Belfast Riots Send Two to Hospital With Gunshot Wounds as Tension Mounts

Belfast Riots Send Two to Hospital With Gunshot Wounds as Tension Mounts

By Colm Heatley - Northern Ireland police said shots were fired and two men were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries during “major” rioting in east Belfast between Catholics and Protestants which began late yesterday. ...

UVF blamed for Belfast riots

UVF blamed for Belfast riots: "Loyalist paramilitary group, the UVF, is being blamed for what has been described as some of the worst sectarian rioting in east Belfast in decades. Two people were shot and a number of petrol bombs thrown during trouble in the lower Newtownards road ...

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Irish women subjected to 'brutal' surgery in childbirth

Irish women subjected to 'brutal' surgery in childbirth: "A REPORT to be published today will claim that a previously undisclosed form of “brutal” childbirth surgery was used on Irish women for several decades. The pubiotomy procedure was similar to the controversial symphysiotomy and involved the use of a ...

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Belfast Violence Mars Golf Celebrations

Belfast Violence Mars Golf Celebrations: "

As Northern Ireland stepped up onto the world stage following Co Down golfer Rory McIlroy's stunning victory in the US Open on Sunday, with international accolades flowing, the overnight news was instead grim. The world has been presented with another ...

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Symantec expands operations in Dublin

Symantec expands operations in Dublin: "Symantec has announced the creation of 60 jobs as it sets up a new team within its European Operations Centre in Dublin. Internet security firm Symantec has announced the creation of 60 jobs as it sets up a new team within its European Operations ...

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Inquest into double Dublin murder

Inquest into double Dublin murder: "An inquest into a double murder in Dublin has heard apprentice plumber Anthony Campbell was shot dead to eliminate any risk of him identifying the killers of Martin Hyland. The inquest into the double murder in December 2006 heard that the 20-year-old ...

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Canton man's class ring returned, 50 years after it was lost

Canton man's class ring returned, 50 years after it was lost: "AP Canton — A 13-year-old boy this month found a ring embedded in the Georgia soil in Dublin, and tracked down relatives of the man who lost it 50 years ago. Kelvin Foskey tells the Cherokee Tribune that his son Kelvin Foskey Jr. was playing ...

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Roxon defends schizophrenia drug exclusion

Roxon defends schizophrenia drug exclusion: "Irish nurse cleared of pub rape chargesA nurse accused of raping a woman in the toilets of a Brisbane pub is free to return home to Ireland after prosecutors dropped the charges. HIV man who had unsafe sex feared shunningA HIV-positive Sudanese refugee ...

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Drug breakthrough for cystic fibrosis

Drug breakthrough for cystic fibrosis: "It is the first drug of its kind to work directly on the “Celtic gene” associated with the disease. Cystic fibrosis is Ireland's most common life-threatening genetically inherited disease. There are an estimated 1100 sufferers here, with Ireland having ...

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Donal O'Donovan: Noonan's small victory gives us a chance to get back on our feet

Donal O'Donovan: Noonan's small victory gives us a chance to get back on our feet

Fair and sensible as it is, the ESM clause could in theory have pushed Ireland into a poverty trap. Under the deal agreed yesterday, Ireland, Greece or Portugal have been given an exemption from the clause. What Ireland gains is a technical change to a ...

Medieval News: 9th century Viking skeletal remains found in Dublin

Medieval News: 9th century Viking skeletal remains found in Dublin: "Construction workers building Ireland's largest energy project have discovered ancient skeletal remains on farmland in Rush, north county Dublin. The discovery was made as EirGrid laid piping for a high voltage direct current ...

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Why More Parents Can't Raise a Rory McIlroy

Why More Parents Can't Raise a Rory McIlroy: "By BOB COOK Actually, that should be Holywood with one “l,” what with the Holywood course in Belfast playing such a prominent role in the life of the golfing McIlroys. It's the course located near the public housing complex in which Gerry grew up, ...

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McAuley an injury concern for Dublin

McAuley an injury concern for Dublin: "Star midfielder Michael Darragh McAuley is an injury concern for Dublin ahead of their Leinster GAA Football Championship semi-final meeting with Kildare this weekend. The Ballyboden St Enda's man has a swollen foot. An x-ray failed to reveal the cause ...

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New Drug Hope For Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers

New Drug Hope For Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers: "

An international team of scientists that was headed up by Queen's University in Belfast in Ireland has been researching into a new drug that could help Cystic Fibrosis sufferers manage their condition. The drug pays particular attention to the “Celtic ...

