Campaigners hit out at £330m A5 project
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to the A5 Londonderry to Dublin road have attacked the Executive for pledging £330 million for a scheme that is still the subject of a public inquiry.On Tuesday, Roads Minister...
View ArticlePastor faces death threat over Kingsmills march
THE pastor involved in organising a walk in memory of 10 Protestant workmen slaughtered by the IRA has received a death threat.Pastor Barrie Halliday of Five Mile Hill Pentecostal Church in Bessbrook...
View ArticlePaisley ‘out of intensive care’
FORMER First Minister Ian Paisley has been moved out of intensive care, according to reports.Lord Bannside has been receiving care at the Ulster Hospital after taking unwell earlier this month.It is...
View ArticleNICK GARBUTT: It’s been a bad week for the fans
IT’S been a horrendous week for followers of both rugby and football – the one still held back by bungling amateurism, the other hamstrung by egos and greed. The France Ireland rugby international was...
View ArticleCastleCourt shopping centre is sold
THE CastleCourt shopping centre in Belfast has been sold.The Hermes real estate, which already had a two-thirds share in the centre, has taken full control in a deal with the Australian firm...
View ArticleNew jobs as Belfast hotel gets go-ahead
UP to 60 jobs are set to be created in Belfast after planning permission was approved by Environment Minister Alex Attwood yesterday for a new hotel in the city.The new 130-bed development on Great...
View ArticleHousing market gets boost with new initiative
THE local housing market is set to get a kick-start for 2012 with the help of a major campaign by Ulster Bank to stimulate and support demand.As the post-Christmas period – when housing market activity...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland sees rise in claimant count
THE number of people in Northern Ireland claiming unemployment benefit has risen to 61,500, an increase of 600 from December, according to official figures published yesterday.Northern Ireland has the...
View ArticleDrum Beat: Music galore as fans turn out to help raise funds
BURNSIDE Hall was packed last Friday night, the occasion being a fundraiser for Ballykeel Loyal Sons of Ulster Flute Ballymena.It was the first event in this hall by the band and it was very well...
View ArticleMaracycle in memory of columnist John
JACQUI Connery, wife of popular News Letter columnist and talented artist John Connery who died last July following a long battle with cancer, said she is touched her 24-year-old son Michael, John’s...
View ArticleLa Mon families slam police report
A REPORT into one of the most horrific attacks of the Troubles has been slammed by victims who say it has left major questions on the IRA atrocity unanswered.A huge incendiary bomb sent a fireball...
View ArticleSinn Fein back plans for Queen’s Jubilee
A SINN Fein member of Belfast City Council says his support of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee should be seen in the context of forthcoming centenary celebrations such as the 1916 Easter Rising.Councillor...
View ArticleHandshake call for Kingsmills parade
THE pastor involved in organising a march in memory of 10 Protestant workmen murdered by the IRA at Kingsmills has called for the Roman Catholic priest in Whitecross and a member of the Reavey family...
View ArticleIll Paisley has spoken to family
IAN Paisley is out of intensive care and has been talking to family members.The former First Minister, who was admitted to intensive care in the Ulster Hospital 12 days ago, left that unit – which...
View ArticleLa Mon atrocity ‘ate at suspect like a cancer’
A SUSPECT broke down in tears during police questioning and said the La Mon atrocity was “eating at him like a cancer”.However, Edward Brophy was never convicted of the bombing after it was directed...
View ArticleCar jackers target Alliance’s Anna Lo
A WELL-KNOWN Alliance MLA has become the latest victim of car-jackers in south Belfast.Anna Lo was confronted by a youth armed with a knife in the Lawrence Street area of the city at around 12.45pm on...
View ArticleSon ‘paid for road situation with his life’
AN inquest into the death of a Co Londonderry teenager has heard conflicting evidence surrounding the circumstances of the fatal crash which claimed his life.Karl McAuley, 17, from Strawmore Road,...
View ArticlePensioner killed on daily walk to buy newspaper
A PENSIONER who was killed on his way to buy a News Letter had been walking the same route every morning “for years”.Hugh Aitcheson died on December 3, 2009, at a Maxol garage on the Galgorm Road in...
View ArticleThoughts with Frank as he battles illness
A FRIEND of Belfast-born comedian Frank Carson said last night that his thoughts and prayers were with the showbusiness star as he battles a serious illness in hospital.The man with the “It’s the way I...
View ArticleBargain properties still hard to shift
ALMOST three-quarters of the properties on offer failed to make their bargain basement price reserves at an auction in Belfast last night.Despite guide prices as low as £39,500 for a well presented...
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