LOYALIST leader Mark Haddock has been cleared of the murder of paramilitary rival Tommy English 12 years ago.

THE views of a Catholic priest who said that his parishioners may be better off in the UK than the Republic are reflected by the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy in Ireland, one of the church’s leading commentators has said.

IT would be “totally unacceptable” for public funds to go to renovate an IRA memorial, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.

THE green light for a £100 million golf resort on the fringes of the Giant’s Causeway will not endanger the famous landmark’s world heritage designation, the Environment Minister has pledged.

FORMER police officers have no right to comment on the PSNI, their former colleagues have said.

ALMOST three-quarters of the properties on offer failed to make their bargain basement price reserves at an auction in Belfast last night.

A FRIEND of Belfast-born comedian Frank Carson said last night that his thoughts and prayers were with the showbusiness star as he battles a serious illness in hospital.

A PENSIONER who was killed on his way to buy a News Letter had been walking the same route every morning “for years”.

AN inquest into the death of a Co Londonderry teenager has heard conflicting evidence surrounding the circumstances of the fatal crash which claimed his life.

NO Roman Catholic priests under the age of 45 are interested in removing the border and many Catholics are re-thinking their nationalism, a Catholic priest has said.

BRITISH Open champion Darren Clarke has applauded plans for a £100m golf resort near his Portrush home.

POLICE were last night investigating a further two carjacking incidents – one in west Belfast and another in Co Tyrone.

PUBLIC funds could go to renovate an IRA memorial, Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has confirmed.

FORMER First Minister David Trimble’s official Stormont portrait has been unveiled at Parliament Buildings.

A PUBLIC inquiry – set up eight years ago – into the deaths of five children at hospitals in Northern Ireland suffered a further delay yesterday.

A WOMAN died after the car her husband was driving skidded on a diesel spillage in Tyrone, an inquest has heard.

NEW Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has answered the questions of fans by taking part in an interactive News Letter webchat.

ONE in four of education minister John O’Dowd’s school visits have been to just one constituency — his own — it has been revealed.

THE Parades Commission is putting “enormous” pressure on the families of 10 Protestant textile workers who were gunned down by the IRA in south Armagh, a Stormont minister has said.

A VETERAN Ulster Unionist councillor has said that last week’s announcement of a multi-million pound upgrade of the A5 road shows his party’s powerlessness in the Executive.