Children as young as 12 were seen joining rioters pelting police with petrol bombs over anger at the decision not to prosecute Sinn Fein officials for attending an IRA terrorist’s funeral. Attacks in the Londonderry and Belfast areas have been on the rise lately due to post-Brexit trading arrangements which are claimed to have created … Read more
Police officers were attacked with petrol bombs last night as violence erupted once again in Northern Ireland during the fifth consecutive night of disorder. A total of 30 bombs were hurled at police in Newtownabbey, on the outskirts of Belfast on Saturday, and three cars were hijacked and set alight in what has since been termed … Read more
Driver is so drunk he BREAKS police breathalyser during roadside test before blowing ‘one of highest readings ever in Northern Ireland’ – as officers brand him a ‘wannabe killer’ Police in Northern Ireland pulled over a driver in Tobermore, Londonderry Man attempted to use a roadside breathalyser but the device wouldn’t register At police station he recorded a … Read more
Northern Ireland expands Covid jab roll-out to over-45s – even though UK is facing supply shortage that will see April become a ‘second dose month’ Northern Ireland becomes first home nation to offer jab to people under 50 Comes despite country’s jab rollout trailing behind rest of UK at 39 per cent Government also expecting … Read more
Irish PUBS could be turned into remote work hubs as part of nation’s plans for life after Covid Irish government has released a 5-year post-pandemic rural development plan Includes the idea to transform rural Irish pubs into remove work hubs A national network of 400 remote working hubs would be established By Sophie Tanno For … Read more
Downing Street today played down the prospects of spare coronavirus vaccines being handed to Ireland before July. The PM’s spokesman stressed that the ‘first priority’ is still to cover all UK adults, despite claims that 3.7million doses have been earmarked for gifting in a ‘poke in the eye’ for the EU’s slow rollout. The comments … Read more
The UK could send millions of coronavirus vaccines to Ireland after Easter in a ‘poke in the eye’ to the EU, it was claimed today. Some 3.7million doses could be handed to the Republic amid concerns that its slow rollout could prevent lockdown being eased in Northern Ireland. Cabinet ministers are said to view the … Read more
Hundreds of desperate Irish residents try to book jabs in NORTHERN Ireland where half the population has been vaccinated – compared to just 10% south of the border People from as far as Dublin and Galway have even been making the journey Around half the adult population has now been inoculated in Northern Ireland Head … Read more
Britons are keeping their eye out for a walrus that has twice been spotted in the British Isles after ‘falling asleep on a drifting iceberg’. The Arctic beast has not been seen since yesterday morning – when it was relaxing on a rock in Wales – six days after it was first seen in Ireland. Experts … Read more
An Arctic walrus has been spotted off the coast of South Wales six days after the same creature was seen in Ireland. The RSPCA was called out to check on the welfare of the walrus, which had appeared on the Pembrokeshire coastline. It was first seen in Wales on Friday, at the bottom of a … Read more