Catherine Moore

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore

Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin on FridayPoliticians have been reacting to Gerry Adams' libel victory over the BBC. A court found Mr Adams was defamed in a BBC NI Spotlight programme broadcast in 2016 and an accompanying online article, in which an anonymous contributor alleged he sanctioned the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson. Mr Adams, 76, denies any involvement.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore

Image source, BBC/Alleycats TVImage caption, Lynn McDonald was scammed by con-artist Samantha CookesA serial con-artist who posed as a child therapist and scammed families out of money for a fake trip to Lapland left people terrified, one of her victims has said. Samantha Cookes used multiple identities - including a nanny, an arts teacher and a surrogate mother - to con families in the UK and Ireland between 2011 and 2024.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mike McBride |Catherine Moore

Delays to a multi-million pound seafront redevelopment project in Bangor are holding back the potential of the city, local people have said. Plans to overhaul the Queen's Parade area of the city in County Down have been discussed for decades, but in 2019 the initiative gained renewed momentum when Bangor Marine was appointed by the Department for Communities (DfC) and Ards and North Down District Council to lead the project.

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore |Abigail Taylor

Image source, EPAImage caption, McIlroy and his caddie Harry Diamond are both from the County Down townCatherine Moore & Abigail TaylorThe town in County Down has always been proud of local boy Rory McIlroy but it has reached a whole new level after his dramatic win on Sunday. He finally joined a select club of just six golfers to achieve the career Grand Slam with victory in the Masters. The boy from Holywood received his Hollywood ending, and the town is buzzing.

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Simpson |Catherine Moore

Connswater Shopping Centre in east Belfast has closed after more than 40 years in business. Footfall has been in decline in recent years with only 20 commercial tenants left in the 52-unit centre. On the final day of business, tears flowed as staff and customers said their farewells. Sheelagh Gray, who has worked in the Boots store for 26 years, said people were "grieving" the loss of the centre. "It feels like a death," she told BBC News NI as she prepared to leave the store.