Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
MY NOAH WAS FAILED
Fiona Donohoe criticised the Department for Infrastructure and PSNI after the long-running inquest into his death concluded yesterday. The jury’s foreman read their findings at Belfast Coroner’s Court after 32 hours of deliberations. It said failings...
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COPS DIDN’T COLLUDE IN MURDER
THE inquiry into the sectarian murder of Robert Hamill has found police officers who were near the scene did not collude with his attackers. But the report said RUC officers were guilty of wrongful omissions which obstructed the probe into his...
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MAN CHARGED OVER BUS HIJACKING
A MAN is due in court today after a bus was hijacked at knifepoint. Police responded to the incident at 1pm on Saturday. It’s alleged the man hijacked the 273 Derry Express service in the Beltany Road, Omagh. The 30-year-old allowed
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IT’S TOO LATE FOR ME
DAME Esther Rantzen has revealed she is too frail to travel to Switzerland to end her life as she demands MPS pass the assisted dying bill today. The TV legend, 86, who has terminal cancer, had planned to visit Dignitas. She said: “Everything I...
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FARAGE FACES COP QUIZ ON DONORS
REFORM boss Nigel Farage faces a police grilling over potential donation offences. His party denied wrongdoing after Mr Farage and aides were apparently filmed discussing illegal funding. The Met said: “There are potential offences requiring...
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OAP DROVE ON WRONG SIDE OF M1 FOR 20KM
A CO Antrim pensioner was stopped by gardai after driving on the wrong side of the motorway for around 20km. The incident happened on the M1 between Dundalk and Drogheda on Thursday morning. It’s understood the driver, in his 80s, accidentally drove...
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BORDER POLL ON THE BACK BURNER
ANDY Burnham yesterday said an Irish border poll is “off the table” during his first visit to Belfast as Prime Minister. Mr Burnham, who met Stormont’s political leaders, said “rifts” from referendums “take a long time to heal”, referring to Brexit...
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Dolly
DOLLY Parton died surrounded by loved ones after a brief and private cancer battle, it has emerged. The country music legend, actress and philanthropist had been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues prior to her death on Tuesday at the age of...
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HERO COPS PRAISED
LOVED ones of two police officers killed in a crash with a car in which five young men also died paid tribute yesterday. PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades, 37, were killed when their vehicle was involved in a collision with a VW Passat being...
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DUCHESS AND THE GENTLEMEN
THE Duchess of Sussex is said to be in talks over a role in The Gentlemen following the bombshell announcement that she and Prince Harry are returning to the UK. Actress Meghan could be in the third series of Guy Ritchie’s hit TV comedy drama, which...
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NO WAY BACK TO ROYAL LIFE
BY HARRY and Meghan will not be welcomed back into royal life on their UK return, sources say. William and the King are said to agree the Sussexes’ move changes nothing. A source close to Wills said: “He doesn’t have time for their drama.”
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DAY TRIP TRAGEDY
THE father who drowned at the beach with his partner and teenage daughter was a refugee who fled Palestine a decade ago. Hassan El-khawas, 55, Zeina Alayn, 37, and Sara, 14, died at Shoreham-bysea, West Sussex, on Tuesday. The couple’s younger...
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PRAY FOR THEM
THESE are the three sisters badly injured when a car driven by joyriders on the wrong side of the M9 smashed into them. Niamh and Alma Kinsella are fighting for their lives while Ella Hendricken has serious injuries. Fr Thomas Little said: “The...
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DUP’S SHANNON CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON WOMAN
DEMOCRATIC Unionist MP Jim Shannon has been charged with common assault of a woman. The representative did not appear at Newtownards Magistrates Court yesterday, where it was claimed the 71-year-old assaulted a female on October 1, 2023. It is...
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5 KILLED IN MOTORWAY MADNESS
FIVE teenagers killed in a 3am crash yesterday were driving on the wrong side of the motorway. All five were wearing balaclavas in the BMW which collided head on with a family’s car on the M9 in Co Kildare. Local Sinn Fein TD Shonagh Ni Raghallaigh...
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JUDGE WANTS DATE SET FOR CHLOE TRIAL
A JUDGE will set a trial date next month for a man accused of murdering Chloe Mitchell. Brandon John Rainey, 30, denies murdering the 21-year-old in Ballymena, Co Antrim, in June 2023. As the court heard a psychiatric report on the accused was due at...
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HEATWAVE CHAOS
TINDERBOX Britain burst into flames yesterday as temperatures hit 38.1C sparking chaos. A blaze that engulfed six homes in Stourbridge, West Mids, was among several fires that broke out across the country on the hottest day of the year. Meanwhile, a...
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SUNSATIONAL
PEOPLE across Northern Ireland spent yesterday evening watching the best solar eclipse in decades. Crowds could be seen at various viewing spots including outside Queen’s University in Belfast as well as Armagh Observatory. And in Dublin there was an...
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BRAZEN GUNMAN FIRES ON HOUSE
THESE are the chilling images of a masked and hooded gunman casually walking through a respectable residential area and opening fire. The brazen attack took place in the Breton Court area of Lisburn in Co Antrim shortly before 1.30am...
