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Blue-green algae at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh near Cookstown

Hundreds of farmers caught in Lough Neagh legal battle

Eleanor Donaldson was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offending following a trial of the facts at Newry Crown Court earlier this year.

Eleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register and given supervision order

A general view of a PSNI roads policing operation

Man handed motoring ban after being breathalysed at almost five times limit

The culprit appeared before Ballymena Magistrates' Court today

Man with 123 convictions gets probation for violence against police officers

Murdered solicitor Pat Finucane.

Former loyalist chief to get core participant status at Finucane inquiry

The hearing took place at Newry Crown Court.

Man to stand trial for domestic abuse and 30 charges of child cruelty

Laganside court complex. Photo: Google

Musical tutor accused of trafficking teenage boy for sexual exploitation

Carrie Mullane (also known as Noonan) is believed by police to have been murdered

Murder accused's mother 'saw him hit Carrie and could not save her'

Ards and North Down Council more than doubled its fines to act as a deterrent to dog fouling, but officials now want them brought back down again.

Wuff justice: Costly court battles as dog fouling fines 'too high to pay'

There had been complaints about the man at Kilkeel Leisure Centre dating back to 2006

Council was justified in banning man from leisure centres says judge

A new jury is expected to be sworn in on the Chloe Mitchell case

Jury discharged in Chloe Mitchell murder trial

Former RUC/PSNI chief constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan giving evidence in the Omagh Bombing Inquiry at Bradford Court, Belfast.

Sir Ronnie Flanagan tells of shame about suicide comment over Omagh report

The former RUC chief constable also told a public inquiry of his “deep regret” that those who bombed the Co Tyrone town were never caught.

Promise to leave no stone unturned over Omagh was kept – Sir Ronnie Flanagan

Carrie Mullane

Man appears in court charged with Carrie Mullane murder

Speaking later on behalf of the Marchant family, loyalist activist Jamie Bryson insisted their case remains focused on what is in the report.

PSNI entitled to review 'Glenanne Gang' High Court judge rules

Sarah Montgomery, who was killed in her flat in Donaghadee. Zak Hughes, 29, from Ardglen Place in Belfast, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the murder of Ms Montgomery, 27, in June 2025

Man jailed for 20 years for murder of heavily pregnant mother-of-two
Zak Hughes was also given a 20-year concurrent term for the destruction of Sarah Montgomery’s unborn child.
By Claudia Savage and David Young, Press Association

Moore Concrete in Ballymena. Image by Google

'Worse for wear' worker phoned in bomb hoax in bid to get day off

A computer-generated image of the proposed new civic hub in Newry.

Green legal challenge to council over proposed new civic hub

An alleged robber collided with a PSNI car during a 120mph pursuit on the A1 dual carriageway, a court has heard today.

'Alleged robber rammed PSNI car during 120mph pursuit'

Family members pictured outside the High Court In Belfast. Resolutions were announced in court on cases linked to separate gun attacks on Kevin and Jack McKearney, and Charles and Teresa Fox 34 years ago.

PSNI to pay damages over loyalist murder collusion claims

Chloe Mitchell’s body was in Ballymena days after she went missing in June 2023.

Chloe Mitchell faced ‘cruel and brutal death’ before dismemberment, jury told

Julie Ann McIlwaine admitted killing James Joseph Crossley

Manslaughter claim in case of woman whose murder conviction was quashed

Inpatient maternity services will now be moved from Newry to Craigavon from 23 November due to a shortage of consultants.

Legal action begins to halt Daisy Hill maternity move

Family members pictured outside the High Court In Belfast.

PSNI to pay damages over loyalist murder collusion claims

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Italian sailor charged with exposing himself in Belfast

Man remanded in custody over dissident feud shooting charge

Scott Dragsness, Andrew Graham and Ben Stanex

Fan attack was ‘mindless sectarian thuggery’: court
Three Northern Ireland men have been jailed for their parts in a “ferocious” assault that left a fan with bleeding on the brain following the Scottish Cup quarter-final between Rangers and Celtic.
By The Newsroom

General view off the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Woman arrested walking the Garvaghy Road wearing Union flag headscarf

The High Court has refused a legal challenge to the Secretary of State's ban on the Orange parade on the Garvagh Road. Pictured are posters on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Co Armagh earlier this month.

