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‘King Con’: Belfast conman Cartmill who scammed Stephen Nolan and Eamonn Holmes faces jail
Celebrity conman Jay Cartmill is facing prison after pleading guilty to 46 new fraud charges, taking his total number of criminal convictions to more…
1 year, 2 months ago
The East Tyrone IRA, Loughgall, Clonoe, and the SAS
A coroner’s ruling the SAS was unjustified in shooting dead four IRA men in Tryone has been controversial with unionist politicians and British Army …
1 year, 2 months ago
The IRA’s La Mon Bombing and the victims’ quest for justice
Twelve people died when the IRA fired bombed the La Mons House hotel on the 17 February 1978. Scores were injured, some horrifically. The Provisional…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Official IRA’s ‘training’ trip to North Korea
North Korea is one of the world’s most secretive states – known for its dictators who are treated like gods and an iron-clad grip on their citizens. …
1 year, 2 months ago
Allison Morris: The origins of the PSNI and the challenge of recruiting Catholics
23 years after its emergence, the PSNI is still less than one third Catholic and the numbers attempting to join are according to the Chief Constable …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ciaran Barnes: Why UDA shot pensioner after Bulgarian brothel raid in Coleraine
A Coleraine pensioner, who uses a mobility scooter, was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA. But what possible excuse would the loyalist …
1 year, 2 months ago
Top Belfast school Methody apologises after rugby hazing leaves boy ‘traumatised’
Methodist College Belfast’s insurers have been stung for £50,000 after a Carryduff boy sued over hazing at rugby camp. The boy was allegedly forced t…
1 year, 3 months ago
How I caught the catfish who took my identity
It all began in December, when an ex-girlfriend of Irish independent journalist John Meagher sent him screenshots of a fake dating-app profile using …
1 year, 3 months ago
“The starting point is to is to name people”: Sam McBride talks to legacy chief Sir Declan Morgan
Sir Declan Morgan was formerly Northern Ireland’s most senior judge. The Londonderry man now heads the Legacy Commission. He describes the role not o…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why was Big Brother's Seany O’Kane turned back from Moscow?
Former Big Brother contestant Seány O’Kane has been denied entry to Russia. O’Kane’s the owner of a popular Telegram platform for foreigners in Russi…
1 year, 3 months ago