Monthly Archives: May 2013
NORMAN MOFFATT MURDER TRIAL: MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY
THE jury in the trial of James McCook have found him not guilty of the murder of pensioner Norman Moffatt.
Mr Moffatt, 73, was stabbed as he walked home along Railway Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry. after buying a newspaper, in January 2001.
He died in hospital...more
SS NOMADIC OPENS TO PUBLIC IN BELFAST
THE SS NOMADIC is officially open to the public from today.
Yesterday, Ministers Nelson McCausland and Arlene Foster and Denis Rooney of the SS Nomadic Charitable Trust performed the official duties at today's opening ceremony which marks the completion of a £9million...more
BREAKING NEWS…JAMES MCCOOKE NOT GUILTY OF NORMAN MOFFATT MURDER
THE jury in the trial of James McCook have found him not guilty of the murder of pensioner Norman Moffatt.
Mr Moffatt, 73, was stabbed as he walked home along Railway Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry. after buying a newspaper, in January 2001.
He died in hospital...more
GAS BOTTLES FOUND BY RATHLIN ISLAND GORSE FIRES
FIRE chiefs found scores of butane gas bottles close to a massive gorse fire on Rathlin island.
They said the bottles could have exploded had the ravaging fires reached them.
And eight houses were close to the gorse fires which swept across the island.
Crews from...more
KILLER HAZEL STEWART TO MOUNT SECOND APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTIONS
'BLACK Widow' double killer Hazel Stewart is mounting a second bid to clear her name.
Convicted Stewart has appointed a new legal team who have sent her case to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
Solicitors for the former Sunday School teacher want the...more
MORE MISERY FOR HOUSEHOLDERS AS AIRTRICITY HIKES PRICE BY 18%
NORTHERN Ireland's second biggest electricity supplier has announced it is increasing prices by 17.8 per cent from July 1, 2013.
The move by Airtricity matches a similar decision by Power NI which is hiking its prices by 18 per cent from the same date.
Airtricity...more
BELFAST CITY COUNCIL CASH BOOST TO NI HOSPICE REBUILD
A NEW hospice building in north Belfast has been given a cash boost by Belfast City Council.
In a cross-party decision Belfast City Council has committed to donating £500,000 towards the redevelopment.
Thousands of people and their families have been cared for in the...more
BOMB FOUND IN CO ANTRIM
POLICE have revealed that a small bomb was found wrapped in a plastic bag in a laneway in County Antrim.
The device was discovered in a hedgerow in a lane off the Tildarg Road in Kells on Thursday afternoon.
Four houses were evacuated while Army bomb experts examined...more
IRA PLANNED TO KILL ENTIRE TRAVERS FAMILY, SAYS HET REPORT
'WAKING The Dead' detectives have told Ann Travers that the IRA deliberately murdered her sister Mary.
And a report by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) concluded that the IRA had intended to wipe out her entire family.
Mary Travers was shot dead by the IRA in...more
