Slight rise in Ulster consumer confidence
Local consumer confidence continued to edge upwards in the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest report from Northern Bank published today. Northern Bank’s survey of Consumer Confidence in...
View ArticleWe must educate people for the future
ELENA MARCIANO and NR GREER examine the global issue of youth unemployment and the need to develop educational systems to adapt to the new eraAT the start of the new millennium the renowned German...
View ArticleFunny yet searching vision of what it means to be civilised
TIM Loane made his name as creator and lead writer of the BAFTA-nominated Teachers on Channel 4. The sitcom was popular, of-the-moment, funny and really quite cool, plus it starred the dishy Andrew...
View ArticleKennedy reprises Curly Watts role for Corrie musical
STREET of Dreams, a musical adaptation of some of the best bits from 50 years of Coronation Street, will see Kevin Kennedy reprise the role of lovable underdog Curly Watts - yes, he of the lank hair...
View ArticleOn growing old disgracefully
WE’RE more used to older people lamenting the onset of arthritis, the effects of gravity, the prevalence of wrinkles and the assorted aches and pains that come with the free bus pass and...
View ArticleExhibitor Opportunities Available at the ‘Health & Beauty Fair’
Make a date in your diary and be sure to exhibit at the ‘Health & Beauty’ Fair at the Millennium Forum.The ‘Health & Beauty Fair’ returns this year on Sunday 20 May, with FREE entry for all...
View ArticleRory McIlroy flies in for Ulster game
Northern Ireland’s top international golfing star, Rory McIlroy, jetted into Belfast today to support the Ulster rugby team in a league game with Leinster.The world ranked number one player arrived...
View ArticleNI destroys 4,000 human embryos
MORE than 4,000 human embryos have been destroyed in Northern Ireland since 2006, the News Letter can reveal.The number of embryos – which many believe to be the earliest form of human life – being...
View ArticleDublin minister urges Bill of Rights for Ulster
IN a move sure to aggravate unionists and the Government, the Republic’s Tanaiste and foreign minister last night urged that a controversial Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland be accepted.Eamon...
View ArticleBid to solve flashpoint parade row
LOYALISTS in north Belfast have welcomed a new initiative aimed at resolving parade disputes at a notorious city interface.Members of the North and West Belfast Parades Forum met yesterday to discuss...
View ArticleLeon nears finishing line in 3,000-mile charity trek
AN Ulster man is trekking 3,000 miles through Chinese desert and mountain in six months. Here he tells News Letter reporter Philip Bradfield how and why he has taken on such a mammoth challengeLEON...
View ArticleCall for paper carriers to be left out of bag tax
PLANS by Stormont to introduce a carrier bag tax on paper bags as well as plastic ones should be dropped, an MLA has urged.Environment minister Alex Attwood last week confirmed that he wants to bring...
View ArticleWe are being punished for success, says Ford
THE Alliance Party is being punished for its success by the DUP and Sinn Fein’s decision to remove its second seat at the Executive table, David Ford has claimed.The Alliance leader told his party’s...
View ArticleDrop Hain contempt action: DUP
ATTORNEY General John Larkin has been urged by the DUP – who jointly appointed him – to drop a controversial court action brought against former secretary of state Peter Hain.As a mounting campaign...
View ArticleUnionists can veto Bill of Rights: NIO
IRISH foreign minister Eamon Gilmore’s advice to the government to enact a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights last night looked to have spectacularly backfired.Hours after Mr Gilmore travelled to Belfast...
View ArticleALEX KANE: Sharing space in conflict stalemate
WHAT do we mean by a shared future? I’m not sure, but I do know that you can’t have a shared future if there is no agreement on the future to be shared. It really is that simple.There is no agreement...
View ArticleIt’s time to buy into Northern Ireland
NOW is the time to tap into what Northern Ireland has to offer tourists, travel agents from around the world have been told.A record number of international tour operators took part in a recent Meet...
View ArticleConstruction groups spell out pay concerns
DELAYS in payments to construction industry contractors must be tackled to help protect a sector suffering significantly, Finance Minster Sammy Wilson will be told today.Mr Wilson is to meet with...
View ArticleBabymoon fulfils great expectations
Mum-to-be HELEN McGURK recently sought out some much needed pre-Pampers pampering at the Galgorm Resort and Spa in Ballymena, only problem was, she never wanted to leave!THANKFULLY the stork didn’t...
View ArticleRoyal Irish honoured by English town
SOLDIERS from the Royal Irish Regiment were given the freedom of an English town at the weekend.Hundreds watched as soldiers paraded through Market Drayton and received the award.The first battalion...
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