20% of retired police officers rehired as temporary staffCLOSE TO one-fifth of the former officers who retired under the Patten police reform initiative were later re-employed as temporary…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Wide relief as parade passes off peacefullyTHERE WAS a great sense of relief in Belfast at the weekend that the massive Ulster Covenant parade concluded peacefully – despite…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death following alleged assaultA 30-year-old man was being questioned by PSNI detectives last night on suspicion of murder after a man died following an assault…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Up to 30,000 set for unionist Ulster Covenant centenary paradeUP TO 30,000 people and several thousand more spectators are expected to march in and watch a Belfast Orange Order parade today…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Covenant parade passes off peacefullyThe massive Ulster Covenant centenary parade passed off peacefully in city centre Belfast today.Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Orange Order parade to mark Ulster CovenantNORTHERN IRELAND trade unionists have expressed the hope that tomorrow’s massive Orange Order parade marking the centenary of…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
New editor named for Belfast's 'News Letter' daily paperRankin Armstrong has been appointed the new editor of the News Letter daily newspaper in the North.Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Muted willingness on both sides to obey parade rulingORANGEMEN AND nationalist representatives have indicated a muted willingness to abide by a Parades Commission ruling placing …Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Martin rejects claim Fianna Fáil was 'midwife of Provos'FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has described as “a fiction too far” a DUP demand that the Government apologise for the alleged…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Jim did fix it as the whole county sings about winningDONEGAL: Sam Maguire crossed the Border from Co Fermanagh last night to a tumultuous welcome in Pettigo and to a sea of green…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
UUP a pluralist, progressive party for all, says NesbittTHE ULSTER Unionist Party is not a party just for Protestants but a pluralist anti-sectarian pro-union party that wants to draw…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Leader signals UUP may take opposition role in AssemblyANALYSIS: MIKE NESBITT signalled at his annual party conference in the Titanic Belfast building on Saturday that the Ulster …Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Adams rejects claim he sanctioned 1973 Old Bailey bombingSINN FÉIN president and Louth TD Gerry Adams has rejected claims by former IRA prisoner Dolours Price that he sanctioned the …Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Croke Park contenders brimming with hopeHit hard by recession, Donegal puts its woes on hold as expectations of the return of the Sam Maguire cup reach an all-time high…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
UUP leader to galvanise party with 'hard slog' focus on regaining lost groundMike Nesbitt is set to pack a powerful punch as he addresses delegates at his first full annual party conferenceSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Surviving sister in moving tributes at funerals of her father and two brothersIN BALLYNAHINCH Baptist Church Emma Spence, in simple, true and personal terms captured just how deep is her loss, her family…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Spences remembered as 'Godly men'Ballynahich Baptist Church was thronged with mourners with several hundred more standing outside in the sunshine this afternoon…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Concerns mount over loyalist parade in BelfastCONCERNS OVER Saturday week’s massive Ulster Covenant parade in Belfast are mounting due to an impasse between the Orange Order…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
'I think of his mother, and of her terrible loss . . . it breaks my heart'A SMALL Leinster flag amid all the Ulster flags, jerseys and scarves fluttered on the fence beside the main pitch at Ravenhill…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
MLAs seek apology over 'FF role' in creation of Provisional IRATHE NORTHERN Assembly last night adopted a motion calling on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to issue an apology for the part a previous…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Perfect day as Olympians and Paralympians return homeWhatever flag or allegiance the athletes competed under was of no consequence at a joyful and inspiring celebrationFri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Voices of reason as McIlroy debate tees off on NI radioTIME WAS in Northern Ireland when Rory McIlroy’s unrepudiated quote that he has “always felt more British than Irish” would have…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Union will not be unstable if Scotland leaves - RobinsonTHE MAJORITY of people in Northern Ireland would favour maintaining the union with England and Wales even if Scotland voted for…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Loyal order apology calms tensions ahead of paradeA LOYAL order apology to the priests and parishioners of a Belfast city centre Catholic church – viewed as unprecedented – has…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Robinson and McGuinness pursue parading solutionNORTHERN IRELAND’S First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have spoken of the need to find a resolution…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
