IN PICTURES: President Connolly hosts first summer garden party

PRESIDENT Catherine Connolly has hosted the first summer garden party of her presidency. Hundreds of people turned out for the occasion held yesterday afternoon, where the President and her husband Brian McEnery hosted the event at Áras an Uachtaráin. President Catherine Connolly and her husband Brian McEnery hosted 350 people at Áras an Uachtaráin this week Some 350 guests … [Read more...] about IN PICTURES: President Connolly hosts first summer garden party

TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of a man who was injured on Bloody Sunday. Michael 'Mickey' Bridge was shot as he remonstrated with British soldiers after 17-year-old Jackie Duddy was killed in Derry in 1972. The teenager was one of thirteen people who died when the Army’s Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights protest in the city. A 14th person died … [Read more...] about Tributes following death of Bloody Sunday survivor Michael Bridge

SWIMMERS across Ireland will be taking a dip on the early hours of the morning this week to raise funds for a mental health charity. The annual Dip@Dusk summer solstice event, which is organised by the Grow Mental Health charity, gets underway today and runs until June 21. "Summer Solstice is a time when people naturally come together to celebrate community, connection and the … [Read more...] about Swimmers dive in at dusk to raise mental health cash

AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a man shot at a house in Co. Down. Police were called to reports of a broken window at a home in Newtownards at around 11.25pm on June 16. They later found the damage had been caused by a gunshot. “Police received a report at around 11.25pm of a broken window at a property in the Half Acre Lane area,” the PSNI said in a statement. “Officers … [Read more...] about Investigation underway after masked gunman shot at house