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Missiles thrown in east Belfast violence

Missiles thrown in east Belfast violence: "Street violence erupted in east Belfast last night during which petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown. A police presence was maintained in the area and officers worked to restore calm. Up to 100 masked men attacked residents and threw petrol ...

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Petrol bombs thrown during riots

Petrol bombs thrown during riots: "

Petrol bombs have been thrown and homes damaged during disturbances in east Belfast's Short Strand area. Trouble broke out between rioters at an interface on the lower Newtownards Road and Mountpottinger Road around 2000 BST on Monday. ...

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Irish nurse cleared of pub rape charges

Irish nurse cleared of pub rape charges: "Irish nurse cleared of pub rape chargesA nurse accused of raping a woman in the toilets of a Brisbane pub is free to return home to Ireland after prosecutors dropped the charges. Woman jailed 15 years for murdering fatherA woman who stabbed her father ...

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Defense claims concerns of woman accused of Dublin murder weren't taken seriously

Defense claims concerns of woman accused of Dublin murder weren't taken seriously: "By Sophia Kazmi Booking mug of Rosa Hill, one of the three people arrested for the death of a 91-year-old Dublin woman found dead in a trash can. OAKLAND -- There was no plan to kill. Despite a prosecutor's claim that Rosa Hill and her mother, Mei Li, ...

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Evening report: Prescription drug abuse increasing

Evening report: Prescription drug abuse increasing: "Plus, North Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy dominates the field en route to a US Open victory, and a recap of the weekend's Major League Baseball action. Full stories will be in tomorrow's Herald and News. The Herald and News takes a look at the growing ...

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Sectarian rioting rocks Belfast

Sectarian rioting rocks Belfast: "Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Sectarian rioting broke out in eastern Belfast late Monday, with leaders from both Catholic and Protestant communities reporting attacks on homes overnight. Police reported Molotov cocktails were being thrown as a ...

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Belfast may lose New York flight

Belfast may lose New York flight: "

By Jim Fitzpatrick Economics and business editor Continental Airlines said it may be forced to withdraw its Belfast to New York route due to the level of air travel tax. In Belfast APD adds £60 on every flight to New York. However on its flights from ...

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Cystic Fibrosis drug offers hope

Cystic Fibrosis drug offers hope: "

An international team co-led by scientists at Queen's University, Belfast, has developed a new drug for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers. The drug specifically targets the so-called Celtic gene which is common in Ireland. But the researchers believe the ...

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Female and young use of homeless shelter soars | Irish Examiner

Female and young use of homeless shelter soars | Irish Examiner: "ALMOST one in five people using Cork Simon Homeless services last year were aged between 18 and 26, while there has also been a surge in the numbers of ...

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Homeless man inherits 'significant' fortune - Yahoo! UK & Ireland ...

Homeless man inherits 'significant' fortune - Yahoo! UK & Ireland ...: "A homeless man received some life-changing news this weekend when he was tracked down by a private investigator and told that he had inherited a ...

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Family of nurse released in Australia 'over the moon'

Family of nurse released in Australia 'over the moon': "

AN IRISH nurse who was jailed for digitally raping a woman in Australia is expected to have the charges dropped by Australian authorities today. Anne-Marie O'Loughlin (26) has maintained her innocence since the alleged incident took place in the female ...

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Over half of child sex offenders not banned from working with minors

Over half of child sex offenders not banned from working with minors

The worrying statistics were revealed following a review of court orders made in sexual offences cases from 1997 to 2011 by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service. The cases in question have since been referred on to the judiciary for ...

Burton to pursue reform of benefit despite resistance

Burton to pursue reform of benefit despite resistance: "Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said yesterday she had raised the issue informally at a meeting with her EU counterparts in Luxembourg last Friday, but admitted there was some resistance to the Irish proposal. She said there had been some ...

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Four people, one very special bond

Four people, one very special bond: "The Belfast Telegraph is backing the British Transplant Games which are coming to the city in August. Helen Carson and Kerry McKittrick report on personal stories behind the events In August, hundreds of very special athletes will gather in Belfast to ...

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NI firms win Bombardier contracts

NI firms win Bombardier contracts: "

Two US companies are setting up facilities in Belfast as a result of the contracts they have won. The contracts relate to two of Bombardier's aircraft programmes, in which Belfast plays a significant role. The firms will work on the advanced composite ...

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Greek tragedy is Irish drama

Greek tragedy is Irish drama: "The positive for Ireland might be that any kind of private sector involvement in the Greek debt restructuring would strengthen our hand in terms of ''burning'' the remaining Anglo and Irish Nationwide unguaranteed senior bondholders and, perhaps, ...

