Second death after Fermanagh accident
A SECOND man has died following a two-vehicle crash in Fermanagh on Sunday afternoon.News of his death came just hours after police released the name of the first victim — 22-year-old Ryan Maguire from...
View ArticleOrange leaders meet Swire over Drumcree
A SENIOR Government minister has held talks with Orange Order leaders in Portadown to discuss parading issues.Upper Bann MP David Simpson hosted the meeting between Hugo Swire and officers from Number...
View ArticleDissidents disrupt Olympic torch in Londonderry
THE Olympic Torch was last night rerouted amid a dissident republican protest in Londonderry.Police say one man was arrested during the protest close to the city’s Guildhall – staged just as the...
View ArticleMichaela trial: Witness ‘joked with murder accused’
A hotel worker who claims he saw the two men accused of murdering a honeymooner leave the crime scene was drinking tea and joking with one of the defendants an hour later, a court in Mauritius has...
View ArticlePICTURE GALLERY: Ulster beacons light up in honour of the Queen
NORTHERN Ireland – together with a site in Donegal – lit up in honour of Her Majesty The Queen last night in a visually stunning series of more than 50 beacons.The beacons were part of 4,200 Diamond...
View ArticlePICTURE GALLERY: Stunning scenes on day two of Olympic torch tour
OLYMPIC flame excitement continued for a second day yesterday as the iconic symbol was carried in a relay across the north west of the Province.Having started its journey in Belfast on Sunday morning...
View ArticleHer Majesty ‘steadying influence’ in peace process - Robinson
THE Queen has played an unreported, behind-the-scenes role as a “steadying influence” on the Northern Ireland peace process, Peter Robinson has revealed.The First Minister told the News Letter that the...
View ArticleClosure for family after body is found
THE family of a teenager missing for nearly 40 years has secured some closure over the tragedy after his body was found, it was said yesterday.Gerard Slattery was only 16 when he disappeared in Omagh...
View ArticleIRA medals bring shame on GAA: Morrow
THE GAA has come under pressure to take action after a Tyrone gaelic club issued medals with an image of an IRA man at a recent children’s tournament.Galbally Pearses Club handed out the medals...
View ArticleConcern over withdrawal of staff Jubilee kits
TESCO’S decision to withdraw Diamond Jubilee kits for staff in Northern Ireland has only served to reinforce “perceptions of divisions”, it has been claimed.Last week, it emerged that the retail giant...
View ArticleUlster breaks out in street parties to toast the Queen
DIAMOND Jubilee street parties continued to take place across the Province yesterday as four days of celebrations drew to a close.Abbeyhill Road and Gardens in Whiteabbey were among many streets across...
View ArticleQueen’s Diamond Jubilee: London events reflect diversity
AT a time when the future of the Union is under more discussion than at any other time in recent decades, the Royal Family and the Government will have been particularly keen to ensure that the Jubilee...
View ArticleCommunity heroes guide torch on its journey
THE Olympic Torch continued its journey around Ulster yesterday making its way from Londonderry to Newry on day 18 of the relay.All along the 146-mile trip the torch was carried through towns and...
View ArticleOlympic flame heads for tour of Dublin
DUBLINERS have been called on to line the streets of the Republic’s capital on Wednesday as the Olympic torch tours its only city outside the UK.Jedward will be among more than 40 torchbearers taking...
View ArticlePolice officers attacked in Dunmurry
POLICE have come under attack while attending an incident in west Belfast.Officers were investigating a report of damage to property at Whinn Park, Dunmurry, when the attack happened after midnight....
View ArticleNR GREER: The French fancy life in London
THE area of Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of south central France has many things going for it.There’s the astonishing medieval splendour of Carcassonne, the vast tracts of vineyards...
View ArticleNew £10m distillery planned for Londonderry
Londonderry-based local cream liqueur manufacturer Niche Drinks is to build a new state-of-the-art distillery on the outskirts of the city in a £10m investment, it has been announced.Niche Drinks,...
View ArticleLocal entrepreneur to represent Hungary
One of the Province’s leading business figures has been appointed Honorary Consul of Hungary in Northern Ireland. Ken Belshaw, co-founder of Grafton Recruitment, part of the Belfast-based Grafton...
View ArticleNeighbours rally round family after slurry death
THE distraught family of a man who lost his life in a slurry tank accident say they have been overwhelmed by offers of support from neighbouring farmers who rallied to their aid in the hours after the...
View ArticleSF ‘has itself to blame for missing mayor role’
THE leader of the DUP group on Craigavon Borough Council has insisted that Sinn Fein have “only themselves to blame for missing out on the council’s top positions”.Alderman Stephen Moutray MLA was...
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