Reaction: High Court refuses challenge of Bryant's ban on Orange parade

Parties arrive at court ahead of judgment on challenge to Bryant’s Drumcree parade ban. (Liam McBurney/Press Association)

Bryant’s Drumcree parade ban decision ‘lawful’, High Court judge rules

Bridie Brown, the widow of murdered GAA official Sean Brown. No-one has ever been convicted of his murder. Issue date: Tuesday December 17, 2024.

Brown family has no ‘faith or trust’ in ICRIR

Legal representative for Portadown District Lodge 101 and loyalist spokesperson, Jamie Bryson, speaking to the media, with Timothy Gaston MLA (left), outside Belfast High Court. A judgment is expected to be handed down later following a legal challenge to the decision by Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant to ban the Drumcree Orange Order parade in Portadown.

Judgment expected on challenge to Bryant’s Drumcree parade ban

Ryan Gray and Max the dog

Court told of attack on search and rescue volunteer and his dog by gang of teens

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Personal trainer accused over bid to stab man to death

The case was heard at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena.

Convicted sex offender drove off from police car at speed of 120mph

Brown, 61, the chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA Club in Co Londonderry, was ambushed, kidnapped and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked the gates of the club in May 1997.

Supreme Court to hear Government appeal in Sean Brown public inquiry case

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Man stabbed eight times in alleged retaliation for slapping incident in pub

Sergiu Plastin – with a Portadown address - was jailed at at Kingston Crown Court Picture: PA

Thieves who tried to tunnel into jewellery shop jailed after foiled heist

Sebastion Bond, a founder of Tattle Life

Tattle Life forum founder ‘used fake name’

Gary McCrystal was sentenced to three years for his part in 2025's rioting. Photo: PSNI

Man (44) jailed for part in Ballymena riot

Campaigners for the restoration of services at the South West Acute Hospital in County Fermanagh attend the High Court in Belfast this week

No decision on Enniskillen hospital without further consultation says Trust

The High Court in Belfast.

Stone mason accused of storing guns and ammo to be released from custody

The Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh. Photo from Google.

Court told of alleged sex assaults on two young girls in leisure centre showers

The case was heard at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena. Photo: Pacemaker

Shops ban in voyeurism case

Sir John Gillen, who previously conducted a review into the law and procedures around serious sex offences in Northern Ireland, has been appointed to review the 'trial of the facts' mechanism. Photo: Aaron McCracken Photography

Senior judge to review 'trial of the facts' mechanism

Laura Marshall

Laura Marshall partner says he does not know anything about her death

Alun Cleary, 39, admitted all charges at interview and when appeared before Dungannon Crown Court last month

Sex offender whose case was described as 'one of the worst ever seen' is jailed

Two men were arrested after a spate of car thefts in Londonderry, the PSNI said.

Two due in court over spate of Londonderry car thefts

Ex-members of the security forces are being protected in a 'hierarchy of victims', relatives of people killed during the Troubles have said in a letter to Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant.

'Hierarchy of Troubles victims' protecting veterans, claim families

The Moygannon Road in Warrenpoint. Photo by Google

Banned driver was behind wheel of lorry, court told

Jeffrey Donaldson was sentenced to 15 years by Judge Paul Ramsey on October 15

Jeffrey Donaldson set for transfer to Magilligan

The defendant was charged with intimidating a witness in Ballymena courts.

Judge brands woman 'mindboggingly stupid' after intimidation in court

The man allegedly stole £131-worth of champagne, among other things (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images)

Man allegedly embarked on 'one-man crimewave' involving ill-fitting blonde wig

The 18-year-old man was charged with stealing from Antrim Area Hospital.

Man charged with stealing dictaphone at hospital

The man was meant to be displaying L-plates, but wasn't

Learner driver who rammed police escapes jail sentence

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