A JUDGE has ruled Lady Eleanor Donaldson ‘unfit to stand trial’ in Northern Ireland next week. The wife of former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was due to stand alongside him as a trial into alleged historic sexual offences comes to court. Yesterday a judge at Newry Crown Court ruled that Lady Donaldson was ‘unfit to stand trial’ on medical health … [Read more...] about Judge rules Lady Eleanor Donaldson ‘unfit to stand trial’
‘Every parent’s worst nightmare’: Parent of child targeted by online predator speaks out
THE parent of a child who was a victim of an online predator has told how the abuse “tortured” their son. This week Cameron Mullen, from Kilrea in Co. Derry, was sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court for online child sexual offences. The 22-year-old was sentenced to two years and four months behind bars for seven offences, which included counts of sexual communication with a … [Read more...] about ‘Every parent’s worst nightmare’: Parent of child targeted by online predator speaks out
President Connolly completes British visit with trip to Leeds Irish Centre
PRESIDENT Connolly has met with members of the Irish community at the Leeds Irish Centre. In the final formal engagement of her three-day visit to Britain, the President spent yesterday afternoon at the centre, which is located in York Street, and has been in operation since 1970. President Connolly met with the local Irish community at Leed Irish Centre (Pics: Maxwell … [Read more...] about President Connolly completes British visit with trip to Leeds Irish Centre
Rare photo of Oscar Wilde as a student at Oxford fetches high price at auction
AN OLD photo of Oscar Wilde as a student at Oxford has sold for nearly €6k at auction. The image, discovered in an old Victorian photo album, went under the hammer at Dominic Winters Auctioneers yesterday in their Photographs, Posters & Postcards, Autographs, Documents & Ephemera sale. The photograph featuring Oscar Wilde in the middle row The Dublin-born writer … [Read more...] about Rare photo of Oscar Wilde as a student at Oxford fetches high price at auction
King Charles and Queen Camilla try out the bodhrán while on visit to Northern Ireland
KING CHARLES and wife Queen Camilla have tried their hand at playing the bodhrán while on a visit to Northern Ireland this week. The royal pair arrived in Belfast on May 19, where they made their way to Thompson Dock - the last place the fated Titanic ship stood on dry ground before her historic maiden voyage. There they joined performers involved in Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, … [Read more...] about King Charles and Queen Camilla try out the bodhrán while on visit to Northern Ireland