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Swann warns normality ‘some way off’ as Van Morrison concert cancelled

Two groups operating in the area have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Fivemiletown United Football Club and Omagh and Fermanagh RAF Air Cadets have both been honoured with the prestigious award during National Volunteer’s Week. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, is thought of as ‘the MBE for vol...

Northern Ireland protocol and North-South relations to be discussed in meeting

Some 250 witnesses expected to give evidence at Special Criminal Court trial

Singer had been celebrating birthday with at least 50 people at Co Fermanagh home

Singer had been celebrating birthday with at least 50 people at Co Fermanagh home

Kevin Lunney attackers broke his leg and scored chest with blade, court hears Some 250 witnesses expected to give evidence at Special Criminal Court trial about 7 hours ago Updated: about an hour ago Eoin Reynolds Luke O’Reilly outside the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, where he was accused of false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney. ...

Four men accused of falsely imprisoning Quinn Industrial Holdings executive

It was no accident but a process that provided a precedent for the rest of the empire

  For the last 100 years, the behaviour of British prime minister David Lloyd George at the end of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations has been the subject of much speculation and controversy. The Welsh Wizard, as he was known, was a skilled negotiator who could use bluff, flattery and coercion in equal measure to get his way. On the dramatic night of December 5th, 1921, Lloyd George pressed the Irish delegation to sign. With a characteristic flourish he produced a document seeming to suggest ...