Monthly Archives: October 2013
PRIVATE JAIL SERVICE TO REMEMBER MURDERED WARDER DAVID BLACK
COLLEAGUES, friends and family will gather tomorrow for a private service in memory of murdered prison officer David Black.
The service is to be held on Friday, November 1 at the top security Maghaberry prison where the father-of-two worked.
Mourners will gather at the...more
FIRE BOSSES URGE PUBLIC TO STAY SAFE TONIGHT AT HALLOWE’EN FESTIVITIES
FIRE chiefs have warned the public about the dangers of fireworks in the wrong hands as the clock ticks down to tonight's Hallowe'en celebrations.
And they are urging the public to heed the message on television adverts about how fireworks are like explosives in the wrong...more
NI MAN’S HORROR SHOW TO GET BBC SCREENING TONIGHT
A CHILLING new horror drama penned by a Northern Ireland writer is to be screened on television tonight.
"Stumpy’s Brae," by Darren Gibson from Eglinton, Co Derry, will be shown on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 10.00 pm.
Directed by Chris Baugh, from Omagh, Co Tyrone,...more
MAN SUSTAINS SERIOUS LEG INJURY AFTER HOUSE PARTY
POLICE have issued an appeal in relation to an assault which in which a man sustained a serious injury.
The assault took place in Bond's Street in the Waterside district of Derry on October 6 but details have only now been released.
The victim was attacked by a man...more
PSNI MAKE ‘SWIFT’ ARRESTS OVER BURGLARY SPREE
POLICE say they have made "swift" arrests following three overnight burglaries.
A total of four people were detained following the incidents which occurred on the cityside and Waterside areas of Derry on Wednesday night.
A man in his 20s was arrested after a bar owner...more
GRAPE EXPECTATIONS FOR MATUA WINE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
WOODFORD Bourne NI has announced that the Matua wine brand has seen a growth of 23% year to date in Northern Ireland as its Chief Winemaker Nikolai St George was in Belfast recently to re-launch the brand in the province.
Distributed through Lisburn-based wine...more
PIPE BOMB ATTACK ON POLICE IN NORTH BELFAST
DETECTIVES from the PSNI's Terrorist Investigation Unit (TIU) are probing a suspected bomb attack on police in north Belfast.
Army bomb experts were tasked to the scene on the Whitewell Road in north Belfast late on Wednesday night.
A number of people were moved from...more
24-HOUR STRIKE BY NI UNIVERSITY STAFF
STAFF at Northern Ireland's universities - Queen's and the Ulster - have started a one-day strike on Thursday in a dispute over pay and work loads.
Academic and support staff who belong to the University and College Union and the UK's biggest union, UNITE, will strike...more
HEARTBREAKING SCENES AS GREYSTEEL SHEDS TEARS FOR RISING SUN PUB VICTIMS
THERE were devastating scenes in Greysteel last night when survivors and relatives of those killed in the Rising Sun Bar massacre gathered in silence to mark the 20th anniversary of the atrocity.
Ellie Burns whose husband John was shot dead in the Rising Sun massacre...more
