NR GREER: An MBA no longer a ticket to success
ONE of the many depressing aspects of the continuing recession across southern Europe is the large number of highly qualified and extremely able young people who are struggling to build a career.Many...
View ArticlePensioner arrested over dissident activity
A PENSIONER has been arrested over dissident republican activity in Belfast.The 66-year-old man was apprehended in the west of the city on Wednesday morning.Police say the suspect has been taken to...
View ArticleActor’s wine takes starring role
Holywood legend Sam Neill’s range of New Zealand wines have been toasted across the Province in recent years. ADRIENNE MCGILL met up with the movie star to savour his thoughts on Pinot Noir and get a...
View ArticleAn Ulster seafarer’s uncanny ‘X’ factor
THE ROAMERA NUMBER of readers have commented on last week’s shipwreck story told by Valerie Beattie, and they thanked her for sharing such a moving, personal tragedy with them. More than a few tears...
View Article‘Government can learn from Ulster’s badger plan’
NORTHERN Ireland is leading the way in tackling the problem of tuberculosis [TB] in cattle, by trapping badgers instead of culling them, an animal rights group has said.On Tuesday, the UK Environment...
View ArticleUlster terror threat downgraded
The threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism has been downgraded from substantial to moderate, meaning an attack is possible but unlikely.But the announcement by the Home Secretary on Wednesday...
View ArticleMurder suspect ‘out of reach’
POLICE have been unable to extradite a man suspected of murdering a dissident republican in Northern Ireland, it was revealed.Kieran Doherty, 31, was found naked and bound on the outskirts of...
View ArticlePrimary computer tests ‘unworkable’
Problems with primary school computer tests are on the same scale as the Ulster Bank crisis, the chairman of Stormont’s education committee claimed today.Mervyn Storey was questioning the Department of...
View ArticleTeenage girls assaulted in east Belfast
POLICE have received reports that two teenage girls have been assaulted in east Belfast.A PSNI spokesman said detectives were told that the pair were attacked by a male in the Cameronian Drive area of...
View ArticleCommunity information fears over murder
The family of a murdered West Belfast greengrocer have concerns about information which flowed from the community to the police, an inquest has heard.Harry Holland, 65, was stabbed in the head with a...
View ArticleBoat captain tells of dramatic rescue off County Down coast
The skipper of a Co Down fishing boat has spoken about the drama surrounding its sinking and how a crewman entangled in a rope almost perished.Captain Stephen Kearney, who has nearly 20 years’...
View ArticleUlster rugby fan awarded £37k for Ravenhill fall
An Ulster rugby fan has been awarded more than £37,000 in damages for injuries suffered as he was exiting Ravenhill stadium.The High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Irish Rugby Football Union...
View ArticleAction call over school IT crisis
PROBLEMS with primary school computer tests are on the same scale as the Ulster Bank crisis, the chairman of Stormont’s education committee has claimed.On Wednesday, Mervyn Storey was questioning the...
View ArticleQuarter of all diesel now sold in Northern Ireland illegal
With around a quarter of all diesel sold in Northern Ireland now believed to be from illegal fuel sources, an MP is calling for an urgent response from Customs officials.Speaking during NI Questions in...
View ArticleFactory output hits three year low
MANUFACTURERS saw output reach its lowest level in three years this month as companies became increasingly concerned by political and economic problems abroad, a survey said.An overall balance of three...
View ArticleNew ‘super’ milk shakes up market
ARMAGH dairy business Linwoods has announced an important first with the launch yesterday of Europe’s first probiotic and vitamin-enriched fresh milk.Marketed under the brand name Linwoods Super...
View ArticleTwo arrested in ‘legal high’ probe
POLICE investigating the sale and supply of so-called ‘legal highs’ have arrested two men in Belfast.Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch arrested the pair, aged 31 and 58, following...
View ArticleFive rioters walk free from court
FIVE men who took part in three different riots across Belfast last year all walked free from court on Wednesday after one agreed to community service and the other four received suspended jail...
View ArticleDonaldson hits back at ‘time warp’ jibe
JEFFREY Donaldson has hit back over claims his party is stuck in a “time warp”.The DUP MP for Lagan Valley was responding to comments made by Sinn Fein chairman Declan Kearney at a meeting in...
View ArticleFuneral home thief jailed
A FUNERAL home manageress who stole almost £50,000 from grieving families was jailed for a year on Wednesday.Sentencing 49-year-old Joanne Tumilson at Belfast Crown Court, Judge David McFarland told...
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