Ministers announce £1m export deal in China
A Carrickfergus electronics company has scooped orders worth £1m in China at the start of a trade mission there led by the First and Deputy First Ministers.Yelo, which designs and manufactures...
View ArticleWarm memories in a forgotten word
A MONTH ago Susan Plunkett introduced us to her 90-year-old father’s poem called Life’s a Beach, which was much appreciated by a number of readers. Signing himself as the Bard of Ballyholme, Susan...
View ArticleSuccessful year for commercial law firm
One of Belfast’s top law firms has been confirmed as a market leader once again by the influential Chambers UK Legal Directory.Tughans, one of Northern Ireland’s largest firms, has been named as a top...
View ArticleGreen energy heats up with launch of hub
A leading green energy company in Northern Ireland has opened a dedicated learning hub to provide people with information and advice on solar energy.Amber Green Solar, which has bases in Belfast and...
View ArticleChilling warning from Terry Spence on dissident threat
THE chairman of the Police Federation has warned we are “sleepwalking into disaster” in the face of increased terrorist activity.Terry Spence was speaking after a suspected under-car booby trap was...
View ArticleMen in court on attempted murder charge
TWO men are due in court on Wednesday morning charged with the attempted murder of a man in Antrim on Monday.A 33-year-old man and 37-year-old man will appear at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court following...
View ArticleFinucane family say report will not contain ‘vital information’ on killing
The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane have reiterated their call for a full public inquiry into the killing.The call follows news that the Government-ordered review into the murder will...
View ArticleFinucane report will reveal ‘highly classified documents’
Highly-classified documents will be included in the published report of a Government-ordered review into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it was revealed on Tuesday.Sir Desmond de Silva...
View ArticleCouncil parties clash over Union flag leaflets
The DUP has hit back at complaints by the Alliance Party over the distribution of a leaflet on the future of the Union Flag at Belfast City Hall.In December, Belfast City Council will vote on whether...
View ArticleOfficer had grounds to shoot robber Marc Ringland
An off duty policeman who shot and killed an armed robber in east Belfast had reasonable grounds to open fire, an inquest jury decided on Wednesday.The jury of eight men and two women also unanimously...
View ArticleLet’s medal with memories
REGULAR reader and contributor Christopher Wilson, whose collection of old bus and train memorabilia often adorns this page, noticed “the flyer in last Friday’s News Letter, regarding the 80th...
View ArticleStop the nonce sense
IN 1692 and 1693 a febrile atmosphere overtook several towns and villages around Salem in Massachusetts, resulting in 20 people being prosecuted and then hanged or crushed to death as witches. Many...
View ArticleConfronting dissident terrorists
NORTHERN Ireland is sleepwalking into disaster from terrorism, says Police Federation chair Terry Spence.We are indeed heading to disaster. Whether we are sleepwalking is another matter.Sleepwalking...
View ArticlePolice revisit scene of explosive device
Detectives investigating the viable explosive device discovered in North Belfast on Monday revisited the scene on Wednesday morning.Officers planned to speak with local residents and drivers in the...
View ArticleWoman dies after abortion refused in ‘Catholic country’
Health chiefs have launched investigations following the death of a woman in an Irish hospital after she was refused an abortion.Savita Halappanavar, a dentist aged 31, was 17 weeks pregnant when she...
View ArticleHave you made a will?
A BELFAST law firm has teamed up with local cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland in a new partnership to launch a ‘Make a Will’ initiative to help those affected by cancer in Northern Ireland,...
View ArticleDUP’s Jim Wells faces expulsion over McArdle row
A DUP politician is facing expulsion from the Assembly after making certain comments about the culture minister.Jim Wells’ Stromont colleagues will vote next week on whether he should be excluded from...
View ArticlePensioner victim of distraction burglary
A 76-YEAR-OLD woman was left badly shaken after three men entered her house in what is thought to have been a distraction burglaru.One man, speaking with a southern Irish accent, approached the woman’s...
View ArticleHunger strike priest buried
A PRIEST who worked in the Maze prison during the Hunger Strikes in the 1980s has been described as a man of integrity.Monsignor Tom Toner’s funeral mass was celebrated at St Teresa’s Church on the...
View ArticleIT experts boost Belfast for ‘ordinary citizens’
A special group of international experts from one of the world’s largest IT companies is to visit Belfast to help overhaul how the city is run.It is the first place on the island to receive an IBM...
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