Council discounts 1,000 letters voicing opposition to pig mega farm......
Almost 1,000 letters of objection against plans for a giant pig farm have been discounted, it can be revealed. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council has been inundated with letters from those opposed to a...
View ArticleMan needed metal plates in his head after city attack
A man was knocked to the ground and had his head stood on during an attack in Belfast city centre, the High Court has heard. Two assailants also allegedly kicked him about the face before they boarded...
View ArticleRwandan chief's arrest 'an insult'
The arrest of a Rwandan intelligence chief at Heathrow Airport over war crimes allegations has been condemned by the country's high commissioner in London. Karenzi Karake was detained by the...
View ArticleParents mourn their 'best friend' as son laid to rest after car crash
A young Co Antrim man his parents described as "their best friend" has been buried following a fatal road crash last week. Hundreds gathered at Christ Church in Derriaghy yesterday to bid their final...
View ArticleFans raise thousands for TT star Jamie Hamilton ahead of op to save his arm...
A Northern Ireland motorcycle racer who suffered serious injuries during a high-speed crash at the Isle of Man TT is facing major surgery to save an injured arm. Jamie Hamilton has been transferred to...
View ArticleIf 'Satanic Islam' pastor James McConnell goes to jail I will go with him,...
Clerics from faiths previously lambasted by Pastor James McConnell have slammed the decision to prosecute him over a fiery sermon. A Muslim imam has vowed to go to jail with the pastor if he is...
View ArticleBarack Obama has no regrets after using the n-word
President Barack Obama does not regret using the 'n-word' to make a point about racial progress in an interview, the White House has said. Mr Obama told comedian Marc Maron in a podcast that the US...
View ArticleUlster body builder Jim Henderson dies in Malta hours after contest
A world-renowned body builder from Northern Ireland has died just hours after taking part in what he said would be his last competition. Jim Henderson collapsed and died in his hotel on the...
View ArticleEnniskillen care home faces new criticism by regulator
A nursing home has been heavily criticised by Northern Ireland's health regulators after management failed to make necessary improvements in care, despite the problems being previously raised. The...
View ArticleI uphold the moral right of pastor McConnell and myself to disagree about...
One of my saddest moments in recent months was being told of the passing of the brilliant traditional singer, Mick Quinn of Mullaghbawn. Being an amateur fiddle player and lover of sean-nos song, I had...
View ArticleFr Brendan Smyth confession: I had hundreds of child sex victims
Ireland's most notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth admitted to having potentially abused more than 200 children during his years in the priesthood, it has been revealed. The full extent of the...
View ArticleCrash girl father 'guilty of grief'
A man whose 14-year-old daughter was killed by a cannabis-using motorist said he was only "guilty of grief" after being investigated for harassing the youth's family. Paul Baker said he lost faith in...
View ArticleFox family wants inquiry into claims of state collusion with loyalist killers
Children of a murdered couple have called for a public inquiry into claims of state collusion with their loyalist killers after a coroner conceded he was not resourced to conduct such a probe. Charlie...
View ArticleTrial of 'Satanic Islam' sermon pastor McConnell a travesty and a waste of...
A priest has called the prosecution of Pastor James McConnell an "absurd waste of money". The north Belfast pastor's case is set for its first hearing on August 6. He says he will go to jail, rather...
View ArticleTaxi driver punched in Newtownabbey hijack bid
Police are hunting two men after an attempted taxi hijacking in Newtownabbey. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning when a driver stopped in Moreland Avenue to ask two men whether...
View ArticleSmart and cunning, Brendan Smyth used his collar to groom the innocent
For 40 years Brendan Smyth used his position in the Catholic Church to target, groom and sexually abuse innocent young children. The Church was well aware of his crimes, but rather than address them he...
View ArticleCannabis factory charge mother breaks down weeping in court
A mother-of-three broke down in tears in court as she was charged with offences which were linked to the discovery of a cannabis factory containing almost 350 plants in a house in Dungiven. Julie Ruth...
