I'm not an IRA sympathiser, says SNP politician Feargal Dalton
An Irish-born Scottish Nationalist Party politician has rubbished online smears that claim he is a supporter of IRA violence. More than 1,200 people have signed a petition by Scottish unionists to have...
View ArticlePSNI officer who shot thief must take firearms course
A police officer has been ordered to take a firearms course after he shot a fleeing car thief. The Police Ombudsman initially launched an investigation into an incident in Gilford, Co Down on July 18,...
View ArticleMan who knifed family executed
A US man who killed his girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter with a butcher's knife has been executed. Richard Strong, 47, was executed at the Missouri state prison in Bonne Terre for the deaths of...
View ArticleMan executed for knifing family
A US man who killed his girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter with a butcher's knife has been executed. Richard Strong, 48, was executed at the Missouri state prison in Bonne Terre for the deaths of...
View ArticleSuicide bomber in terror blast at Egyptian tourist spot
A suicide bomber has blown himself up close to the ancient pharaonic temple of Karnak in Luxor in southern Egypt, a site visited by millions of tourists every year. No tourists were killed or hurt in...
View ArticleWait for ruling in abortion case
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on a challenge by a young woman and her mother to a ruling that prevents women from Northern Ireland receiving free abortions on the NHS in England. Three...
View ArticleTribunal ruling in London will encourage McArthurs
A Christian nursery worker has won her employment tribunal in a case that will no doubt encourage the McArthur family and their legal team as they prepare to mount their appeal. An employment tribunal...
View ArticleLegal bid is adjourned into the killing of IRA man Stan Carberry
The British Government has "washed its hands" of its duty to oversee an inquiry into the Army shooting of an IRA man more than 40 years ago, the High Court has heard. Stan Carberry (34) was gunned down...
View Article'Naked climbers' blamed for earthquake in Malaysia
Police have detained four Westerners accused of posing naked to take photos on a Malaysian mountain - an act that has been blamed for causing the earthquake that killed 18 climbers last week. Police...
View Article'IRA agent and state killed Belfast mum Caroline Moreland'
The British state and a top British agent inside the IRA were both to blame for the murder of an alleged informer, it has been claimed. West Belfast mother-of-three Caroline Moreland (34) was shot by...
View ArticleHeadteacher 'a sexual predator'
A headteacher accused of having sex with two underage boys in the late 1980s was a "sexual predator who exploited the situation she was in", a jury has heard. Anne Lakey, 55, from Stanley, County...
View ArticleGreek leader seeks bailout deal
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has reinforced his diplomatic offensive to try to convince European creditors to pay out the bailout loans the country needs to avoid default. The creditors have...
View ArticlePioneering celebrity cook and author Marguerite Patten dies at age of 99
Pioneering cookery writer and broadcaster Marguerite Patten has died aged 99, her family have announced. The author of more than 170 books, with worldwide sales of more than 17 million, had suffered a...
View ArticleBriton 'sorry' for nude summit pic
A British graduate blamed for triggering an earthquake by posing naked on a sacred mountain knows what she did was "stupid and disrespectful and is very sorry for the offence that she has caused", her...
View ArticleDail will not quiz FAI chief over €5m Fifa pay-off
Irish politicians have decided not to grill the country's football chief about the €5 million pay-off from Fifa for a Thierry Henry handball that cost the Republic a place in the 2010 World Cup in...
View ArticleCaroline Moreland murder: Martin McGuinness 'ready to meet daughter of IRA...
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is willing to meet Shauna Moreland, whose mother was murdered by an IRA unit that allegedly included a British double agent. The west Belfast mother-of-three was...
View ArticleDe Menezes family's justice plea
No one has been held to account over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, his family's lawyer said today at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as they challenged the decision not to bring...
View ArticleAmanda Knox faces slander trial
American Amanda Knox, who was exonerated by Italy's highest court of her room mate's brutal murder after multiple trials, is facing a new trial in Italy on a charge of slandering police. Knox is...
View ArticleTwo Slovakian boys to be adopted in Northern Ireland
Two "damaged" Slovakian boys whose mother is in jail for drug smuggling are to be adopted in Northern Ireland, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice O'Hara backed a health and social care trust's...
View ArticlePolice probe fatal Tyrone house fire after body of Ernest Johnston is found
A house fire which claimed the life of a Co Tyrone man is believed to have started accidentally. Ernest Johnston (52) was discovered dead early yesterday. He was found after concerned relatives forced...
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