Protest at opening of Marie Stopes clinicTHE MARIE Stopes organisation has urged that there be no counter demonstration against a protest by the Precious Life group today…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Protest at opening of abortion clinicThe first private clinic providing abortion on the island of Ireland opened at lunchtime today in Belfast.Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
North's Minister for Health warns Belfast clinic over abortionsNORTHERN IRELAND’S Minister for Health Edwin Poots has said the Marie Stopes clinic, which is to open in Belfast on Thursday, …Tue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
PUP leader urges end to informer based trialsPROGRESSIVE UNIONIST Party leader Billy Hutchinson has called for an end to so-called “supergrass” trials, contending that they…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Abortion clinic to act within law, says StopesMARIE STOPES International has insisted it will act within the law at its Belfast clinic despite footage showing a former senior…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Abortion clinic prepares for protestsMARIE STOPES CENTRE: THE MARIE Stopes organisation said yesterday that it had been in close contact with the PSNI to try to …Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Political parties will not oppose openingREACTION: THREE OF Northern Ireland’s main political parties expressed their opposition to abortion yesterday but indicated …Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Abortion law: Northern IrelandABORTION IN Northern Ireland is legal where “it is necessary to preserve the life of the woman or there is a risk of real and…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
MP calls for action to boost North's economyTHE BRITISH government must not use the issue of corporation tax to hold back on action to “kick-start” the Northern Ireland …Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
£26m jobs initiative for teachers and health staffUP TO 230 newly qualified teachers and 50 health workers could be employed under a £26 million initiative in Northern Ireland…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Clarke elected as Archbishop of ArmaghDR RICHARD CLARKE, the current Bishop of Meath and Kildare has been elected the next Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Expelled UUP man joins UKIPA Northern Ireland Assembly member, who was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Party in the summer, has joined the UK Independence…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
20% of retired police officers rehired as temporary staffCLOSE TO one-fifth of the former officers who retired under the Patten police reform initiative were later re-employed as temporary…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Wide relief as parade passes off peacefullyTHERE WAS a great sense of relief in Belfast at the weekend that the massive Ulster Covenant parade concluded peacefully – despite…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death following alleged assaultA 30-year-old man was being questioned by PSNI detectives last night on suspicion of murder after a man died following an assault…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Covenant parade passes off peacefullyThe massive Ulster Covenant centenary parade passed off peacefully in city centre Belfast today.Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Up to 30,000 set for unionist Ulster Covenant centenary paradeUP TO 30,000 people and several thousand more spectators are expected to march in and watch a Belfast Orange Order parade today…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Orange Order parade to mark Ulster CovenantNORTHERN IRELAND trade unionists have expressed the hope that tomorrow’s massive Orange Order parade marking the centenary of…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
New editor named for Belfast's 'News Letter' daily paperRankin Armstrong has been appointed the new editor of the News Letter daily newspaper in the North.Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Muted willingness on both sides to obey parade rulingORANGEMEN AND nationalist representatives have indicated a muted willingness to abide by a Parades Commission ruling placing …Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Martin rejects claim Fianna Fáil was 'midwife of Provos'FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has described as “a fiction too far” a DUP demand that the Government apologise for the alleged…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Jim did fix it as the whole county sings about winningDONEGAL: Sam Maguire crossed the Border from Co Fermanagh last night to a tumultuous welcome in Pettigo and to a sea of green…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Leader signals UUP may take opposition role in AssemblyANALYSIS: MIKE NESBITT signalled at his annual party conference in the Titanic Belfast building on Saturday that the Ulster …Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
UUP a pluralist, progressive party for all, says NesbittTHE ULSTER Unionist Party is not a party just for Protestants but a pluralist anti-sectarian pro-union party that wants to draw…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Adams rejects claim he sanctioned 1973 Old Bailey bombingSINN FÉIN president and Louth TD Gerry Adams has rejected claims by former IRA prisoner Dolours Price that he sanctioned the …Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Croke Park contenders brimming with hopeHit hard by recession, Donegal puts its woes on hold as expectations of the return of the Sam Maguire cup reach an all-time high…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