View ArticleAbuse victim's anger at judge as paedophile teacher is freed
A victim of paedophile teacher Daniel Eccles has hit out at the justice system after the serial child abuser walked free from court with a suspended sentence. The 68-year-old admitted repeatedly...
View ArticleDisgraced nurse jailed for stealing £7.4k from Armagh patients is struck off
A thieving nurse who defrauded thousands of pounds from vulnerable patients has been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Cathy Claire Conway, who worked at Longstone Hospital, Co...
View ArticleFrance 'jails smuggling Britons'
Up to 100 Britons are estimated to have been jailed in France in the past year after trying to smuggle migrants through Calais into Britain, according to local prosecutors. UK citizens now make up a...
View ArticlePrison 'did not appear to know' it had prisoner in its cells
Judge criticises Pentonville prison bosses and says man who failed to turn up to high court hearing may have been falsely imprisoned ...
View ArticlePolish woman pleads with husband to 'come out of hiding' with son
Layla Dad writes open letter to her estranged husband who is believed to be in the UK with their six-year-old son whom he took from Poland in January ...
View ArticleMother's appeal to husband over son
A woman has begged her estranged husband to "please, please come out of hiding", after he disappeared with their six-year-old son. Leyla Dad today told husband Zayn Dean: "We can sort this out between...
View ArticleJudge to quiz missing boy Mani Dad's Kettering uncle
15 July 2015 From the section Northampton Mani was living in Poland with his mother, Leyla Dad, when he disappeared A salesman from Kettering is to appear before a High Court judge over what he knows...
View ArticleCosta coffee customers urged to look out for Mani Dad
2 August 2015 From the section Northampton Mani Dad vanished with his father Zayn Dean, who has links to Bolton, Bradford, Birmingham, Luton, Bedfordshire, Essex and London A woman whose seven-year-old...
View ArticleOffenders given deport appeal right
Foreign national prisoners facing deportation have won permission to bring test case appeals against new laws aimed at removing them from the UK as quickly as possible. The landmark human rights cases...
View ArticleProsecution of 'Satanic Islam' sermon Belfast preacher McConnell 'could have...
The prosecution of a controversial preacher who called Islam "satanic" in a sermon streamed live on the internet could have a chilling effect on other churches with an online ministry, it has been...
View ArticlePoliticians 'must face abuse trial'
It would be "quite extraordinary" if no senior politicians face criminal trials over allegations of child abuse, a campaigning MP said as he claimed the cover-up of establishment paedophiles was still...
View ArticleProsecution of 'Satanic Islam' pastor James McConnell 'could have chilling...
The prosecution of a controversial preacher who called Islam "satanic" in a sermon streamed live on the internet could have a chilling effect on other churches with an online ministry, it has been...
View ArticlePolice hunt woman with missing front teeth wearing wedding style hat and...
Police are hunting a woman with missing front teeth wearing a wedding style hat, black sunglasses and floral and leather gloves after a Belfast knifepoint robbery. At around 11.40am on Tuesday a woman...
View ArticleLive updates: Historical abuse inquiry examines activities of paedophile...
Northern Ireland's Historical Abuse Inquiry has begun focusing on the activities of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. The (HIA) inquiry is examining whether systemic failings allowed Smyth - a member of...
View ArticleLuftwaffe fighters escort Queen Elizabeth into Germany for Royal visit
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Berlin yesterday for what is likely to be her seventh and last official visit to Germany. Escorted in by three Luftwaffe Eurofighters to Tegel airport, the...
View ArticleKiller husband Christopher Cullen jailed for 30 years
A man who stabbed his Northern Ireland wife to death in a "ferocious" attack in Australia has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for her murder. Christopher Cullen (53) expressed no emotion as Judge...
