with generating the impetus that led to a new organ donation system being proposed for Northern Ireland.Stormont’s political leaders hailed the...
View ArticleOrgan donation opt-out plan for NI
Proposals to introduce a presumed consent system of organ donation in Northern Ireland have been announced.Stormont’s political leaders have launched a public consultation exercise on the potential...
View ArticleFormer nurse in live organ donation
A former nurse has decided to donate one of her kidneys to anyone who needs it after being moved by the experiences of those living on dialysis.Catherine McCarley from Ballyclare, Co Antrim attended...
View ArticleCity centre security alert ends
A security alert at a Belfast city centre car park has ended.Two suspicious objects were found but declared by police to be “nothing untoward”. A controlled explosion was carried out on one object,...
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