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1 week ago | 
independent.co.uk | David Young
The 29-year-old was murdered and secretly buried near Lurgan in 1976. David YoungAn investigator tasked with finding a Disappeared victim of the Northern Ireland Troubles has appealed for the “vital piece” of information that will help end the bereaved family’s five decades of pain. Seamus Maguire, who was 29 and from Aghagallon near the Co Armagh town of Lurgan, was murdered and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries during the mid 1970s.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Paula Bradshaw chairs Stormont's Executive Office committee, which is tasked with holding the office of the First and deputy First Ministers to account. Stormont's leaders are more interested in optics than delivery of meaningful legislation, the chairwoman of their scrutiny committee has claimed.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Crowds, including former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, have gathered in west Belfast to protest about the failure to redevelop Casement Park stadium. Gaelic games players and supporters have marched to the derelict Casement Park stadium in Belfast to demand its redevelopment.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Police have made no meaningful progress to deliver training to improve how frontline staff assess threats and risks in domestic abuse cases, and better respond to children involved in such incidents, inspectors have found. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young |Rebecca Black |Jonathan McCambridge
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEARA) Minister Andrew Muir speaks about the gorse fire, at Donard Park in Newcastle, Co. DownPeople who are maliciously starting wildfires in Northern Ireland are risking being charged with manslaughter, Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Police ombudsman for Northern Ireland Marie Anderson at her office in Belfast. Photo: Liam McBurney/PAThe police ombudsman for Northern Ireland has found "no credible evidence" to verify a claim that a teenager shot dead by police in 1982 was trying to surrender before being killed.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | Rebecca Black |David Young
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowQuestions about the decision to install Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station are legitimate, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Belfast Grand Central Station at Weavers CrossDUP ministers intend to "put a marker down" in the Executive in opposition to a decision to install Irish language signs at Belfast's Grand Central Station, party leader Gavin Robinson has warned. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | David Young
Soldier F is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972The trial of a former paratrooper accused of the murder of two men on Bloody Sunday is to start on September 15. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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4 weeks ago | 
newsletter.co.uk | Jonathan McCambridge |David Young
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivering her spring statement in the House of Commons, London. The chancellor’s Spring statement shows Labour is “targeting welfare recipients and pensioners to foot the bill for its ill-conceived policies,” according to the DUP.
