John Toner

5 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner

Even the potatoes are something else at the north coast’s only five-star hotel, opened with an eye on the return of the OpenSitting on a sun-drenched veranda, watching golfers gently play through Royal Portrush, I could see why the sport is often described as a good walk spoiled. Driving, chipping and putting in the beating-down summer sun we enjoyed in recent weeks looked like hard work from my chair as I sipped an Old Fashioned cocktail.

6 days ago | sundayworld.com | John Toner

'WORST THING' | ‘It’s the worst thing anybody can have to face’Michaella McCollum (Photo by Presseye)Michaella McCollum has offered her sympathy to two English women caught in drugs stings abroad. The arrests of Bella May Culley (18), in Georgia, and 21-year-old Charlotte May Lee, in Sri Lanka, have made global headlines in recent weeks.

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner |Paula Mackin |Mark Tighe

Gerry Adams ‘would have settled for BBC apology’ as camp believe ‘political interference’ forced court battleMoney never his motive, sources claim, as public service broadcaster hit by most expensive legal defeat in its historyGerry Adams near his house in west Belfast yesterdayJohn Toner, Paula Mackin and Mark TigheToday at 08:40Gerry Adams would have settled his BBC libel case from the outset for just an apology, sources close to him have claimed.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner

People were evacuated from their homes on Friday but later allowed to return over the incident. This afternoon a PSNI spokesman said: “Detectives investigating a security alert in Newtownards on Friday 30th May have charged a 42 year old man with a threatening communications offence and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property. “He is due to appear at Downpatrick Magistrates’ Court on Monday 2nd June.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner

The Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) said they were called shortly before 5am this morning to attend a fire at the former Faughan Valley school in Drumahoe. Forty-five firefighters were in attendance with six pumping appliances and one aerial appliance also dispatched. The Drumahoe Road is currently closed at the junctions with the Glenshane Road and the Fincairn Road due to the fire at the derelict premises.