Another offensive last night by some brave sons of Ulster as they targeted a number of houses in north Belfast. Bravely hiding under the cloak of nightfall, these courageous heroes set fire to an oil tank outside a house. The flames quickly spread for… more »

Life getting you down? Dead end job? Housing executive house crumbling? Kids asking difficult questions - perhaps like "Who's my dad?" Maybe you're just depressed because your fantasy of a United Ireland isn't shared by as many people as you thought. The… more »

The Anti-Racism Network has claimed the Northern Ireland Housing Executive is 'criminalising' the travelling community after a group of travellers were barred from Larne. An Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) was served which bars a number of travellers… more »

The Northwest edition of the Belfast Telegraph ran a story on Tuesday about a memorial for those who died in a First World War battle, Messines Ridge. I hadn't heard of the battle before, but 17,000 Allied troops died at the battle in Belgium on 7th June… more »

According to figures from a new Audit Office report, 1 in 10 people in Northern Ireland are claiming the Derry Disability Living Allowance. At the same time, apparently £40 million is being wasted through "financial error," or blunders to you and… more »

Thanks to David Andrew over at A Tangled Web for pointing out the publication of the 2004 Northern Ireland Life & Times Survey today. The results, true to form, show only a 22% in Northern Ireland for "Irish Unificiation" (aka the annexing of the rem… more »

In a story ominously absent from this morning's Newsline, the BBC reports that police are questioning a man over the Lisa Dorrian murder. The man being held is apparently an 18 year old brought in for questioning yesterday (Tuesday) morning in the greate… more »

The Times reports yesterday that the "first official language" of the Irish Republic is disappearing, even from the gaeltacht (the area of the Republic where supposedly Irish is the majority language). Gaeltacht teachers get an annual bonus of €1… more »

Slugger O'Toole noticed last Friday that the Daily Ireland has laid off ¼ of it's staff! While the thought of people losing their jobs is sad, I can't help but be satisfied that this pro-IRA piece of trash is failing and my symptathy drains somewhat… more »

Murdered Bangor woman Lisa Dorrian's family have marked her 26th birthday today yesterday by releasing white balloons over the seafront in Bangor, but say they are no closer to finding out what happened. It's been 15 weeks since that fateful night and w… more »