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Ireland commits K660m to agriculture, food security

Ireland commits K660m to agriculture, food security

O'Sullivan said the progress Malawi has registered on Irish supported programmes is an indication of the spirit to move away from poverty which, she said, is the essence of the aid. The support has been divided into 1.2 million euros for Concern ...

First impressions last, and Ireland's used to be bad

First impressions last, and Ireland's used to be bad: "

But the poverty of basic craft activities and of ordinary design is stark. In 1945, for example, when Peter Brennan set up Ring Ceramics Studios in Kilkenny, it was, astonishingly, the only one in Ireland. The tradition of hand-thrown pottery had ...

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Pensions powderkey: Public sector shutdown looms

Pensions powderkey: Public sector shutdown looms

... damage the fabric of our society, resulting in a huge increase in unemployment in both the private and public sectors and which will create greater inequality and exacerbate the already unacceptable high levels of poverty in Northern Ireland. ...

Anti-Poverty Crusader Bono's Taxes Too Damn High

Anti-Poverty Crusader Bono's Taxes Too Damn High: "(Actually that one is pretty easy to answer: Artists were granted full tax exemptions on royalties in Ireland; until the financial crisis made them reform their tax policies, and they capped the exemption at €250000 in 2006.) But for thousands of true ...

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Over half Catholics surveyed want North to stay in UK

Over half Catholics surveyed want North to stay in UK: "MORE THAN half of Catholics in Northern Ireland want the long-term future of the North to be as part of the United Kingdom, while only 16 per cent of the overall population favour a united Ireland, according to a new survey. The Northern Ireland Life ...

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Northern Ireland looks to add new name to parade of champions

Northern Ireland looks to add new name to parade of champions: "It has almost become the traditional way to spend Sunday evening in Northern Ireland. Pop down to the golf club, sit down with a few pints and watch on the big screen to see if the boy you once watched scampering up the fairway can beat the world. ...

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Drug boost in cystic fibrosis study

Drug boost in cystic fibrosis study

A new drug for people with cystic fibrosis will make it easier to clear the lungs of bacteria, researchers in Northern Ireland have said. The treatment targets a basic defect caused by a genetic mutation known as the Celtic gene because it is so common ...

Britain offers to subsidise Irish wind farm industry

Britain offers to subsidise Irish wind farm industry: "THE BRITISH government could massively subsidise the Irish wind energy industry under proposals to be considered in London today. Britain believes the west coast and the seas around Ireland can provide it with a large amount of its renewable energy and ...

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Hundreds of wealthy Irish burnt in bond haircuts

Hundreds of wealthy Irish burnt in bond haircuts: "By LOUISE McBRIDE Disgraced Irish banker Sean FitzPatrick -- who has lost millions after investing in an Anglo Irish Bank debt bond -- is not the only individual to have been burnt by Irish bank debt. Hundreds of wealthy Irish individuals are nursing ...

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TV bid to lure Australian tourists

TV bid to lure Australian tourists

A top breakfast TV show is broadcasting live from Belfast to more than a million people around Australia. Today's weather presenter Emma Freeman will entice Aussie holidaymakers to come to visit Ireland, as she delivers live weather bulletins from ...

Irish dancers perform in a competition during the 36th annual ...

Irish dancers perform in a competition during the 36th annual ...: "Irish dancers perform in a competition during the 36th annual Irish Fair at Irvine Meadows. The two-day event featured sheepherding demonstrations, bagpipe concerts, and a grand parade of the Irish Salute to the Rose of Tralee.

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How to get an Irish passport

How to get an Irish passport: "An Irish passport is one of the most sought-after travel documents in the world. I have both Irish and English citizenship and have always used the Irish passport in preference. It's kitschy but true; being Irish is seen as being more, well, ...

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Girlfriend in drug warning

Girlfriend in drug warning: "A YOUNG man who was buying cannabis to share with his friends has been told by his ... Patrick McCabe (75), originally from Ireland but with an address at ...
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Synthetic cannabis 'motivation for crime'

Synthetic cannabis 'motivation for crime': "By Hamish McNeilly Synthetic cannabis has been cited as the "motivating factor" ... banned cannabinoids include Germany, France, Britain, Japan and Ireland. ...
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Ireland's drugs crisis in numbers

Ireland's drugs crisis in numbers: "Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in Ireland. The number of adults who reported using cannabis at some point in their lives increased from 17pc ...
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Drastic drop in tourist numbers

Drastic drop in tourist numbers: "In 2008, over two million visitors from the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and overseas came to Northern Ireland. Last year, that figure fell by over 14 per cent to around 1.7m. A report for the BBC's Politics Show found that Tourism Ireland – the ...

