Welfare reforms ‘will increase child poverty’
MORE children acrossNorthern Ireland could be pushed into poverty with the introduction of welfare reforms, it has been claimed.Commissioner for Children and Young People Patricia Lewsley-Mooney has...
View ArticleMurder trial cost £571,000 to police
POLICING at the Massereene trial – which saw one man found guilty of the murder of two soldiers as they were collecting pizzas outside their Antrim Army base in March 2009 – cost almost £600,000.A life...
View ArticleSIOBHAN FITZPATRICK: Why pre-school education is a priority
WE need to get our pre-school policy right. It matters to thousands of parents who rely on quality pre-school education and care to continue working and make a valuable contribution to our economy....
View ArticleIt’s cheers to Boozeberries
Dromore-based artisan liqueur company Boozeberries has been named as the Northern Ireland winner of the Local Business Accelerators (LBA) campaign which is being run by the Newspaper Society in...
View ArticleJohnston Press boss outlines web strategy
The chief of Johnston Press has pledged to “put digital at the heart” of the business and to have a web audience equal to the group’s newspaper circulation.Ashley Highfield made the announcement as...
View ArticleBlinds firm open for growth with 79 jobs
A Lisburn company is creating 79 jobs in a significant expansion plan.Decora Blind Systems, which produces window blinds, is investing over £2 million in additional salaries over the next two years and...
View ArticleDrum Beat: Wet weather fails to stop bands marching
LAST weekend saw periods of torrential rain right across the Province, however even the most extreme weather conditions don’t stop band processions, as was clearly illustrated with events going ahead...
View Article‘Titanic’ ear show spreads health message
THIS week and next, the Bionic Ear Show from national charity Deafness Research UK will visit 15 schools and venues on a major and historic inaugural visit to Northern Ireland. The award-winning...
View ArticleBag unwanted clothes and help beat cancer
LAURA MURPHY meets Monkstown woman Helen Skelly whose daughter Leia was diagnosed with kidney cancer over a year ago, and finds out why she is backing a campaign to raise more money to help beat this...
View ArticleSoldiers set for Ulster homecoming parade
SOLDIERS from the Ulster-based 2 Mercian Regiment are to be welcomed back from Afghanistan to their home base in Holywood with a homecoming parade, it has been announced.Army personnel will march...
View ArticleCharles and Camilla in Ulster visit
PRINCE Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in Northern Ireland for a two-day visit.The Royal couple are due to attend a series of engagements during their Ulster stay.The Prince of Wales...
View ArticlePMS man ‘was in intensive care’
ONE of six men facing director disqualification proceedings over the collapsed Presbyterian Mutual Society (PMS) has been in intensive care, the High Court heard yesterday.His illness was disclosed...
View ArticleBrother ‘was suspect’ in girl’s death probe
THE first person arrested after police reopened the investigation into the alleged sexual assault and death of a severely disabled teenage girl was her older brother, a jury heard yesterday.Under...
View ArticlePolice in fire appeal as ‘best friends’ mourned
POLICE investigating the deaths of a mother and daughter in an arson attack in Dungannon have said they want to identify two men seen in the area. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Harkness, who is...
View ArticleNew Belfast theatres get star rating
REFUSING to be overshadowed by the headline-grabbing Titanic Belfast project, two of the city’s other new landmarks are being hailed as “star attractions”.The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) and the...
View ArticleBand changes anniversary parade route
ORGANISERS of a loyalist band parade in north Belfast have agreed to amend the route of an anniversary march following an intervention from the Parades Commission.The watchdog originally placed...
View ArticleRoyal couple’s church visit brings city to a standstill
A BELFAST church, once scarred by bomb attacks during the worst of the Troubles, welcomed the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall through its doors yesterday afternoon.Prince Charles and...
View ArticleDUP’s news sheet mocks McCarthy
DAYS after DUP Health Minister Edwin Poots was told to apologise to Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy for describing him in the Assembly as “behaving like a village idiot”, the DUP has sarcastically rounded...
View ArticleMcGuinness should give evidence, says Robinson
MARTIN McGuinness should give evidence to the Smithwick Tribunal in answer to claims that he authorised IRA human bomb attacks, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.The DUP leader entered the debate...
View ArticleBoundaries of new ‘super councils’ are revealed
THESE are the boundaries for Northern Ireland’s 11 new “super councils” which in three years should replace the Province’s 26 local authorities.The project has been bedevilled with rows and delays but...
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