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
Census shows North's population at over 1.8m - the highest ever recordedTHE POPULATION in Northern Ireland is now 1,810,900, the highest ever recorded, according to the first results from the 2011 …Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Crime images 'showed lack of respect'Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has told Ireland’s Ambassador to Mauritius to outline the Government’s concerns to the Mauritian authorities…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
NI population highest recordedThe population in Northern Ireland is now 1,810,900 - the highest ever recorded.Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Anger rises over images of Michaela McAreaveyTHE GOVERNMENT is to formally complain to its Mauritian counterpart after a newspaper on the island yesterday published photographs…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
PSNI questions three men in Derry vigilante operationTHREE MEN were being questioned by Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives last night following a police operation in Derry…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Attacks on PSNI officers 'attempted murder'SHOTS FIRED at police lines during disturbances in Ardoyne late on the night of the Twelfth of July amounted to “attempted murder…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Breed, not deed, sealed Lennox's fateAn international campaign to save the life of a pit bull-type terrier in Belfast failed this week despite appeals from Tom Cruise…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Attacks on PSNI during republican paradeTENSIONS REMAINED high in north Belfast last night after disturbances in Ardoyne during a parade organised by a local republican…Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Worldwide campaign to save Lennox fails as dog put downLENNOX, A pit bull terrier-type dog, was put down by Belfast City Council yesterday despite several pleas that he be granted …Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
Parade deadline will be enforced, says PSNITHE PSNI has maintained it will implement the Parades Commission ruling that an Orange Order return feeder parade must pass by…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
Orange Order in legal bid to change Belfast parade rulingORANGE ORDER and loyalist representatives were last night planning to mount a judicial review today to compel the Parades Commission…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Northern Secretary accused of overruling prisoner releaseThe Northern Secretary Owen Paterson has been accused of overruling a Belfast High Court decision that would have released alleged…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Tension mounts ahead of the TwelfthTensions are mounting in north Belfast ahead of Thursday’s contentious Orange Order parade past the Ardoyne shops, the scene …Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Formation of new North-South parliamentary associationLeinster House and Northern Assembly politicians gathered at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, yesterday to mark the formation …Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
Happy days in Enniskillen for Beckett devoteesFOR FIVE days during the Northern Ireland August bank holiday weekend, Enniskillen will host the inaugural annual Happy Days …Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway visitor centre opens to publicGIANT’S CAUSEWAY, Northern Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction, was back fully functioning at lunchtime yesterday after…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Head of NI housing body steps downTHE CHAIRMAN of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive Brian Rowntree has resigned ahead of a report expected to be critical …Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Officers on way to work are on duty, says PSNI chiefTHE PSNI Chief Constable, Matt Baggott, has stated that officers travelling to and from work are on duty after Constable Peadar…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Win for a Welshman and victory for Portrush prized as a top golfing venueOver the four days, despite the rain, the Irish Open attracted 112,280 spectatorsMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
McGuinness spoke to queen about Mountbatten lossMARTIN McGUINNESS told Queen Elizabeth that he recognised her family was directly affected by the Troubles in the IRA killing…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
A hardy lot brave ghastly conditions as golfing greats tee off in PortrushTHE WEATHER at Royal Portrush golf club yesterday was undecided between grim and ghastlyFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Everyone's a winner before a ball is even struck at PortrushEVERY TICKET for the four days of the Irish Open, which begins today at Royal Portrush in Co Antrim, has been sold – for the …Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Hear the hands clap within Sinn Féin after coup by party spin machineANALYSIS: The exasperating prolonging of the ‘will they, won’t they shake hands’ story has irked many in political circles…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Another taboo broken, says First MinisterFIRST MINISTER Peter Robinson said another “taboo was broken” after Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister and former IRA leader Martin…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Drama of McGuinness and queen to be staged in privateSINN FÉIN MEETING: A “STERILE” zone is to be created around the Lyric Theatre in south Belfast this morning to prevent the press…Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Queen on two-day visit to NorthA scheduled meeting and handshake with Queen Elizabeth in Belfast tomorrow would be an opportunity “to propel the peace process…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
McGuinness won't 'hide behind doors' on historic handshakeA SCHEDULED meeting and handshake with Queen Elizabeth in Belfast tomorrow would be an opportunity “to propel the peace process…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
No handshake photo of queen and McGuinness to be releasedTHERE WILL be no photograph released of next Wednesday’s scheduled handshake between Queen Elizabeth and Martin McGuinness in…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
'Giants' Belfast arts event free to publicTHE LAND of Giants spectacular, which will be staged on the Titanic and Olympic slipways in Belfast on a 200m stage made from…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Murphy rejects findings on NI Water jobSINN FÉIN former regional development minister Conor Murphy has insisted that the chairman of NI Water was appointed on merit…Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
'Religious bias' in SF minister's officeTHE NORTH’S Fair Employment Tribunal has found that a Protestant man who failed to be appointed by a Sinn Féin minister to the…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Sentences in PSNI murder case set for court reviewTHE NORTH’S Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory, is seeking to have the sentences handed down for the Continuity IRA…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Maginnis loses UUP whip over homosexual remarksThe Ulster Unionist Party whip Mike Nesbitt yesterday withdrew the party whip from Lord (Ken) Maginnis over remarks he made last…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Maginnis remarks on gay people 'not UUP policy'THE ULSTER Unionist Party has stated remarks by party member Lord (Ken) Maginnis about the “deviant” practice of homosexuality…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
McCann to be Junior MinisterWest Belfast Sinn Féin Assembly member Jennifer McCann has been appointed a Junior Minister in the Northern Executive, succeeding…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
McGuinness to step down in SF move to end dual mandateSINN FÉIN Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is to stand down as MP for Mid-Ulster in coming weeks but will remain an Assembly…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Consign €100 charge to 'rubbish bin of history'HOUSEHOLD CHARGE: THE SINN Féin ardfheis on Saturday heard a call for Labour TDs in particular to support a Sinn Féin Bill to…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Motion on abortion rejectedWOMEN'S RIGHTS: A MOTION from a Waterford cumann stating that women should have the legal right to elective abortion “whatever…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Adams says voting No 'patriotic and positive' actionIT IS A good, patriotic and positive action to vote No to the fiscal treaty, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams told delegates at…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Adams urges voters to reject treatySinn Féin president Gerry Adams in his keynote address to the party ardfheis called on delegates and voters generally to reject…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
SF offers to hold talks with dissidentsNorthern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has offered to hold talks with dissident republicansSat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Now is time to 'forge new friendships'PEACE PROCESS: REPUBLICANS AND unionists must become partners and leaders in reconciliation, the Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