NI politicians told to stop 'posturing' and sort out disputeANALYSIS: SOME SENIOR police officers can be unduly cautious when operational matters stray into political waters but not PSNI…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
PSNI alert issued ahead of Orange paradeA SENIOR PSNI officer has said that somebody “will be killed” in the run-up to a big Belfast Orange Order parade at the end of…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Victims commissioner for Northern Ireland appointedKATHRYN STONE, the chief executive of British learning disability charity Voice UK, was yesterday appointed commissioner for …Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
NI department to relocate to Derry, says SF MinisterTHE HEADQUARTERS of the North’s Department of Agricultural and Rural Development are to be relocated from east Belfast to Ballykelly…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Fears mount over anti-Home Rule march after 'savage' Belfast riotingTHE RIOTING in north Belfast on Sunday, described as “savage” by a senior police officer, has raised concerns about whether a…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
PSNI warning on Orange marchThe PSNI has warned that somebody “will be killed” in the lead up to the massive Belfast Orange Order parade at the end of the…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Planned £76m redevelopment of Casement Park moves closerPLANS TO create a 40,000 all-seater GAA stadium at Casement Park in west Belfast have moved a “significant” step closer after…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
123 abortions took place in North from 2008 to 2011The North’s Minister of Health, Edwin Poots, has clarified figures for abortions that have taken place in Northern Ireland.Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
New police museum to be built in BelfastThe go-ahead has been given for a new police museum in Northern Ireland. The British government is providing £5Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Lighting of flame begins countdown to ParalympicsGTHE PARALYMPIC flame was lit on top of Northern Ireland’s highest mountain, Slieve Donard in the Mournes, yesterday as the North…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Paralympians charged with sexual assaultThree people associated with the Jordanian Paralympic team are due to appear to in Coleraine District court today on sexual assault…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
UDA denies making death threat to journalistTHE NATIONAL Unionist of Journalists has given a “guarded welcome” to a statement by the UDA denying it issued a death threat…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
CS Lewis letters presented to Queen's demonstrate writer's anti-DarwinismA COLLECTION of letters from Belfast writer CS Lewis which were yesterday presented to Queen’s University Belfast has illustrated…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Inquiry over Belfast boxing club's claims of harassmentTHE IRISH Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) and the North’s sports department are to investigate complaints by a boxing club …Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
University to admit extra students after errorTHE UNIVERSITY of Ulster is to accept about an additional 100 students to take engineering courses even though they have not …Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Horse-riding death of girl investigatedDerry City Council and the Northern Ireland Health and Safety Executive are investigating the death of a Co Tyrone girl in a …Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Age no object for EuroMillions winnerA Ballymena man’s failure to remember his wife’s correct age has netted him almost £2 million in the EuroMillions draw.Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Students in North still top of the class with better A-levels than English and Welsh peersNORTHERN IRELAND A-level students continue to outperform their counterparts in England and Wales, with close to a third achieving…Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Olympic medallist rowers trade oars for roarsCOLERAINE ATHLETES: EVEN THE local Coleraine Olympic medallist rowers – brothers Richard and Peter Chambers and Alan Campbell…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Celebrations cross the divide as Belfast welcomes boxing heroes homeJIMMY KEENAN, aged 89, standing with the crowd at the barriers outside Belfast City Hall, wasn’t going to budge until he had …Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
McIlroy hailed by politicians on both sides of BorderRORY McILROY’s second Major success in winning the US PGA tournament in South Carolina at the weekend earned plaudits yesterday…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Olympians of Games past hail city's latest boxing heroesBELFAST: “IT’S A fighting town,” said John McNally, standing strong and proud 60 years on from his own success in the Olympics…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Plaudits pour in for McIlroy after winRory McIlroy’s second golf major success in winning the US PGA tournament in South Carolina at the weekend has earned plaudits…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Jailed republican Price in legal limbo despite her illnessLegitimate questions hang over the detention of Marian Price, but she still faces prosecution in relation to the murder of two…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Mauritius asks Garda and PSNI to assistTHE PRIME minister of Mauritius has written to the Garda Síochána and PSNI to invite them to assist in investigating the murder…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
