Northern Ireland’s shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and cafés reopen today

Northern Ireland’s shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and cafés reopen today for first time in four months as Stormont joins rest of UK governments in easing lockdown restrictions Premises in Northern Ireland can now serve customers outdoors in groups of six The rule changes bring it in line with those seen in England, Scotland and Wales  … Read more

Northern Ireland’s shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and cafés reopen today

Northern Ireland’s shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and cafés reopen today for first time in four months as Stormont joins rest of UK governments in easing lockdown restrictions Premises in Northern Ireland can now serve customers outdoors in groups of six The rule changes bring it in line with those seen in England, Scotland and Wales  … Read more

Frefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains

More than 60 firefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains The gorse fire in the Slieve Donard area has been going since Friday morning  Pictures overnight showed the blaze on pitch-black mountains over Newcastle Officials told people to avoid Glen River and Bloody Bridge River access points Firefighters were withdrawn late … Read more

Frefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains

More than 60 firefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains The gorse fire in the Slieve Donard area has been going since Friday morning  Pictures overnight showed the blaze on pitch-black mountains over Newcastle Officials told people to avoid Glen River and Bloody Bridge River access points Firefighters were withdrawn late … Read more

Ireland’s Level 5 coronavirus lockdown is extended for ANOTHER six weeks

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin last night extended the country’s coronavirus lockdown for another six weeks until at least April 5 as he appealed to a ‘completely fed up’ nation not to drop its guard against Covid.   In a live TV address to the nation from Government buildings, the Taoiseach confirmed Level 5 measures inflicting huge … Read more

Victims of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes call for a criminal investigation

Irish campaigners have called for criminal consequences after a report found that 9,000 children had died in the country’s ‘mother and baby homes’ over more than seven decades – with churches now facing calls to pay reparations.  Lawmaker Brid Smith demanded ‘justice for the thousands of victims and survivors’ and called for a ‘full criminal … Read more

Twitter is fined £410,000 by Ireland’s data regulator for a bug that made private tweets public

Twitter is fined £410,000 by Ireland’s data regulator for a bug that made private tweets public Irish regulator made first use of new GDPR ‘One Stop Shop’ EU rules  Allow national watchdogs to impose penalties without consulting the bloc EU’s GDPR is part of concerted effort to hold big tech companies accountable  Silicon Valley giant … Read more

Din O’Saurs discovered! Ireland’s first dinosaur fossils are found in County Antrim

Din O’Saurs discovered! Ireland’s first dinosaur fossils from 200m-year-old beasts are found in County Antrim Fossil bones are from a four-legged plant-eating scelidosaurus in Antrim  Another dinosaur – a deadly two-legged carnivore sarcosaurus also found  Late teacher and fossil collector Roger Byrne found the bones years ago They were confirmed as being from the dinosaurs … Read more

One of Northern Ireland’s last WW2 veterans who helped liberate concentration camp dies aged 100

One of Northern Ireland’s last Second World War veterans, who helped liberate a concentration camp, has died aged 100.   Edward ‘Teddy’ Dixon was born in New York but his family moved to Belfast when he was a young child. He served in the US army as an infantryman in the 42nd Infantry ‘Rainbow’ Division, receiving his … Read more

Ireland’s ‘most haunted house’ is up for sale: Loftus Hall is on the market for £2.2m

Here’s a property for sale that’s bound to spook the market – Loftus Hall, Ireland’s ‘most haunted house’. The asking price is 2.5million euros (£2.2million) – and you can even view the rooms virtually, if you’re brave enough. The 14th-century mansion’s reputation as a spine-chilling abode dates back to the mid-1700s, when the Devil is said … Read more