Woman gets 20 years for murdering neighbourDUBLIN PHARMACIST Karen Walsh will serve a minimum of 20 years in prison for the murder of her Newry neighbour Maire Rankin (…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Serial child-killer found guilty of 1981 abduction and murder in AntrimTHERE WERE emotional scenes in Armagh Crown Court shortly after noon yesterday when Robert Black was convicted of the 1981 abduction…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
A family grateful for guilty verdict as child-killer returns to life behind barsBACKGROUND: The child-murderer probably considered the trial in Armagh as a welcome break from jailFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
PSNI vows to investigate any leads on child abuseTHE PSNI has pledged that any new information about alleged abuse of vulnerable children at two former children’s hospitals in…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Jury considers verdict in serial child-killer trialTHE JURY is reconvening at Armagh Crown Court this morning to consider its verdict in the trial of Robert Black (64) who is charged…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
Elliott accuses DUP of putting party interest firstTHE DUP and Sinn Féin often seem to aspire to nothing higher than mutual veto and mutual avoidance of uncomfortable realities…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Party in dire need of vision and planANALYSIS: Ulster Unionists desperately require a realisable path of renewal, and some Fine Gael-style luck, if they are to arrest…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
President praises peace process on last official visit to NorthPRESIDENT MARY McAleese on her last official visit to Northern Ireland last night spoke of her happiness at the success of the…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Gay students face 'lose-lose' choice in North, says reportHOMOPHOBIC BULLYING is prevalent in schools across Northern Ireland, according to a report published in Belfast yesterday by …Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
UUP warns about digging up pastTHE VAST majority of people will only deliver a “bundle of lies” if they ever decide to address the issue of the past, Ulster…Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Police college will train PSNI officers and gardaíA STATE-of-the-art police college will allow for greater joint training involving the PSNI and the Garda, according to the deputy…Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
North's rights chief is gay advocatePROFILE: Michael O’Flaherty has carried out much work promoting human rightsMon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
Pharmacist may appeal life sentence for murderSOLICITORS FOR Dublin pharmacist Karen Walsh, who was found guilty on Tuesday of the Christmas Day 2008 murder of Newry pensioner…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Pharmacist guilty of murdering neighbour“TAKE HER down,” Mr Justice Hart instructed the two prison guards after Karen Walsh was convicted of the murder by physical and…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Jury in Newry murder trial to consider verdictTHE JURY in the trial of Karen Walsh for the murder of Maire Rankin (81) is expected to retire to consider its verdict today …Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Calm, can-do politician serving SF wellPROFILE: John O’Dowd, in Martin McGuinness’s shoes as Deputy First Minister, has unionist approvalMon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Child abuse inquiry in North gets go-aheadAN INQUIRY into church and state institutional abuse of children in Northern Ireland is to be carried out over the next two to…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Schools in North to close in overhaul of systemSCORES OF schools in the North face closure or merger under proposals by the Sinn Féin Minister for Education, John O’Dowd. Plans…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Female body found on beach may be identified next weekTHE BODY of the woman discovered on a beach on the Mull of Kintyre on the west coast of Scotland on Thursday is not likely to…Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Martin McGuinness insists he left IRA in 1974MARTIN MCGUINNESS said in his soon-to-be vacated Deputy First Minister’s office at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, yesterday …Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Four enter race for SDLP leadershipFOUR CANDIDATES have entered the contest to succeed Margaret Ritchie as the next leader of the SDLP, all planning to campaign…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Ringland criticises lodge over Kerr funeral MassFORMER ULSTER Unionist Trevor Ringland has said that the Orange Order has landed itself in a “PR disaster” after one of its lodges…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Search for camogie captain to resumeSEARCHES ARE to continue today for Karen Coyles, the Ballycastle, Co Antrim, woman who has been missing since Sunday.Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
