Northern Ireland

Ulster �winter wonderland� hits Nagusa

Fijilive (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Northern Ireland Security

Mars Hill (Free subscription) | yesterday

I suppose I am taking the easy option by saying that I can see both sides of the argument here . On one hand as both have agreed in principle to secuirty issues being handed over to the N.Ireland Executive, then Sinn Fein are being perfectly reasonable in demanding a timetable, and one laid down before Christmas. On the other hand, given the history of the Troubles, I agree with the DUP that you need...

Glasgow deny Ulster at Ravenhill

ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ulster 13 Glasgow Warriors 25:Glasgow earned a valuable away win to move to the top of the Magners League table at a wind and rain swept Ravenhill.

Tree-planting record broken in Derry

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

More than 100 shovel-wielding nature lovers dug for victory in Northern Ireland today as they broke the world record for the most number of trees planted in an hour.

“Alliance says there must first be agreement on a policy programme for the justice post”

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The Alliance Party continues to try to maximise the opportunity provided by their appointed role in the latest manufactured “crisis”. From the BBC report First and deputy first ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness had asked MLAs to put forward potential candidates for the post by next Friday. But in a leaked letter, Alliance says there must first be agreement on a policy programme...

North prison chief resigns

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

The governor of Northern Ireland’s main high security prison has resigned less than five months after taking up the post.

• New prison governor leaves post - BBC News

EU funds initiative to deal with legacy of North's violence

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | yesterday

DAN KEENAN, Northern News Editor Irish Times 5 Dec 09 A SIGNIFICANT cross-community initiative dealing with the legacy of violence and backed by EU funds has been launched in Belfast. Healing Through Remembering (HTR), which holds conversational workshops involving those who suffered during the conflict, unveiled it new outreach programme Whatever You Say, Say Something . The two-year scheme, backed...

PSNI ordered to pay 75% of costs in journalist case

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Irish Times 5 Dec 09 NORTHERN EDITOR of the Sunday Tribune Suzanne Breen said she felt further vindicated by a ruling yesterday on legal costs in her case against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) . She had previously won a legal battle with the PSNI who had been trying to force her to surrender information about the Real IRA. The journalist claimed the case should have been dropped sooner...

PSNI ordered to pay 75% of costs in journalist case

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

NORTHERN EDITOR of theSunday TribuneSuzanne Breen said she felt further vindicated by a ruling yesterday on legal costs in her case against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

Sepia Saturday #2: Dad’s Army

Poetikat's Invisible Keepsakes (Free subscription) | yesterday

Army Life c.1945 (my father is on the right) My dad was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was the seventh child in a family of twelve children. At the age of 15 1/2, he joined the British Army as a Boy Soldier. That was in 1942. He never saw active duty in World War II, but he was a sergeant for 11 years and was a member of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers . Strangely, my father did...

Irish folk singing legend Liam Clancy dies

France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, who is credited with popularising his country's traditional music in the United States in the 1960s, died Friday aged 74, Ireland's RTE state radio said. Clancy, who had been ill for some time, died in a hospital in Cork surrounded by his family, RTE said. He formed the Clancy Brothers with several of his siblings from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and they had...

Ireland Is Not Immune

Unrepentant British Nationalism (Free subscription) | yesterday

I do not consider myself Scottish nor English. My ancestors are from across the British Isles including Northern Ireland, Eire, Cornwall and England, as well as Scotland. I am truly British. It saddens me, therefore, to see the Irish who fought so hard for independence to capitulate to the Eurocrats and surrender to those who advocate racial pluralism: Notice Sinn Fein leader, alleged evil torturer...

“The following UK MEPs will attend..”

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | yesterday

As Mark Devenport notes , the UK MEPs heading to the Copenhagen Climate Conference as part of the official European Parliament delegation look to be a representative interesting bunch. The following UK MEPs will attend the UN Climate Change Conference as part of the official European Parliament delegation: Linda McAvan MEP (Lab, Yorks & Humber); Bairbre de Brún MEP (Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland);...

DUP reject McGuinness' deadline

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson rejects Martin McGuinness' Christmas deadline to resolve their differences.

• McGuinness warns of NI police crisis - The Guardian

“Ya Wanna Do It Here Or Down The Station, Punk?”: Brendan Garner

Crime Always Pays (Free subscription) | yesterday

Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ... What crime novel would you most like to have written? SACRIFICE OF FOOLS by Ian McDonald. It’s a fascinating crime and science fiction crossover set in a futuristic Northern Ireland. Well, futuristic when it was written. We’ve caught up with it now. But even reading it today it can...

Northern Ireland’s new Integrated Services for Children and Young People

wellbeingnewseditor | 11/08/2009

Wellbeing Newsline: Northern Ireland > Edited by Nick Adams: A major programme designed to tackle disadvantage among young people and children in the West Belfast and Greater Shankill area of Northern Ireland, was recently unveiled by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness MP... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland >...

Use Car Hire Belfast Airport for the Most Convenient Holiday

elina_ | 10/27/2009

Situated 32 km to the northwest of Belfast city and adjacent to Aldergrove, Crumlin and Killead is the Belfast International Airport. The airport is considered as one of the premier airports of Northern Ireland and serves nearly 5.5 million passengers annually. Belfast Airport is well connected to the rest of Northern Ireland situated adjacent to A26 – Tully Road and A57 – Ballyrobin Road. As of 2009,...

No end in sight to economic crisis for developing world, reveals UN report

wellbeingnewseditor | 10/10/2009

Wellbeing Newsline: World > Edited by Jane Hill: The global economic crisis continues to push millions of the world’s most vulnerable people into poverty, hunger and early death, a recent United Nations [UN] report warns... Wellbeing Newsline > Magazine > Contributors > World > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Scotland > Northern Ireland > Wales > Greater London > Norfolk > Suffolk > Essex > Cambridgeshire...