MAN ARRESTED OVER IRA MURDERS OF TWO RUC SPECIAL BRANCH DETECTIVES ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO

A 54-year-old man has been arrested in Belfast as part of a PSNI probe into the IRA murders of two Special Branch officers in the city nearly three decades ago. RUC Detective Constables Michael Malone, 35, and Ernest Carson, 50, were shot in a Provo gun attack at the...more

OMBUDSMAN PROBE AFTER POLICE USE CS SPRAY ON CHILDREN AT JUNIOR ORANGE PARADE

THE Police Ombudsman is investigating the use of CS spray by police during a junior Orange Order parade in south Belfast last night.

Loyalists have branded the use of the spray by the PSNI on children...more

ELDERLY BELFAST MAN DIES IN CAR CRASH

A PENSIONER from Belfast has died after a car crash in the Republic.

The man has been named as John Niall Greenan from the Malone area of south Belfast.

The...more

FIRE BREAKS OUT AT GALGORM RESORT AND SPA

STAFF and guest have been evacuated from the Galgorm Resort and Spa near Ballymena after a blaze broke out on the premises.

The fire started around 9 am this morning and broke out in a roof space of main auditorium. The Fire and...more

TEEN YOUTHS TO FACE COURT ON RIOTING AND PETROL BOMB OFFENCES

DETECTIVES have charged two teenagers following trouble on Easter Monday.

Trouble flared on the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan which followed rioting in the area overnight Police vehicles were attacked by a mob of youths, some wearing...more

NORTHERN IRELAND PLAYERS GET ‘SUITED AND BOOTED’ FOR FRANCE

THE new, tailor-made suit which the Northern Ireland players and officials will be wearing in France this summer has been officially unveiled by Bogart. The Belfast menswear retailer, the Irish FA’s official suit partner, has worked in conjunction with lifestyle brand...more

HIJACKED VAN TORCHED AND POLICE ATTACKED BY MOB HURLING PETROL BOMBS

A MOB hijacked a van and set it on fire and threw petrol bombs at police in the early hours of this morning.

The PSNI say that shortly after 4.30 am officers received a report that a van had been set on...more

POLICE PROBE MASKED MEN IN DISSIDENT REPUBLICAN PARADE

DETECTIVES from the PSNI's Terrorist Investigation Unit have launched a probe after masked men from the Continuity IRA marched through part of a town ahead of the Easter Rising centenary commemorations.