One candidate officially declared in running for SDLP leadershipJUST ONE candidate has so far officially declared as a candidate to succeed Margaret Ritchie as SDLP leaderThu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Revised boundaries could cost North two MPsTHE BOUNDARY Commission for Northern Ireland has proposed major changes to the North’s Westminster constituencies which would…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Adams in favour of running candidate for presidencySINN FÉIN should support the nomination of a candidate to be president, Gerry Adams told his party’s ardfheis in the Waterfront…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Doherty supports motion rejecting policy of cutbacksECONOMY: THE GOVERNMENT “cannot cut” its way out of the recession, finance spokesman Pearse Doherty told the Sinn Féin ardfheis…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Adams supports presidency bidSinn Féin should support the nomination of a candidate for the presidency, Gerry Adams told his party’s ardfheis in the Waterfront…Sun Sept 11 2011 - 01:00
Presbyterian cleric praises McGuinness in ardfheis addressPRESBYTERIAN MINISTER Rev Dr David Latimer described Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness as “one of the true great…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Ritchie to stand down from SDLP leadershipSDLP LEADER Margaret Ritchie is to stand down at the party’s annual conference in NovemberFri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Sinn Féin unwilling to commit party to presidential run despite weekend ardfheisSINN FÉIN is to keep its cards close to its chest on a possible presidential candidate when up to 2,000 delegates and visitors…Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Supergrass witnesses 'could not live with their lives'ONE OF the two so-called supergrass witnesses in the loyalist paramilitary trial in Belfast said he and his brother handed themselves…Thu Sept 08 2011 - 01:00
UVF man wanted quick killing so he 'could get kebab'‘SUPERGRASS’ TRIAL: ONE OF the 14 loyalist suspects in a so-called supergrass trial couldn’t wait to murder former UDA leader…Wed Sept 07 2011 - 01:00
Time warp inside and outside of court as old friends and foe come face to faceBACKGROUND: AS KEN Wilkinson of Families Against Supergrass Trials put it, there was a sense of “time warp” inside and outside…Wed Sept 07 2011 - 01:00
High security for supergrass trialPolice are to mount a strong security operation in and around Laganside courts in central Belfast today ahead of one of the biggest…Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Robinson cleared of wrongdoing over leaseONE OF the final episodes of the so-called Irisgate affair has been concluded with an official report which cleared Iris Robinson…Sat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00
Tributes to teacher who died in NicaraguaTHE FAMILY and friends of a young trainee teacher who died while on a hiking holiday in Central America have expressed their …Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
School hopes lower fees will lure students across BorderCAMPBELL COLLEGE near Stormont in leafy east Belfast has embarked on a campaign to entice boarders from the Republic.Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Bodies of women killed in Turkey return homeTHE BODIES of Marion Graham and Kathy Dinsmore, who were murdered a week ago in Turkey, were yesterday returned to their homes…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Numbers visiting the North from abroad up 5,000 on last yearNORTHERN IRELAND is experiencing an increase in international visitors despite the global economic downturn, according to figures…Wed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
Dead woman's family arrive back from TurkeyTHE BEREAVED family of murder victim Marion Graham flew back to Belfast yesterday as preparations continue to bring home her …Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00
Prayers said in Newry for women murdered in TurkeyPRAYERS WERE said in churches in the Newry area yesterday for Marion Graham and Kathy Dinsmore, who were murdered while on holidays…Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Shock and sadness at killing of two NI womenNEWS OF the killing of two Irishwomen in Turkey was met yesterday with shock and sadness in the Newry area of Co Down, where …Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí and police hunt for family's kidnappersTHE POLICE Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda are co-operating in the hunt for a gang who kidnapped members of a Belfast…Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Quinn Group rejects report linking contractors to attacksTHE QUINN Group has rejected a report that contractors linked to the company are prime suspects for the series of attacks on …Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Orange Order press release about parade 'unacceptable'THE PRESBYTERIAN Church has upheld a complaint by the North’s Parades Commission against an east Belfast district of the Orange…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
North's poetic politicians step aside from photo opportunities to offer a wider visionTHE PAINTINGS, photographs and poems proudly on display by Assembly members in the Great Hall of the Parliament Buildings illustrate…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
30 injured as bus overturns in BelfastCASUALTY DEPARTMENTS at Belfast hospitals were put on high alert yesterday after a double-decker bus overturned near Central …Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Three men questioned over killingTHREE MEN were being questioned by PSNI detectives last night following the stabbing to death of a young man in Portadown, Co…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Persuasion the best policy, says AdamsSINN FÉIN is well-placed to “peacefully and democratically” persuade unionists of the merits of a united Ireland, the party president…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
