PSNI investigating sinister UFF mural which gloats at murder of Catholics

Loyalist Jamie Bryson speaks of need for "political solution" for protocol anger

Customers will be able to enter the pubs to gain access to the gardens and also to use the toilets.

Another 12 coronavirus deaths across the island of Ireland

THERE has been 12 further coronavirus deaths across the island of Ireland.
Hairdressers and retailers could reopen next month, says Varadkar

The tánaiste said more outdoor activities could also be allowed, as well as the full return of construction and resumption of religious services.
One Covid-19 death, 124 new cases

One further coronavirus related death has taken place, while an additional 124 people have tested positive.
70% of adults in Republic to be fully vaccinated by July, EU commissioner says

Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton also said ‘solidarity’ was the only way to avoid vaccine nationalism.

Customers will be able to enter the pubs to gain access to the gardens and also to use the toilets.

Donegal engineering firm HPE invests £2m to bring 41 jobs to Strabane

A LONG-established Donegal engineering firm plans to spend £2 million building a new factory in Strabane business park and create 41 mainly production operative jobs, pumping £1m a year into the region's economy.
Entertainment company Airtastic set for May opening in Newtownabbey

ENTERTAINMENT company Airtastic is creating 60 jobs at a new 50,000 sq ft multi activity centre in Newtownabbey, due to open on Thursday May 27 if indicative lockdown reopening dates are approved.
Survey will provide businesses with proof of their green status

ORGANISATIONS across the north have the opportunity to publicly demonstrate their commitment to better environmental practice with the launch of the 2021 NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
Third of people close to retirement 'have accelerated plans due to coronavirus'

MORE than a third (37 per cent) of people who are close to retirement have accelerated their plans due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report has found.

I AM indebted to the late Prince Philip for a rather unusual reason.

Brian Feeney: At long last, Dublin politicians take a major step forward

On Monday evening Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond gave a talk to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge entitled: ‘Towards a New Ireland'.
Bomb attack a wicked crime

If the wicked plan concocted by dissident republicans in Co Derry had succeeded, a young mother and her three-year-old child would today be dead or horribly injured after being engulfed in flames.
Right to pray
Let's call on the ‘can-do' spirit of 1998 to end political incompetence

AS one of the handful of Ulster Unionist Party negotiators responsible for the 1998 Belfast Agreement, I share in the general public’s sense of disappointment and feel not a little anger over the chronic failure of the two main parties to work and behave responsibly.

Volkswagen ID4: The people's car goes electric

Volkswagen's battery-powered ID4 on a mission to tempt families from their petrol and diesel SUVs, says William Scholes
Hyundai Kona Electric offers longest range of any plug-in grant eligible EV

HYUNDAI has dropped the prices of its electric cars after the government changed the eligibility threshold of its plug-in grant, writes William Scholes.
Kia EV6 opens for reservations

WE liked the look of Kia's swish new electric EV6 when it was revealed a few weeks ago, writes William Scholes.
Poor safety score for Dacia but praise for VW and Skoda

EURO NCAP, the car safety testing organisation, has issued results for three new models.

PROMINENT loyalist Jamie Bryson has said there needs to be a "political solution" to the cause of continuing tensions within the unionism.

Warning that Brexit red tape could led to vital drugs for epilepsy and cancer being withdrawn in Northern Ireland

BREXIT red tape is leading to the withdrawal of vital drugs from Northern Ireland due to the high costs for manufacturers, an industry chief has warned.
Arlene Foster says DUP not boycotting north-south meetings over Protocol

ARLENE Foster has said it is "simply not the case" that her party is boycotting north-south political meetings in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Boris Johnson does not expect border poll for 'a very, very long time to come'

BORIS Johnson has said he does not expect a border poll in Northern Ireland for "a very, very long time to come".
Fresh trouble breaks out in west Belfast

Furniture has been set alight on the Shankill Road on the loyalist side of the nearby peace wall.

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