12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (514+ words) A Belfast filmmaker has been inspired by the Belfast Fleadh to bring his gothic horror movie to the big screen. Anthony McKenna hopes his in-production short film, set in Co Donegal during the Great Famine, can build on the all-island…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (965+ words) Young mothers on the Garvaghy Road have spoken of their fears after the Orange Order revealed plans to reopen a bitter parade dispute that was settled almost 30 years ago. Tensions on the mainly nationalist area of Portadown have increased significantly…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (592+ words) The Parades Commission must take account of the growing Catholic population across nationalist areas of Portadown when considering if the Orange Order is allowed to march through the Garvaghy Road area, a former MLA has said. The call comes after…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (446+ words) A now struck-off neurologist had a “tendency to joke” with patients who had received devastating news, with families viewing him as “cocky” and even “doolally” in their interactions with him. The striking claims are among details in the final report…...

4+ day, 49+ min ago   (1054+ words) On December 4, 1971, a bomb planted by the UVF exploded at McGurk’s Bar on North Queen Street in Belfast. The blast brought the family-run pub and home crashing down, killing 15 people, including two children, and injuring many others. The tragedy was…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (615+ words) A mother-of-six who recorded her teenage son rioting in the Broadway area of Belfast avoided an immediate prison sentence on Thursday. Michelle Greer was handed a 12-month sentence, which was suspended for three years, for a charge of cruelty to…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (396+ words) A Co Tyrone man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a series terrorism charges, including attempted murder, dating back almost 40 years. Arthur John MacNally (73), of Minadinna Road, Sixmilecross, was called forward to the dock of Belfast Crown Court for his…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (439+ words) John Manley has spent the vast bulk of his 25 year-plus journalistic career with The Irish News. He has been the paper's Political Correspondent since 2012, having previously worked as a Business Reporter. He is a past winner of the CIPR's Business…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (823+ words) A former senior adviser to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says the party was concerned that a “lurch to the right” on immigration policy in the south would leave it “exposed” in the north. Writing in her book Ourselves…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (207+ words) A man in his 30s has been taken to hospital for treatment of two deep cuts to his face, following an assault in Co Antrim which police believe involved a blade. Officers received a report at around 7:30pm on Tuesday, of a…...