MP backs calls for Casement Park redevelopment following Belfast march

SINN FÉIN MP Paul Maskey has backed calls for Casement Park to finally be redeveloped following a protest march in support of the project. The MP for West Belfast has called on the British Government to clarify what funding is available for the project after backing out of financing it in time for Euro 2028. Mr Maskey was speaking after a march organised by South Antrim GAA … [Read more...] about MP backs calls for Casement Park redevelopment following Belfast march

A MAN from west Belfast has been jailed for his part in a large-scale banking fraud totalling more than £1m. At Belfast Crown Court on Friday, 43-year-old John Cartmill was sentenced to four years having pleaded guilty to 44 fraud and money-laundering offences at an earlier hearing. He will serve two years in custody and two on licence. "The custodial sentence sends a clear … [Read more...] about ‘His only concern was to line his own pockets’: Belfast man jailed over large-scale banking fraud

A MAN has died after the ride-on lawnmower he was travelling on was involved in a collision with a car in Co. Tipperary. The incident happened on the N76 at Kilcash Cross at around 9.50pm on Friday. The man on the lawnmower, aged in his 30s, was pronounced deceased at the scene and his body taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford for a post-mortem. No other … [Read more...] about Man travelling on ride-on lawnmower dies after collision with car in Co. Tipperary

A MAN has been charged by police investigating a stabbing incident in Co. Down. A man in his late teens sustained a number of stab wounds to his face and head during the incident in the Dundrum Road area of Newcastle on Friday evening. A male teenager and a man in his 20s were subsequently arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a … [Read more...] about Man charged to court following Co. Down stabbing

A MAN from Co. Fermanagh has been jailed following his conviction for non-recent child sexual abuse offences. Gerard Quaile, 59, from Creamery Close, Florencecourt, stood trial last year for seven counts of indecent assault, six of which related to one female child and the seventh to another girl. He was convicted of four charges relating to one victim, with the offending … [Read more...] about Co. Fermanagh man sentenced for non-recent child sexual abuse offences