Monthly Archives: January 2013
NOW APOLOGISE FOR ALL POLICE KILLED, SDLP TELLS SINN FEIN
THERE is no difference between the murder of a Garda officer and an RUC officer, an SDLP MLA said on Thursday. The SDLP's Policing spokesperson Conall McDevitt was responding to comments made by Sinn Fein's national chairman Declan Kearney and MLA Mitchell McLoughlin on...more
RADIO 1’S ‘BIG WEEKEND’ TO ROCK CITY OF CULTURE
RADIO 1's 'Big Weekend' is coming to Derry/ Londonderry. And getting the gig has been described as an "amazing coup" for the city. City of Culture organiser Martin Bradley said on Thursday: "We couldn't have asked for anything better". The event was last held in...more
PSNI PROBE PETROL BOMB ATTACK IN LARNE
DETECTIVES have appealed for information over a petrol bomb attack in Larne, Co Antrim. The attack happened on Wednesday night around 10.30 pm. A window was broken during the incident. A man was in the house at the time of the attack but was not injured. Anyone...more
POLICE WARN OF ATM SCAMS
THE PSNI has warned the publc to protect their PIN numbers at ATM machines because of criminal scams. A spokesperson said: "Sophisticated thieves are hiding card readers and cameras inside bank machines in Northern Ireland to capture your details to steal your...more
MAN ON CARRICK RIOT CHARGES
A MAN has been charged with rioting after a flag protest in Carrickfergus. The 22-year-old was detained in the Eden area of the Co Antrim town on Wednesday night. He faces charges of riot, assault on police, criminal damage and having offensive weapons. He is due to...more
REVEALED: ONH PIPE BOMB ATTACKS A BID TO GOAD LOYALISTS INTO RETALIATION
EXCLUSIVE: A DISSIDENT republican terror gang has hatched a deadly plan to kill police officers and and to try to lure loyalist paramilitaries back to war. Belfast Daily understands that a pipe bomb left in Greencastle, north Belfast on Tuesday was an attempt by...more
HELP US CATCH RIOTERS, SAYS SENIOR PSNI DETECTIVE
DETECTIVES from 'Operation Dulcet' have released images of people they want to speak to in connection with recent serious public disorder in east Belfast, south Belfast and Newtownabbey areas. Police have already made 181 arrests and charged 128 people in...more
POLICE OMBDUDSMAN RE-OPENS DENIS DONALDSON PROBE
THE Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is to revisit the murder of MI5 Denis Donaldson over claims police officers may be linked to his death. On Wednesday, Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire overturned a previous decision by his predecessor Al Hutchinson to shut down...more
POLICE IN BANGOR HUNT ANTI-SOCIAL YOUTHS
THE PSNI has called for an end to the intimidation of vulnerable people in Bangor, Co Down. Police said groups of young people have been gathering in the Bloomfield estate over the last week causing "apprehension and concern'' among residents. Constable Knox of Bangor...more