Police body slams ex-officers
FORMER police officers have no right to comment on the PSNI, their former colleagues have said.The Northern Ireland Police Federation — which represents the vast majority of PSNI officers — said that...
View ArticleGolf resort ‘not a danger to Causeway’
THE green light for a £100 million golf resort on the fringes of the Giant’s Causeway will not endanger the famous landmark’s world heritage designation, the Environment Minister has pledged.Granting...
View ArticleTotally unacceptable for taxpayer to fund IRA memorial – Robinson
IT would be “totally unacceptable” for public funds to go to renovate an IRA memorial, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.Entering the growing debate about an attempt to get taxpayers to fund...
View Article‘Catholics need not fear being unionist’
THE views of a Catholic priest who said that his parishioners may be better off in the UK than the Republic are reflected by the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy in Ireland, one of the church’s leading...
View ArticleNR GREER: Northern Ireland NAMA will not help business
ONE thing about bankers, you have to give them credit for having a brass neck. However, you might have thought they would have wound their brazen necks in until all that hoopla about their greedy ways...
View ArticleBallymena bus hits streets of London
THE Ballymena-built heir to the iconic Routemaster bus begins service on the streets of London next week, manufacturer Wrightbus said yesterday.The new double-decker, already hailed as a modern...
View ArticleAndor on track for another successful year
TWO new products are expected to help pioneering Andor Technology to another successful year, the annual general meeting in Belfast was told yesterday.The publicly listed company, a global leader in...
View ArticleWhen Winston Churchill said the wrong thing . . .
This month one hundred years ago Winston Churchill addressed an audience of nationalists in Celtic Park, Belfast, and told them of his support for Home Rule. Local historian GORDON LUCY reflects on the...
View ArticleGlass firm focuses on future with 40 new jobs
FORTY new jobs are being created in Co Londonderry with the announcement yesterday of a £1 million expansion by Magherafelt firm Fire Glass Direct.Specialising in architectural glass design products...
View ArticleTwelve men cleared in loyalist supergrass trial
LOYALIST leader Mark Haddock has been cleared of the murder of paramilitary rival Tommy English 12 years ago.Ulster Defence Association (UDA) chief English, 40, was gunned down in his house in...
View ArticleHorses rescued in farm swoop
TWO horses have been rescued from a farm in Lisburn.Officers from the PSNI swooped on the premises at Temple Road in Lisburn last Friday after a vet from the Department of Agriculture found the animals...
View ArticleNew golf resort will be ‘iconic’
THE construction phase of the proposed golf course at the Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort and Spa will provide a real boost to the local economy, a leading expert has told the News Letter.On Tuesday,...
View ArticlePrison union calls for strip searches rethink
THE prison officers’ union has called for a rethink on the routine use of full body searches in Ulster’s jails.Finlay Spratt of the Prison Officers Association (POA) believes the practice can never be...
View ArticleMcGuinness faces new truth call over atrocity
UNIONIST politicians have backed calls for Martin McGuinness to come clean over what he knew about the bomb that killed a schoolboy in Londonderry almost 40 years ago.Nine-year-old Gordon Gallagher...
View ArticleIRA victim’s brother raps ‘failure’ of PSNI team
THE brother of a man murdered by the IRA has hit out at the ‘ongoing failure’ of the PSNI’s Historical Enquiries Team [HET] to bring those who carried out atrocities during the Troubles to justice.Dr...
View ArticleArmy town recalls IRA blast horror
THE English town of Aldershot paid a solemn tribute to seven people killed in an IRA bomb at the former headquarters of the Parachute Regiment.The bomb, 40 years ago yesterday, was one of the last...
View ArticleUnionist unity in bid to restore Royal portrait
A CAMPAIGN by TUV leader Jim Allister to restore the Queen’s portrait to Stormont has been backed by all the unionist parties.This year the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking her 60-year...
View ArticleRelief for customers as Phoenix cuts gas prices
NATURAL gas supplier Phoenix has offered some relief to hard-pressed consumers and small businesses with the announcement today of an 8.5 per cent cut in gas tariffs.The cut, which comes into effect...
View ArticleKingsmills families delay walk
THE families of 10 Protestant textile workers murdered by the IRA in south Armagh have decided to postpone a controversial walk this Saturday which was to retrace the last journey of their loved...
View ArticleTributes paid to comic legend Frank Carson
TRIBUTES have been paid to Belfast comedian Frank Carson, best known for his catchphrase “It’s a cracker”, who has died aged 85.Friends in the showbusiness world described him as a “legend” and his...
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