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A MAN has been arrested following an assault on a train conductor in Co. Antrim that left the victim requiring hospital treatment. The incident occurred at around 9.10am today aboard a train in the Magheramorne area of Larne. Train operator Translink has condemned the assault and offered a reward of up to £1,000 for information. The PSNI revealed it had arrested a 34-year-old … [Read more...] about Man arrested after conductor hospitalised in Co. Antrim train assault

TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died in a single-vehicle collision in Co. Antrim on Tuesday. Connor McNeill, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene following the collision on the Carnlough Road in Broughshane at around 3.30pm yesterday. Two young children, who were passengers in the car, remain in hospital where they are being treated for injuries that are not believed to be … [Read more...] about ‘An absolute gentleman’: Tributes paid to father-of-two who died in Co. Antrim collision

TWO lorry drivers have been charged with drugs offences after 104kg of cannabis was seized in two separate seizures in England. The discoveries were made as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into a suspected crime network based in Northern Ireland. Kirk Hackett, 30, from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, was arrested after his lorry was stopped on the A1 near Doncaster … [Read more...] about Lorry drivers arrested in England over huge drug seizures worth around £2m

Gearoid Simms is a Dublin artist, born and brought up in The Liberties. He describes his art as expressive realism. “I use a heavy texture to bring out feeling and as truthfully to the image as possible,” he says. Gearoid is exhibiting at the Trinity Centre in Bristol on May 21 He found time to leave his easel and answer our questions What are you up to? I'm preparing for my … [Read more...] about Ten Minutes with artist Gearoid Simms

A FUNDING allocation of €1million has been announced to support projects which work to strengthen links between the North and southern Ireland. Tánaiste Micheál Martin has today confirmed the 35 cross-border projects which will receive grants from the allocation under the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Shared Island Civic Society Fund. Mr Martin, who is also Ireland’s Minister … [Read more...] about Funding of €1m confirmed for projects which strengthen links across island of Ireland