Ulster couple’s homecoming gigs sold out
AN Ulster couple who have enjoyed major success in America with their Christian music are set for a heroes’ welcome home at sell-out concerts in Belfast.Keith and Kristyn Getty will arrive back in the...
View ArticleTitanic cruise delayed due to stormy weather
A LUXURY cruise retracing the route of Titanic across the Atlantic Ocean was delayed yesterday due to high winds.The MS Balmoral, which is carrying relatives of some of those who died in the 1912...
View ArticleApprentice Boys’ parade draws large crowd
THOUSANDS of Apprentice Boys converged on Carrickfergus yesterday for the first major loyal order parade of 2012.Every vantage point around the historic south Antrim town was packed with spectators of...
View ArticleChurch hit by £10k lead theft
METAL thieves who stripped the roof of a church in Bangor over the Easter weekend have been blasted as being “no better than animals”.The gang stole more than £10,000 worth of lead from the roof of the...
View ArticlePolice quiz man on 2001 murder
THE family of a Coleraine pensioner murdered 11 years ago say they have been left stunned by the arrest of a suspect in England.Detectives were last night continuing to question a 42-year-old man over...
View ArticleUlster property prices still falling, says report
DESPITE having dropped by half since the peak of the property boom, house prices in Northern Ireland are continuing to fall, a new report found yesterday. The survey of experts also found that a...
View ArticleFury at renewed dissident threat
A DUP MP has demanded an explanation from the police after it emerged last night they stood by while a masked dissident republican issued a threat against members of the security services to cheers...
View ArticleALEX KANE: Nesbitt needs to build for future
I HAVE to admit I was a little surprised by Mike Nesbitt’s ‘adopt me’ appeal last week. He has been nursing the Strangford constituency since early 2010, so why didn’t he do this sort of thing much...
View ArticleThe North Down housing estate that is on the up
Around three miles outside the affluent town of Bangor lies Northern Ireland’s third largest housing estate - Kilcooley. In the fourth and final installment in our series about life on some of Ulster’s...
View ArticleCrowds bare their soles for a record challenge
CROWDS of people descended on Belfast’s Stormont estate yesterday in a novel bid to walk their way – on bare feet – into the record books.While no confirmation was provided regarding the exact numbers...
View ArticleJunior Orange members step out on parade
JUNIOR members of the Orange Order gathered in Bangor yesterday for their annual day at the seaside.Among the hundreds on parade were young lodge members from the Sandy Row area of Belfast proudly...
View ArticleMemorial cruise forced to turn back after passenger takes ill
A CRUISE ship retracing the route of RMS Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage was forced to turn back yesterday after one of its passengers fell ill.The MS Balmoral had been around 120 miles west of...
View ArticleSinn Fein ‘must use influence to stop dissidents’
A SENIOR DUP politician has said Sinn Fein must follow through on their pledge to tackle dissidents republicans, after the Real IRA renewed its threat against police and security forces at a rally in...
View ArticleAnger at plan to glorify IRA gang
SINN Fein has again been accused of glorifying terrorism after it emerged it is planning to commemorate one of the IRA’s most notorious murder gangs.The Irish republican party has organised a 12-mile...
View ArticleCall for cross-border development zone
THE former chief of the Republic of Ireland’s main enterprise development agency has called for a special cross-border development zone to be set up to give a boost to the economic development of the...
View ArticleNR GREER: A Titanic opportunity for Province
THE Maritime Museum in Barcelona is currently hosting an exhibition about the Titanic, featuring a number of artefacts recovered from the wreck and a lot of pictures and background information. The...
View ArticleThe Loyal Dublin Volunteers.... a forgotten organisation
IN June 1935, a Dublin Board of Works employee was among a group working at part of the Dublin GPO (General Post Office), the men having been assigned to remove presses from the cellar of the GPO...
View ArticleMunich pilot was made a scapegoat - Gregg
MANCHESTER United goalkeeping legend Harry Gregg has contributed to a fresh re-examination of the Munich air crash, insisting the pilot blamed was made a scapegoat.The 79-year-old former Northern...
View ArticlePensioner dies after fire breaks out at care home
AN 81-year-old woman died in hospital yesterday following a fire at a Belfast care home.The blaze broke out at the Owenvale Fold in the Springfield Road area of the city at about 11pm on Tuesday.The...
View ArticleTitanic finder returns to birthplace of liner
TO mark the centenary of his most famous discovery oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard will be in Belfast this weekend for a series of Titanic commemorations.After years of searching, a team led by Dr...
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