UUP leader to galvanise party with 'hard slog' focus on regaining lost groundMike Nesbitt is set to pack a powerful punch as he addresses delegates at his first full annual party conferenceSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Surviving sister in moving tributes at funerals of her father and two brothersIN BALLYNAHINCH Baptist Church Emma Spence, in simple, true and personal terms captured just how deep is her loss, her family…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Spences remembered as 'Godly men'Ballynahich Baptist Church was thronged with mourners with several hundred more standing outside in the sunshine this afternoon…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Concerns mount over loyalist parade in BelfastCONCERNS OVER Saturday week’s massive Ulster Covenant parade in Belfast are mounting due to an impasse between the Orange Order…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
'I think of his mother, and of her terrible loss . . . it breaks my heart'A SMALL Leinster flag amid all the Ulster flags, jerseys and scarves fluttered on the fence beside the main pitch at Ravenhill…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
MLAs seek apology over 'FF role' in creation of Provisional IRATHE NORTHERN Assembly last night adopted a motion calling on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to issue an apology for the part a previous…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Perfect day as Olympians and Paralympians return homeWhatever flag or allegiance the athletes competed under was of no consequence at a joyful and inspiring celebrationFri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Voices of reason as McIlroy debate tees off on NI radioTIME WAS in Northern Ireland when Rory McIlroy’s unrepudiated quote that he has “always felt more British than Irish” would have…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Union will not be unstable if Scotland leaves - RobinsonTHE MAJORITY of people in Northern Ireland would favour maintaining the union with England and Wales even if Scotland voted for…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Loyal order apology calms tensions ahead of paradeA LOYAL order apology to the priests and parishioners of a Belfast city centre Catholic church – viewed as unprecedented – has…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Robinson and McGuinness pursue parading solutionNORTHERN IRELAND’S First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have spoken of the need to find a resolution…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
PSNI alert issued ahead of Orange paradeA SENIOR PSNI officer has said that somebody “will be killed” in the run-up to a big Belfast Orange Order parade at the end of…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
NI politicians told to stop 'posturing' and sort out disputeANALYSIS: SOME SENIOR police officers can be unduly cautious when operational matters stray into political waters but not PSNI…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
NI department to relocate to Derry, says SF MinisterTHE HEADQUARTERS of the North’s Department of Agricultural and Rural Development are to be relocated from east Belfast to Ballykelly…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Fears mount over anti-Home Rule march after 'savage' Belfast riotingTHE RIOTING in north Belfast on Sunday, described as “savage” by a senior police officer, has raised concerns about whether a…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Victims commissioner for Northern Ireland appointedKATHRYN STONE, the chief executive of British learning disability charity Voice UK, was yesterday appointed commissioner for …Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
PSNI warning on Orange marchThe PSNI has warned that somebody “will be killed” in the lead up to the massive Belfast Orange Order parade at the end of the…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Planned £76m redevelopment of Casement Park moves closerPLANS TO create a 40,000 all-seater GAA stadium at Casement Park in west Belfast have moved a “significant” step closer after…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
123 abortions took place in North from 2008 to 2011The North’s Minister of Health, Edwin Poots, has clarified figures for abortions that have taken place in Northern Ireland.Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
New police museum to be built in BelfastThe go-ahead has been given for a new police museum in Northern Ireland. The British government is providing £5Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Lighting of flame begins countdown to ParalympicsGTHE PARALYMPIC flame was lit on top of Northern Ireland’s highest mountain, Slieve Donard in the Mournes, yesterday as the North…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Paralympians charged with sexual assaultThree people associated with the Jordanian Paralympic team are due to appear to in Coleraine District court today on sexual assault…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
CS Lewis letters presented to Queen's demonstrate writer's anti-DarwinismA COLLECTION of letters from Belfast writer CS Lewis which were yesterday presented to Queen’s University Belfast has illustrated…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
UDA denies making death threat to journalistTHE NATIONAL Unionist of Journalists has given a “guarded welcome” to a statement by the UDA denying it issued a death threat…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
