Irish law would ‘disadvantage Protestants’
AN Irish language strategy published by a Sinn Fein minister could disadvantage Protestants from government jobs, TUV leader Jim Allister has said.The document, produced by Culture Minister Caral Ni...
View ArticleDomestic violence is a ‘cancer’
DOMESTIC violence is an “absolute cancer” in Northern Ireland, a High Court judge has said.Mr Justice Gillen warned of tough prison sentences for those convicted of attacking their partners – even if...
View ArticleArds stadium plans blocked
THE building of a new football stadium in Newtownards has been vetoed by the Londonderry family of Mount Stewart estate.Ards Football Club has been without a stadium for 14 years since it was forced to...
View ArticleARLENE FOSTER: Pipe bands important part of our culture
NORTHERN Ireland is steeped in piping tradition. From solo piping to pipe bands, these traditions are an important part of our culture. This is undoubtedly due to our close proximity to Scotland and...
View ArticlePensioner killed in road accident
A 76-YEAR-OLD man who died after a three-vehicle collision near Ballycastle on Friday has been described as a “very outgoing, friendly neighbour”.William McCurdy, from Ballinlea, near Ballintoy in Co...
View ArticleMan beaten with baseball bat
A MAN sustained injuries to his leg and face during an assault in east Belfast on Friday afternoon..The 48-year-old victim was attacked by a man with a baseball bat in Tower Street off the Newtownards...
View ArticleSinn Fein raking in £1million
SINN Fein continues to be the richest political party in the Province – by a country mile.The republican organisation raked in more than both the main unionist parties and the Alliance Party...
View ArticleUlster flag removed at Afghan base
ANGER has been sparked by the reported removal of the Ulster flag from a canteen at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.A serving soldier said the Northern Ireland flag had been displayed along with the...
View ArticleBobbie, the 89-year-old who coached a champion
ALAN Campbell’s former coach was a very proud man yesterday.After witnessing the bronze medal winner’s career burgeon from a young teenager to that of a successful Olympian, Bobbie Platt MBE said the...
View ArticleSporting hero ‘showed no potential’
IF Alan Campbell had not been persistent he might never have found the sport that made him an Olympic bronze medallist.Before he tried rowing for the first time as a 13-year-old schoolboy his athletic...
View ArticleCovenant dinner set to unite parties
OLD rivals the DUP and UUP are planning to come together for what is believed to be their first official joint social function.The event will be a gala dinner on Friday, September 28 to celebrate the...
View ArticleSDLP councillor Shields dies at 65
A “ONE in a million” Omagh councillor who qualified as a solicitor after retiring as a primary school principal has died aged 65.SDLP councillor Seamus Shields, who represented the mid-Tyrone ward,...
View ArticleUnionists welcome border signs
THE first signs in decades saying ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ have been erected at the border under a new policy from Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy.The signs, which will inform...
View ArticlePensioner, 96, killed yards from home
A 96-YEAR-OLD man who was killed in a one-car crash was just yards from home when he died.Robert Scott, from Mountcollyer Street off the York Road in north Belfast, was injured when the car he was...
View ArticleFears at ‘violent’ faith healer visit
AN American faith healer who claims to cure people by kicking them in the face has been invited to preach in Portadown next month.Controversial evangelist Todd Bentley has caused uproar in the US using...
View ArticleQuinn case ‘shows SF opportunism’
A RETIRED senior detective has accused Sinn Fein of being “opportunistic” in how its public representatives have contradicted each other about the Quinn controversy.Former RUC and PSNI Detective Chief...
View ArticleCommission ‘routinely embarrassing loyal orders’
THE PARADES Commission is routinely embarrassing loyal orders, a senior Belfast loyalist has said.Winston Irvine from the North and West Belfast Parades Forum was speaking after the head of the Parades...
View ArticleCHRIS MONCRIEF: High-flying times for Boris
BORIS Johnson for Conservative Party leader! That is the cry increasingly heard among Tories at Westminster as government backbenchers become increasingly frustrated by David Cameron’s leadership.In...
View ArticleIN PICTURES: Ulster Pipe Band Championships
FIELD Marshal Montgomery got back to winning ways as they dominated grade one at the 61st Ulster Pipe Band Championships held in Dungannon Park on Saturday.They may have been second to Boghall and...
View ArticlePICTURE SPECIAL: Wendy’s Olympic highs and lows
THE News Letter looks back on the glittering career of Northern Ireland cyclist, Wendy Houvenaghel who has sensationally spoken out against her omission from the gold winning Team GB.The Upperlands...
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