Pillow perfectionist is a breakfast radio star
A BELFAST hotel employee who turns down beds for a living says she couldn’t turn down the chance to share her skills with the nation.Phil McCartan, accommodation service manager at the Stormont Hotel,...
View ArticleAll creatures great and small attract the crowds
THE buzz around the Balmoral Show continued yesterday with distinguished political guests – including Peter Robinson, Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and Mike Nesbitt – all attracting their own levels...
View ArticleBig screen set to show three days of Jubilee
BELFAST will be celebrating all three days of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on the city’s ‘big screen’ thanks to a council rethink.Last Saturday, the News Letter reported that — unlike 21 other major UK...
View ArticleLarkin hits back at political critics
ATTORNEY General John Larkin last night delivered a robust response to his political critics, telling them that he is not “peering anxiously” to see if he has pleased them.In an interview with the News...
View ArticleWoman dies in Fermanagh road crash
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman has died following a road traffic collision in Fermanagh, police have confirmed.The fatal accident occurred on the Letter Road in Kesh during the early hours of Friday.The victim...
View ArticleMAURICE NEILL: Upholding our right to accountability
THE concept of Freedom of Information, the citizen’s right to know what goes on in government at all levels, has been around for decades and goes to the very heart of the concept of democratic...
View ArticleFertility and illness explored in evocative new dance sequence
DANCER Suzannah Creight has used her experiences of being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant to create a moving, evocative new dance piece called Plants & Hopes.The dancer and choreographer was...
View ArticleBelfast actress scoops role in primetime crime drama
BELFAST actress Seanin Brennan will star in new primetime BBC drama The Fall - a psychologically-gripping series about a serial killer - opposite X-Files icon Gillian Anderson.Seanin said she is...
View ArticleBT lands £20m health contract
BELFAST Health and Social Care Trust has chosen BT as single supplier of voice and data communications in a five-year deal worth up to £20 million, the healthcare group said yesterday.BT will provide...
View ArticleLottery winner distils prison whiskey plan
UP to 60 jobs could be created at Belfast’s historic Crumlin Road Gaol if plans announced yesterday by lottery winner and entrepreneur Peter Lavery ‘mature’ according to plan.The bus driver turned...
View ArticleCity road victim to be laid to rest
THE funeral will take place today of a 25-year-old man who was knocked down and killed in Belfast city centre at the weekend.Niall Patrick Harrigan from the Drones area of Armoy was struck by a silver...
View ArticleHotel workers on trial for Michaela murder
TWO hotel workers accused of murdering the daughter of Tyrone gaelic football boss Mickey Harte while she honeymooned in Mauritius will go on trial this week.Michaela McAreavey was found strangled in...
View ArticleDuffy relatives in court over terrorism charges
THREE men related to leading republican Colin Duffy have been remanded in custody after they were charged with a series of dissident republican terrorist offences including one who was allegedly...
View ArticleFans’ Heineken heartache as cup dreams shattered
ULSTER Rugby fans were downhearted but magnanimous in defeat following their weekend Heineken Cup heartbreak.As the deflated Ulster squad flew back home yesterday after Saturday’s heavy 42-14 defeat to...
View ArticleParade celebrates centenary milestone
ONLY tolerance of each other’s traditions will ensure a peaceful decade of centenaries, a senior Belfast Orangeman told the first major unionist historical rally that passed off peacefully at the...
View Article‘Collusion’ judge in plea
THE judge chairing a probe into claims of Garda collusion with the IRA has asked the Irish parliament for an extension to the deadline for his final report.The Smithwick Tribunal has been investigating...
View ArticleRebuild or end up like Greece, warns economist
NORTHERN Ireland needs to rebalance its economy so that in future it does not end up like Greece, a leading economist warns today.Writing in the News Letter to launch a series of essays on the euro...
View ArticleWe need to rebuild economy
The sad and avoidable Greek economy debacle involves three sets of people all trying desperately to protect their own interests. The first are the Greeks themselves. For years Greek voters allowed...
View ArticleALEX KANE: Why Bell’s clumsy words ring true
THE DUP’s junior minister Jonathan Bell – usually a very safe pair of hands – rarely tolls, let alone strikes a wrong note. So it’s no surprise that his recent comments about prejudice – made at a...
View ArticleRetail and businesses still in decline – reports
NORTHERN Ireland is suffering the highest shop vacancy rate on the UK high street and has also seen the greatest fall in custom, a new report claims today.The figures from the British Retail Consortium...
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