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Northern Ireland's Scientists Ready With Cystic Fibrosis Solution

Northern Ireland's Scientists Ready With Cystic Fibrosis Solution: "

Scientists of Northern Ireland have come up with a treatment of cystic fibrosis. This drug will help in relieving the patients who suffer from celtic gene. Cystic fibrosis is a widespread disease in the country with approximately 1100 patients. ...

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Sinn Fein mayor shows true colours in Belfast parade

Sinn Fein mayor shows true colours in Belfast parade

By Lesley Houston Belfast Lord Mayor's Parade in the city centre for the newly elected Niall Ó Donnghaile of Sinn Féin. June 2011 A mix of giant hares, clowns, Chinese dragons and dancers gave Belfast an exotic and multi-cultural spectacle as the Lord ...

Young guns burst onto the PGA scene

Young guns burst onto the PGA scene: "A fan with a flag follows Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy on Sunday at the US Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Rory McIlroy's historic romp to the US Open title on Sunday served notice that a new generation of 20-something golf stars ...

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Fans of Irish writer James Joyce celebrate 'Bloomsday'

Fans of Irish writer James Joyce celebrate 'Bloomsday': "

(Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer) James Joyce fans celebrate Bloomsday gallery (6 photos) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- At 9:21 am Thursday, Bill Kennedy swallowed a sip of Red Breast Irish whiskey and started: "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan . . . ," he read ...

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Addicts become amateur assassins to pay off debts

Addicts become amateur assassins to pay off debts: "After the death of Eamon Dunne and the break-up of the cartel supplying heroin, cocaine and cannabis to Ireland from Spain a year ago, there has been ...
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Sad truth is that attacks on Norris are sparked by his homosexuality

Sad truth is that attacks on Norris are sparked by his homosexuality

There is a view right now, which I share, that Ireland actually needs what the Daily Mail ... as many authorities argue: cannabis and opium, for example, ...

Alcohol is the most abused drug in Ireland | Irish Examiner

Alcohol is the most abused drug in Ireland | Irish Examiner: "... breaking law by using cannabis for pain relief (June 6), I felt that the statement made about cannabis being the most abused drug in Ireland to be very ...

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Does Portugal have the solution to our drug epidemic?

Does Portugal have the solution to our drug epidemic?: "And Ireland is set to join the list of admiring onlookers. ... There's been a drop in the HIV figures and the amount of cannabis use is the lowest in Europe ...
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Time to use the nuclear option in the drugs 'war' -- legalise them all

Time to use the nuclear option in the drugs 'war' -- legalise them all

They know all about drugs in Colombia. Come to think of it, we know too much about them here and everywhere else. But this knowledge has not been well-absorbed, especially in Ireland. Like the rest of the world, we have been waging this war for 40 ...

“The Resurrection of Hungary: A Parallel for Ireland”? No ...

“The Resurrection of Hungary: A Parallel for Ireland”? No ...

Despite his misplaced bravado, Barry knows the truth and it's clear this denial of voting rights does rankle with Irish nationalists and Republicans living in Northern Ireland and, to be honest, I have sympathy for their position- after ...

Why every step I take on this eight mile walk is for my granda

Why every step I take on this eight mile walk is for my granda

Fundraising is in my genes as my uncle was Dean Samuel Crooks from St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, the first Black Santa, and when I discovered Macmillan needed money for this good cause, I got busy as I know the superb work they do. ...

Queen's dentistry school could lose its teaching status

Queen's dentistry school could lose its teaching status

By Lisa Smyth Northern Ireland's only school of dentistry at Queen's University in Belfast is at the centre of an official probe over concerns about the level of resources and quality of teaching, it can be revealed. The university is at risk of losing ...

Survey: Most Northern Ireland Catholics want to remain in UK

Survey: Most Northern Ireland Catholics want to remain in UK

By Liam Clarke A major survey by Northern Ireland's two universities has found support for a united Ireland at an all-time low. The DUP has welcomed the findings of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey which reported that just 16% were in favour ...

Homeless protesters target Bono's Dublin hotel

Homeless protesters target Bono's Dublin hotel: "This photo was taken yesterday outside The Clarence Hotel in Dublin. This luxury hotel is partly owned by Irish rock star Paul Hewson (aka Bono), who has become a focal point for Irish protesters concerned about the level of tax ...

