Former top Orange Order official writes for Sinn Fein paper An Phoblacht:...
A former top Orange Order official has written for Sinn Fein paper An Phoblacht - warning republicans to stop "poking unionists in the eye". Former Order chaplain Rev Brian Kennaway ran into...
View ArticleSinn Fein condemns Orange Order hall arsonists: Martin McGuinness slams...
Martin McGuinness has fiercely attacked those behind the arson attack on an Orange hall as "sectarian bigots". Writing for the Belfast Telegraph, the Deputy First Minister said: "The people behind this...
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 ArticleFatal car crash accused banned from Ballycastle over reprisal fears
A man charged in connection with a car crash that left two people dead has been released on bail but banned from entering the Ballycastle area because "community tensions are very high". Shane Kinney...
View ArticleOutrage after Nazi and Confederate flags flown in Belfast close to loyalist...
The flying of Nazi flags from lampposts near a bonfire site at Carrickfergus has sparked fury. The banners, which featured swastikas and SS emblems, appeared on a bonfire at the loyalist Glenfield...
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 ArticleIrish government rejects Nama probe calls
The Irish government has rejected mounting demands for a full State inquiry into the biggest property deal in Ireland's history. In the Dail, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams said allegations surrounding the...
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...
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