Organisation: Borough Council

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Sinn Féin councillor apologises for 'stay the f*** at home' email to constituent

A former Sinn Féin mayor has apologised after sending a constituent a profanity-laced email advising to “stay the f*** at home”.

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Native Irish speaker elected for Tories in English local elections

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KILKENNY: Something is brewing in the Marble City

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'Blasphemous' Bible play cancelled in Belfast

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Tourists ‘unable to find’ Clonmel

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Four in court on UK terror charges

NI poll candidate escapes bomb attack

A Northern Ireland local election candidate has escaped injury after a pipe bomb exploded on his bed.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2011

Ex-Mountjoy boss to lead St Patrick’s parade

FORMER Mountjoy Prison governor John Lonergan is to lead this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Clonmel.

Fri, 25 Feb, 2011

Minister saddened by unionist rejection

A Protestant clergyman forced out of a Co Derry town in the 1980s for extending the hand of friendship to a Catholic priest today said he was saddened unionist politicians have rejected a bid to put the controversy to rest.

Sun, 05 Oct, 2008

Ballymoney residents live longer

People live longer in Ballymoney than anywhere else on the island, it was revealed today.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2008

Public urged to speak out in community policing forum

THE public has been urged to attend a meeting tonight that will give them a greater say on policing in their area.

Mon, 21 Apr, 2008

Michael Flatley receives Freedom of Sligo

Michael Flatley will today receive the Freedom of Sligo from lord mayor Jonathan McGoldrick.

Mon, 25 Feb, 2008

Labour row as senator appoints husband to fill seats

THE Labour Party has become embroiled in a political row after a newly elected senator nominated her husband to fill the seats she vacated on two local authorities.

Thu, 06 Sep, 2007

Unionist stronghold elects nationalist mayor

The predominately unionist town of Larne tonight elected its first nationalist mayor.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2006

€40m hotel complex to provide 150 new jobs

AT least 150 full-time jobs will be created in a new €40 million hotel development that will transform the centre of Clonmel.

Fri, 31 Mar, 2006

Parade puts emphasis on community rather than commercial floats

THE decision to delay Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day Parade until 4.30pm, after the Cheltenham Gold Cup and other parades across the south-east, proved a regrettable one weather-wise yesterday.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2006

Former RUC man to stand for Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin has selected a former member of the RUC as a Westminster candidate.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2005

Ex-policeman standing for Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin has selected a former police officer to stand in the next Westminster elections, it emerged tonight.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2005

Angry Clonmelians await action

The people of Clonmel will only believe Government promises of a flood prevention scheme when it is up and running, writes John Murphy.

Mon, 27 Dec, 2004

Organic-fuelled car to be unveiled in NI

British company Organic Power will use Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council's EU Biogas conference later this month to launch a Biogas-powered vehicle.

Thu, 07 Oct, 2004

Magistrate slams sex assault case hold-up

A magistrate hit out today after a former Northern Ireland Assembly Member facing a sex charge forced his case to be delayed.

Tue, 20 Jul, 2004

Councillors net €33k in prison visit expenses

COUNCILLORS earned almost €33,000 in expenses and allowances for visiting prisons in 2002, it emerged yesterday.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2003

Tragic little Carrie laid to rest

By Caroline O'Doherty THE button-eyed bear was as wide as the coffin was long and twice as high.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2002

Murdered baby finds place of rest at last

A murdered new-born baby is finally being laid to rest today almost a year to the day after his battered body was found in a shallow grave on a lough shore.

Wed, 03 Oct, 2001

Sinn Fein chief whip to stand in South Belfast

Sinn Fein’s Assembly chief whip Alex Maskey is to contest South Belfast in the next General and Local Government Elections.

Tue, 24 Apr, 2001