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Farmville Opens European Office in Dublin with 100 New Staff ...

Farmville Opens European Office in Dublin with 100 New Staff ...: "Almost one-hundred staff has been hired to work at Zynga's Dublin office. Rumors say there are plans for further expansion in the near future. The new office in Dublin plans to focus on online community management, content management, ...

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Principal player majored in academia and banking

Principal player majored in academia and banking: "After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, with a BA and an LLB in 1978, he attained a PhD in law at the University of Cambridge in 1983. He began his academic career in 1980 as a lecturer in the School of Business Studies at Trinity College, ...

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Queen's University Belfast Becomes Newest Member of RLUK | RLUK

Queen's University Belfast Becomes Newest Member of RLUK | RLUK: "RLUK_Mike: RT @RL_UK: Queen's University Belfast becomes Newest Member of RLUK! http://t.co/ppp7JOa's-university-belfast-becomes-newest-member-rluk ...

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Kingsmills: When the firing stopped, 10 men lay dead on road

Kingsmills: When the firing stopped, 10 men lay dead on road

By Connla Young But even by the bloody standards of Northern Ireland in 1976, the Kingsmills massacre, in which 10 men were killed, stood out for its sheer horror. On the night of January 5, a group of textile workers were travelling home from work in ...

Almunia upbeat on future prospects for restructured Irish banking sector

Almunia upbeat on future prospects for restructured Irish banking sector: "AIB and Bank of Ireland will be recast as “pillar” institutions while Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society will be liquidated. This is a far cry from the cavalier optimism of the boom and a brutal antidote to the soothing claims that ...

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Consumers facing £50m bill for NIE's pensions shortfall

Consumers facing £50m bill for NIE's pensions shortfall

By Claire McNeilly Northern Ireland's beleaguered consumers may have to plug a gap in NIE's pension fund of up to £80m, it has emerged. That sum includes around £30m that customers have already been paying since 2007 through their utility bills. ...

Loyalists protest over parade ruling

Loyalists protest over parade ruling

By Catherine Lynagh Crowds gathered in north Belfast last night to protest against the Parades Commission's decision to place restrictions on tonight's Orange Order Tour of the North parade. Two feeder parades have been rerouted away from an interface ...

Minister stands by convicted killer as victim's grieving sister is 'disgusted'

Minister stands by convicted killer as victim's grieving sister is 'disgusted'

In her first full interview about the controversial appointment of Mary McArdle as her adviser, the Sinn Fein minister told the Belfast Telegraph she did not believe she had used poor judgment in hiring the ex-republican prisoner — despite the public ...

Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson saddled with criticism

Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson saddled with criticism

He had been based in Belfast since 2001 when he was brought in to monitor the implementation of the Patten policing reforms and transition of the RUC to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. He later took charge of the Oversight Commission after the ...

Mother and baby deaths at Ulster Hospital probed

Mother and baby deaths at Ulster Hospital probed

The 36-year-old and baby Ewan are to be buried at Movilla cemetery in Newtownards today following a joint funeral service at Westbourne Presbyterian Church in east Belfast. A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out to establish the cause of ...

Ireland Seeks to Differentiate Itself From Greece

Ireland Seeks to Differentiate Itself From Greece: "By Eamon Quinn Ireland's decision to seek to burn senior debt holders in two defunct lenders marks a dramatic U-turn for the new Irish government struggling with Europe's worsening debt crisis. For Mr. Noonan to get his way, he needs to persuade ...

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Waning support for united Ireland among Northern Catholics

Waning support for united Ireland among Northern Catholics: "Just one-third of Catholics now want the North to reunify with the Republic against 56 per cent five years ago, according to the annual Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. Despite this, however, almost all Catholics remain opposed to unionist ...

United Kingdom | Ireland

Contentious parade in North Belfast

Contentious parade in North Belfast: "The first contentious parade of the marching season will take place on Friday night in north Belfast. There are concerns that the Tour of the North parade might spark trouble in the interface area of Ardoyne after last year's violence in July. ...

United Kingdom | Ireland

Second outbreak of squirrels pox

Second outbreak of squirrels pox: "

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Senior Wildlife Inspector, Dr Declan Looney said it was becoming a real cause for concern. "The previous outbreak was three months ago and over 80 miles away in County Down," he said. ...

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Over 800 Irish homes found with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas; Kerry ...

Over 800 Irish homes found with high levels of cancer-causing radon gas; Kerry ...: "

By Finfacts Team A record number of Irish homes from across the country have been identified with high levels of radon gas according to new figures released today by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII). Among the findings is a home ...

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