View Article£800k drug haul accused denied bail, High Court hears
A delivery driver accused of trying to smuggle more than £800,000 of cannabis into Northern Ireland thought he was picking up food packages, the High Court heard yesterday. Counsel for Chris...
View ArticleBangor man in court charged with being drunk in charge of mobility scooter
A Bangor man appeared in court Wednesday accused of being drunk in charge of a mobility scooter. Malcolm McCormick is alleged to have committed the offence in Belfast city centre last month. The...
View ArticleOur future is Orange as well as green, says former Armagh GAA star Burns
A Catholic school principal and ex-GAA star has praised the outreach and educational work of the Orange Order. Jarlath Burns - a former captain of the Armagh team - recently visited two refurbished...
View ArticleGAA shirts worn in tribute to tragic Qatar crash victim Eamonn Morgan
Mourners wearing the Qatar GAA shirt formed a guard of honour yesterday at the funeral of a Newry teacher killed in a horror dune buggy accident in Qatar in the Middle East. Eamonn Morgan (24) and his...
View ArticleLabour MP Simon Danczuk has spoken of personal cost of battle to expose child...
Labour MP Simon Danczuk has spoken of the personal cost of his battle to expose child sex abuse, saying it left him depressed and helped wreck his marriage. The backbencher said he was receiving...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Ring of steel for Orange Order's Battle of the Somme...
A ring of steel separated Orangemen commemorating the Battle of the Somme from residents of the Short Strand last night, maintaining the peace for a parade often marred by sectarian tension. The...
View ArticleOrder: Tricolour 'snub' nothing to get hung up about
The Irish tricolour was omitted from a display of flags outside the new Orange Order museum because Orangemen in the Republic feel "culturally British", a senior official has claimed. The Order has...
View Article'Jihadi' probe forensic officers examine 9,000 images
Nine thousand images have to be examined by police forensic officers as part of the investigation into a 26-year-old man charged with committing terrorist offences in the Middle East, a court has...
View ArticleDecision not to charge Gerry Adams over information about paedophile brother...
A decision by the PSNI not to charge Gerry Adams for withholding information about his paedophile brother was not politically motivated, the Police Ombudsman has concluded. Investigations by the...
View ArticleFatal Ballycastle road crash man on bail banned from entering town
A 20-year-old man charged in connection with a horror road smash in which two people died and several others were injured was released on bail at a court on Friday but banned from entering Ballycastle...
View ArticleMassacre survivor in legal threat over inquest
The sole survivor of a sectarian massacre of 10 Protestant workmen has threatened legal action over Stormont's failure to appoint a new coroner to hear a fresh inquest into the murders. Alan Black...
View ArticleKnight to stand trial for murder
A judge has ruled that music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight should stand trial for murder despite the fact that a key witness - one of the men he is accused of running over - refused to identify him in...
View ArticleQueen's Brian May blasts plans for huge pig farm in Northern Ireland
One of the best-known musicians in the world has described the plans for a massive pig farm in Co Antrim as a "horrific prospect". Queen guitarist Brian May has spoken out in the Belfast Telegraph as...
View ArticleMan faces judge in missing boy case
A family court hearing is being held over the disappearance of six-year-old Mani Dad A man will appear before a family court judge today following the launch of investigations into the disappearance of...
View ArticleMan faces judge in missing boy caseA man will appear before a family...
A family court hearing is being held over the disappearance of six-year-old Mani Dad A man will appear before a family court judge today following the launch of investigations into the disappearance of...
View ArticleColeraine social security worker ran elaborate benefits scam
A social security office worker who concocted an "elaborate" scam by arranging for benefits to be paid to people she knew, who would then give her the cash, was sentenced to six months in jail,...
View ArticleMother's coffee shop appeal over missing boy Mani Dad
A woman whose seven-year-old son has vanished with her estranged husband wants Costa Coffee customers and staff to be on the alert. Mani Dad was living with his Polish mother Leyla Dad, 33, in Kielce,...
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