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Tuesday 30 May 2023 Dublin: 16°C

# Northern Ireland

Yesterday
29th May 2023
# John Caldwell
‘Personal element’ to attack on PSNI detective, court hears, as seven men are charged
The seven have been remanded in custody.
Last week
21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023
# Northern Ireland
Seven men charged with attempted murder of PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell
Detective Caldwell was shot multiple times at a sports centre in Omagh on 22 February.
# Northern Ireland
Talk of additional funding for Stormont 'significant', says Tánaiste
The Stormont parties have said they will need at least £1 billion of extra funding from the British government to manage budget pressures in a future Executive.
# PSNI
11 arrested in relation to attempted murder of PSNI Detective John Caldwell
The people arrested are aged between 21 and 72, and include nine men and two women.
# The North
King Charles III thanks Armagh for warm welcome on second day of visit to Northern Ireland
‘I do hope you have great success in the future,’ Charles told the crowd of people gathered in Market Theatre Square.
# Royal Visit
PSNI detective John Caldwell makes first public appearance since attack at King Charles event
Charles and Camilla arrived at Hazelbank Park in Co Antrim to cheers from waiting members of the public this afternoon.
# DUP
Donaldson confirms more financial support for Northern Ireland is part of talks with UK Govt
The region is facing cuts in the latest budget in the absence of locally elected ministers.
# NI Local Elections
Kenya's 'Derry Girl', a schoolboy, and an openly-gay 'Scouser': The changing faces of NI politics
Among the notable candidates to be elected was the SDLP’s Lilian Seenoi-Barr, who became the first black person to be elected to any office in Northern Ireland.
# Aviva
Ireland Women's National Team to play at Aviva Stadium for the first time
The Nations League fixture with Northern Ireland in September will break new ground.
# The North
DUP says Sinn Féin's NI election success case of 'turning nationalist vote into republican vote'
The DUP leader rejected the suggestion that there was any movement towards a united Ireland after the council elections.
# Local Elections
Sinn Féin's O'Neill puts pressure on British and Irish governments over Stormont
Sinn Fein emerged as the largest party in the local government elections this week.
This month
May 2023
# The North
Sinn Féin largest party in Northern Ireland local Government as DUP trails behind
Sinn Féin are currently in the lead with 132 seats, ahead of the DUP’s 114.
# Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin storming ahead in historic Northern Ireland local election
If Sinn Féin continues its winning streak, it will be the first time a nationalist party has had the most council seats in Northern Ireland.
# Industrial Action
Flagship shows off air as BBC Northern Ireland journalists go on strike on count day
Election coverage is due to resume tomorrow following the strike action.
# Northern Ireland
Man arrested as PSNI probe fraud claims involving person posing as priest
The arrest follows an investigation by the PSNI in Northern Ireland.
THE MORNING LEAD
'This isn't about bin collections': Weary Northern Ireland to vote in decisive election
A report by
Eimer McAuley
The Alliance party looks set to emerge as the third biggest party at local government level.
Today, voters across Northern Ireland will head to the polls to have their say in the first local council elections since 2019.
"This isn't about getting your bins collected. This is about the current form of Government in Northern Ireland, and the ongoing impasse."
Eimer McAuley reports on the issues being raised on the doorsteps.
'Wise up': Derry Girls actor channels Sister Michael to blast 'ignorance' of Stormont deadlock
On the election trail in Belfast: Local issues take back seat as Stormont stalemate looms large
# RIP
PSNI investigating after two native eagles found dead in Co Antrim
The bird is the UK’s largest native bird of prey.
# Northern Ireland
Man live-streaming Orange Hall 'couldn't have foreseen' Michaela McAreavey chant, hearing told
Final submissions were made in the industrial tribunal taken by a lorry driver sacked over video of song mocking Michaela McAreavey’s murder.
# siobhan mcsweeney
'Wise up': Derry Girls actor channels Sister Michael to blast 'ignorance' of Stormont deadlock
Siobhán McSweeney used her Bafta win last night to poke fun at the lack of an executive in Stormont.
# burgernomics
'Not a paradise': DUP MP points to cost of a Big Mac when SDLP leader calls for United Ireland
‘Anyone who wants a Big Mac – I am not a fan; I do not buy them—will have to pay £2 more in the Republic of Ireland than they will in Northern Ireland’.
# Belfast
PSNI appeal for help finding two rounds of ammunition lost during Belfast hostage situation
Searches of the immediate area were conducted without success, police said.
Northern Ireland secretary says ‘deadlines are deadly’ amid calls to restore Stormont
Chris Heaton-Harris said his focus is on ensuring the executive is in place for the long-term when it returns.
# Northern Ireland
Suspicious object investigated by PSNI found to be 'elaborate hoax'
Two men who were arrested on Sunday have been released following questioning.
# Belfast
Man (30s) charged in connection with Belfast hotel hostage incident
The man was charged with carrying an imitation firearm with intent to commit a crime.
# Northern Ireland
Man arrested after holding hostage at Belfast hotel
The PSNI paid credit to staff and guests of the hotel who coped with the “terrifying ordeal” yesterday evening.
# Northern Ireland
PSNI appeal for information after wheelchair user killed in Antrim collision
The collision occurred on Wednesday in the Milltown Road area of Ballymoney.
# Northern Ireland
Petrol bomb found outside house in Ballymena overnight
PSNI said the petrol bomb did not explode.
# Charged
Two men charged following report of sectarian hate crime in Northern Ireland
The incident happened in the Ashleigh Crescent area of Lurgan on Sunday.
# RIP
Community ‘numb’ after Tyrone road crash, funeral for siblings told
Siblings Dan and Christine McKane, and their aunt Julia McSorley, 75, were killed in a crash last week near Aughnacloy.
# Northern Ireland
Support for DUP up but Sinn Féin remains most popular party in NI, poll suggests
Recent polling put support for Sinn Féin on 29% in the North, and the DUP on 25%.
Last month
April 2023
# Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams was wrongly denied compensation over quashed conviction, Belfast court rules
The Department of Justice has been ordered to reconsider the former Sinn Féin leader’s application for compensation.
# The North
DUP is seeking ‘further movement’ from UK government on post-Brexit trade
The party collapsed the executive in Belfast in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
# chris heaton harris
Republicans and unionists criticise UK's 'cruel' and 'grim' budget for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said that NI’s overdraft will be paid back over two years
# Irish Republican
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and SF's Michelle O'Neill to attend King Charles' coronation next week
The UK’s King Charles and his wife Camilla will be crowned in Westminster Abbey on 6 May.
# Patsy Kelly
NI Police Ombudsman finds 1974 murder investigation of Patsy Kelly was 'wholly inadequate'
Among findings published today, Ombudsman Marie Anderson said the Kelly family was “failed by police”.
# Stormont
DUP accuses NI Secretary of trying to 'disarm and bully' unionists over the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has been told that he has a “lot more to do” to satisfy the DUP.
# top billing
Restoring Stormont ‘can fairly easily be done if we want to’, says Bill Clinton
More events are taking place this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
# Agreement25 Conference
DUP will not be 'brow beaten' to restore powersharing, says Donaldson
Earlier, Chris Heaton-Harris claimed a restoration of the powersharing institutions was the surest way to secure Northern Ireland’s place in the UK.
# noel hanna
Northern Ireland mountaineer Noel Hanna dies in Nepal after scaling Annapurna
Tributes have been paid to Hanna by a number of MLAs in Northern Ireland.
# Northern Ireland
Current and former PSNI officers to be prosecuted following sharing of death scene images
The pair are to be prosecuted for alleged misconduct in public office.