Northern Ireland

Families of victims and survivors have attended a memorial service to mark 50 years since the Guildford pub bombings. The IRA detonated two bombs in town centre pubs on 5 October 1974 – the first exploded at the Horse and Groom, North Street, killing four soldiers and a civilian, while …

Emerging Ireland held on to secure a 29-24 win over Western Force in the second game of their three-match series in South Africa. Ulster’s Jude Postlethwaite notched the opening try for Simon Easterby’s side in Bloemfontein with Chay Mullins, Sean Jansen and Alex Kendellen also touching before half-time. Western Force …

Three members of staff at an off-license on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast have been left badly shaken after an armed robbery, police have said. A man, dressed in black with the bottom half of his face covered, entered the premises armed with a knife at about 19:45 BST …

A Conservative Party spokesman claimed the Labour government was “in chaos”. He said: “In fewer than 100 days, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been thrown into chaos – he has lost his chief of staff who has been at the centre of the scandal the Labour Party has been …

O’Neill also apologised for the hurt and distress caused by the press officers who provided the references. “On Wednesday 25 September 2024, Sinn Féin and I were informed that two press officers, who were former colleagues of Michael McMonagle, had provided employment references for him,” O’Neill said in a statement. …

Those who died after the first bomb exploded at the Horse and Groom, North Street, were soldiers Ann Hamilton, 19, Caroline Slater, 18, William Forsyth, 18, and John Hunter, 17, as well as civilian Paul Craig, 21. The second bomb went off 30 minutes later at Seven Stars on Swan …

Northern Ireland athletics great Derek Graham launched Belfast’s latest parkrun on Saturday at the Paisley Park venue where he produced one of his most memorable performances in 1967. Graham, now 83, finished second behind legendary Kenyan Kip Keino 47 years ago as both became the first athletes to run the …

Commenting on the figures Margaret Kelly said: “With the type of cases my office is seeing I am increasingly of the opinion that SAIs are not working. “We are seeing patients and families, like Mr Cull’s family, who do not trust that the process is open and honest, and this …

The developer, Transmission Investment, contests Ofgem’s conclusions and has submitted its own economic modelling ahead of final determination. But that interim ruling demonstrates how, as a GB regulator, Ofgem is not in a position to consider whether the project might be good for NI. “The regulatory environment is complicated,” says …

Corduff, who are coached by former Derry boss Rory Gallagher, were defeated 2-16 to 1-12 by Inniskeen in the Monaghan SFC quarter-finals. Cushendall were given a scare before prevailing 1-27 to 0-26 against St Johns in the Antrim SHC semi-final at Dunloy. Ronan McAteer scored the only goal as the …