The suffragette struggle in Ulster
To commemorate 100 years since the first suffragettes were imprisoned for their actions in attempting to secure women’s right to vote, author Margaret Ward tells JOANNE SAVAGE about the movement’s...
View ArticleBelfast man scoops Oscar gong
BELFAST director Terry George has dedicated his Oscar success to the people of Northern Ireland.George’s film - The Shore - won the coveted award in the live action short category at the annual cermomy...
View ArticleOld age shouldn’t be a barrier to driving
WINIFRED Robinson firmly believes “older drivers are more careful than some of the younger ones”.The 83-year-old Newtownabbey grandmother and soon-to-be-great-grandmother, only passed her driving test...
View ArticleCity traffic not a problem
JOHNSTON Mulligan can navigate his way through rush-hour traffic in Belfast “no problem”.The 85-year-old Tyrone man recently had a 5.30pm appointment on the Malone Road in the city.Travelling from his...
View ArticleI’d be lost without my car
BELFAST grandfather Jack Anderson, a former driving instructor, says he would be “very much lost” without his car.The 81-year-old, who learned to drive in 1947 in his uncle’s lorry in Cullybackey, gets...
View ArticleNo accidents in 60 years of motoring
AT 91, great-grandmother Irene Montgomery is behind the wheel “most days”. “I would be lost without the car,” says the Ballygawley pensioner. “I am driving 60 years at least and I have never had an...
View Article‘Nobody stood a chance against Streep’
POLITICIANS, commentators and civil rights activists from across the Northern Irish divide have welcomed Meryl Streep’s Oscar victory for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher.The film showing the former...
View ArticleOscar glory for The Shore
NORTHERN Ireland talent was the toast of the film industry on Sunday night after scooping success at the most glittering awards show on Earth, the Oscars.Although Kenneth Branagh missed out on the gong...
View ArticleNo reasonable offer refused at property auction
HOUSE hunters could be in for a bargain if the latest batch of auction estimates is anything to go by.Among the properties on offer in Carryduff tonight is a six-bedroom semi-detached villa in a leafy...
View ArticleUlster missionaries escape bomb attack
A group of Ulster missionaries have escaped safe but shaken after their church in Nigeria was bombed.At least 12 missionaries from Northern Ireland were taking part in a 7am service at the Church of...
View ArticleCouncillor slams bid to save police station
A COUNCILLOR has attacked his own council — for attempting to save a local police station from closure.Former Green MLA Brian Wilson, who is now an independent councillor for Bangor West, said that a...
View Article‘Real need’ for ex-service support group
A NEW support group was launched yesterday with the aim of providing support to former members of the security forces.Operation Service Support is a Christian organisation that acts as a sign-posting...
View ArticleStill no consensus on dealing with past
Unionists and republicans were at odds yesterday over how Northern Ireland’s troubled past should be resolved.Speaking after talks with Secretary of State Owen Paterson on the matter yesterday, First...
View ArticleUlster DLA claimants ‘double UK average’
ONE in every ten people in Northern Ireland are claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) — double the UK average.The figure, revealed by the Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, last night,...
View ArticleElderly Ulster folk enjoy freedom of driving
THE number of elderly drivers in Northern Ireland has soared in recent decades, as a golden age of better healthcare gives more and more pensioners the freedom of mobility until late in life.There are...
View ArticleI’m just not ready to fly yet: Cork survivor
A couple of days before his colleague was due to fly to Cork on business, Larne businessman Laurence Wilson agreed to travel in his place. The flight he took was the ill-fated Manx2 jet which crash...
View ArticleTo Hackney via Ballymena for new London bus
AFTER three years of planning, design and construction in Ballymena, the first fare-paying passenger climbed aboard London’s new bus yesterday as the radical machine officially started service on the...
View ArticleInvestment builds growth
A CO Londonderry engineering company is looking forward to growth and a move into new markets after a £2 million investment in new technology in the last 18 months. Kilrea-based SJC Hutchinson...
View ArticleShore Oscar win ‘good for arts and business’
NORTHERN Ireland’s latest Oscars win is good news for the arts but also for business one of the investors behind the film The Shore said yesterday.He may not have been able to make it to the Hollywood...
View ArticleIan Paisley returns home after hospital stay
The Rev Ian Paisley, who was admitted to hospital with heart failure last month, has returned home, his family have confirmed.At one stage the former First Minister was critically ill and on a...
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