Pensioner's £67,000 power bill

Unbelievable? Even more so when you look at the companies figures for 2007 [PDF]"A County Londonderry pensioner who has lived without electricity for 27 years has been told Northern Ireland Electricity will charge him £67,000 to link his home to the grid."The company made a...

Real IRA blamed for Belfast riots

" The Real IRA has been blamed by Sinn Fein for trouble in north Belfast. At least one shot was fired at police by republicans and there were other disturbances after Orange Order parades across Northern Ireland. ...

Pilots anger over losing out on free tea

Easyjets pilots aren't very happy because they are having their free tea and coffee stopped. They will also lose one free meal on a 10 hour flight. " PILOTS with budget airline easyJet flew into a rage last night...

Obama speaks about recent Northern Ireland troubles

US President Barack Obama has spoken about the recent killings of two soldiers and a policeman in Northen Ireland. Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen watched the US President give the speach at a St Patrick's Day...

IRA plotting to kill Princes William, Harry: Report

According to a report released, on Monday 16 March by the Press Trust of India in London and published in the Hindustan Times of India "" The security in the  cover for Britain's Princes William and Harry has been stepped up over fears that IRA terrorists are plotting to...

Northern Ireland police attacked by gangs: hit by petrol bombs

Police in Northern Ireland have been attacked by gangs hurling petrol bombs after they arrested three men following the murder of two soldiers last week. " The men are being questioned about the murders at an Army base in Northern Ireland a week ago. The three, aged 41, 32...

Thousands Attend Peace Rallies Across Northern Ireland

Thousands of people took to the streets of Northern Ireland today to join in peace rallies after the murders of a policeman and two soldiers. Both Catholic and Protestant supporters expressed revulsion in the dissident killings, done by an IRA splinter group. Silent...

NI Latest: Police arrest two men for cop shooting

Police have made arrests regarding the shooting of a Northern Irish policeman, Stephen Paul Carroll on Monday night. This afternoon [Tuesday] police arrested a 17-year-old teenager and then a 37-year-old man...

Continuity IRA say they murdered police officer

Police have named the police Constable who was shot by the dissident republicans, the Continuity IRA. Officer Stephen Paul Carroll, 48, from the Banbridge area of County Down was married and had 2 kids. The last...

Police officer shot Dead in Northern Ireland

A police officer has been shot dead in Craigavon in Northern Ireland at around 10pm Irish time tonight. This shooting comes only 2 days after 2 British soldiers were shot dead in Co. Antrim. Two officers were...

Q&A: Conflict in Northern Ireland

Below is the BBC's Q&A guide to the conflict in Northern Ireland " Two soldiers have been killed and four people injured in an attack on an army base in Northern Ireland. It is the latest incident in a conflict...

Dead soldiers in Northern Ireland named by MOD

The two soldiers shot dead in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA on Saturday night have been named as Sappers Mark Quinsey and Cengiz 'Patrick' Azimka. Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the site today along with...

Real IRA 'claims' to have shot British soldiers

An Irish newspaer has recieved a phonecall from someone claiming to be from the Real IRA. They used a known codeword and calmied they carried out the attack on Saturday night at the Masserene army base in...

Dissident republicans blamed for N. Ireland army base shooting

Dissident republicans, who are opposed to the peace process, are being blamed for yesterday's killing of two soldiers at an Army base in Northern Ireland.This is the first murder of British soldiers in N. Ireland...

Sen. Kennedy Honored by Great Britan as He Returns to Washington

There was a lot of love and admiration being spread this week, for Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. "Kennedy, 77, suffered a seizure in May at his home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Shortly afterward, doctors...

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