Northern Ireland police attacked during bomb hoax
Mob of 30 people threw petrol bombs and homemade explosives at officers during security operation in County ArmaghPolice were attacked today with improvised grenades and petrol bombs as they responded...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland police investigate gun attack on ex-soldier
• Retired UDR soldier came under fire in his south Armagh home• Republican dissidents suspected of attackA retired soldier has escaped a murder attempt after a gun attack on his south Armagh home,...
View ArticleHomes evacuated after beer-keg bomb alert in south Armagh
Road cordoned near border with Irish Republic following bomb warningA number of families have been evacuated from their homes because of a continuing security alert in the south of County Armagh close...
View ArticleWoman raped in front of her children
Northern Ireland police hunting man who attacked young mother on family walk in woods near Bessbrook, south ArmaghDetectives in Northern Ireland are hunting a man who raped a mother in front of her two...
View ArticleNorthern Irish police investigate republican link to double murder
Couple found dead at their home in Craigavon, Co Armagh, a stronghold of Continuity IRADetectives in Northern Ireland are investigating a republican dissident link to the murder of a couple in Co...
View ArticleMinistry of Defence says sorry for killing of Majella O'Hare
• Schoolgirl shot dead by paratrooper in 1976• Letter to mother formally apologises for killingMajella O'Hare was 12 years old. It was a bright summer's day in 1976 and the schoolgirl had just walked...
View ArticleThree men in court over weapons find
Northern Ireland security forces uncovered guns and ammunition during a vehicle search in ArmaghThree men in their 30s have appeared in court in connection with a weapons and ammunition find in...
View ArticleContinuity IRA claim Armagh rocket attack on police
Republican terrorist group communicate recognised code word to confirm they fired on police patrol in CraigavonRepublican terrorist group Continuity IRA have claimed responsibility for a rocket attack...
View ArticleDNA and car tracker 'link suspects to Northern Ireland policeman's death'
Trial starts into 2009 terrorist killing of PSNI officer Constable Stephen Carroll in Craigavon, north ArmaghDNA evidence and a tracking device links two men to the first terrorist murder of a Police...
View ArticleMan held over attempted murder of police officer in Northern Ireland
Policeman sustained serious head injuries while responding to a domestic incident involving two children in Co ArmaghA County Armagh man has been arrested for attempting to murder a police officer on...
View ArticleMan charged with murdering Northern Ireland prison officer David Black
Sean McVeigh appears in court in Armagh accused of ambushing victim on M1 as he travelled to work at MaghaberryA North Armagh man has appeared in court charged with murdering a Northern Ireland prison...
View ArticleAngler from Northern Ireland dies and one missing after squall on Lough Ree
Third man critically ill in hospital after boat carrying anglers from Co Armagh club overturns in strong winds on river ShannonA man from Northern Ireland has died hours after being rescued from a lake...
View ArticlePolice rescue 20 potential victims of people trafficking in Northern Ireland
Three men arrested as Romanian nationals found in County Armagh after probe into exploitation of food production workersThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said tonight it has rescued 20...
View ArticlePSNI officer in serious condition after hit and run linked to ATM theft
Man in hospital after being hit by lorry in Northern Ireland, an incident police are treating as attempted murderA police officer remains in a serious condition in hospital after being knocked down in...
View ArticleCountry diary: multitudes of coots sweep across the lough
Oxford Island, County Armagh: Scores of cormorants, rafts of ducks – this is what I’ve come forThe name Oxford Island is reputedly a corruption of Hawksworth’s island, after a tenant who lived on the...
View ArticleHere's to bandit country: the Irish border, writing's new frontier
Once overshadowed by Dublin and Belfast, the border regions are finally being recognised for inspiring some of Ireland’s best writing – and it’s not all about BrexitAsk anyone where they think about...
View ArticleSeamus Mallon obituary
Deputy first minister of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive and a founder of the Social Democratic and Labour partySeamus Mallon, who has died aged 83, was deputy leader of the Social...
View ArticleRecord 20 places vie to succeed Coventry as UK city of culture
Applications received from all four home nations and winner will be announced in May next yearA record 20 places in the UK have put in bids to be the next city of culture.Wolverhampton in England,...
View ArticleRUC officer referred for 1976 murder of brothers in County Armagh
Referral to prosecutors comes as UK told plan to end Troubles prosecutions ‘could breach international law’A former police officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) has been referred to public...
View ArticleEight candidates for the next UK city of culture announced
Areas will receive £40,000 grants to support the next step of their applications to succeed CoventryArmagh City, Bradford, County Durham and Stirling are among the eight places in the UK longlisted to...
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