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DONEGAL GAA HERO KILLED IN CRASH
ALL-IRELAND winner James Mchugh has been killed in a horror road traffic accident. The star – who played for Donegal until 1996 – died yesterday after the car in which he was travelling collided with a van in Co Cavan. The crash took place on the N3...
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HORROR AS BODY FOUND IN BURNT-OUT CAR
POLICE are appealing for witnesses over the death of a man found in a burnt-out car. His body was discovered in the Harford Street area of Portadown, Co Armagh, on Saturday night. The fire was reported at about 10pm and firefighters extinguished the...
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KAMMY: MY CANCER SCARE
CHRIS Kamara has revealed he had a prostate cancer scare after a routine blood test. The football pundit, 68, who is entering the Great North Run to raise money for a cancer charity, said: “It was a scary thing to hear.”
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ANDREW: MY ‘STALKER ORDEAL’
A BALACLAVA-CLAD stalker chased Andrew Mountbatten-windsor near the disgraced ex-royal’s home, a court heard yesterday. Alex Jenkinson, 39, denies using threatening behaviour at Sandringham, Norfolk. The former duke said in a statement: “He was...
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HELP IS ON THE WAY
MORE than 150 new NHS mental health centres will open in a major boost for patients and A&ES. Writing in today’s Mirror, PM Andy Burnham says the move will bolster a system that only steps in at crisis point as families face unbearable strain. He...
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‘I’M JUST A MUM WHO WANTED TO WORK’
A MOTHER has been awarded more than £20k after an industrial tribunal ruling in an indirect sex discrimination case. Anna Owens, a former receptionist at the Westville Hotel in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, said her agreed working pattern allowed her to...
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‘CRACKING JOKES TO THE END’
TRIBUTES have been paid to Northern Irish funnyman Jimmy Cricket after his death at 80. The Cookstown-born comic carved out a career in showbusiness stretching over five decades and was famous for his catchphrase, “And there’s more!”. Born James...
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Harry: Dad, let the world see us together
PRINCE Harry is hoping for a public reunion with the King at next year’s Invictus Games. Organisers of the event, founded by Harry, are believed to be considering inviting his father, paving the way for their first appearance together in years. An...
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FREE
THERE is a crisis in Belfast City Centre, the PSNI have admitted. Officers are facing issues such as anti-social behaviour, addiction, mental health issues and rough sleeping. Sergeant Dave Mckinley said more support is needed from those at the...
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FREE
EUROPEAN football chiefs turned on Gianni Infantino yesterday over his plans to sell rights to the World Cup. Some 55 nations including England warned the controversial Fifa boss they will boycott the tournament. Mirror chief sports writer Andy Dunn...
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KATE’S OUR GOLDEN GIRL
KATE O’connor struck gold for Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last night winning the heptathlon. The Newry athlete sealed first place with victory in her final event last night, the 800m, ahead of team-mate Anna Mccauley who...
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EATERIES FEAR THEY WILL BE NEXT
CAFE and food outlet owners are concerned after a spate of break-ins across Belfast in recent days. A beer keg was used to smash into city centre business The Samosa King, during an early morning raid yesterday. Michael Henderson, of trade body the...
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BAIL WAIT FOR BOMB ACCUSED
TWO people charged in connection with an alleged bomb plot have been remanded in custody. Law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, who was arrested in Co Monaghan in a car allegedly containing explosives, was bailed. But her release was delayed...
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NO CHILD SHOULD DIE FOR A DAY AT THE SEASIDE
A MUM whose daughter died after contracting E.coli is calling for Andy Burnham to crack down on firms pumping raw sewage into the sea. As thousands head to the beach, Julie Maughan, mother of tragic Heather Preen, eight, said: “Somebody could die...
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COPS FOIL CAR BOMB ATTACK
A “SIGNIFICANT” car bomb was intercepted near the border in an operation targeting dissident republicans, gardai said yesterday. The Garda’s Special Detective Unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on...
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TRAGEDY ON BEACH TRIP
A TEENAGE girl and her mum drowned after rushing into the sea in a bid to rescue a young relative. Samiha Rahman, 15, and her mother Shally, 41, died off West Mersea Beach in Essex. Their relative, a seven-year-old boy, is in a critical condition and...
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MAKE US PAY MORE TAX
MORE than 100 millionaires have urged PM Andy Burnham to make them pay more tax. Former England striker Gary Lineker is among those calling for a wealth levy. He said: “I’m proud to stand with people who want to live in a more equal society.” A group...
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ANN ‘HIT 21 TIMES WITH HAMMER’
ANN Widdecombe died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times as she ate lunch, a court was told yesterday. Joshua Kerry, 28, is accused of murdering the former Tory MP, 78, at her remote Devon home. Detectives drove him from Westminster...
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IT STARTS NOW
NEW Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hit the ground running today with measures to help struggling families. He signalled he could give low earners a tax cut and help out with energy bills. Mr Burnham said: “We want to do things people will feel...
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UUP TO LAUNCH DONALDSON REVIEW
THE Ulster Unionists will set up an “independent confidential process” into Jeffrey Donaldson’s time in the party. Donaldson, 63, was convicted last month of 18 child sex offences, including one count of rape. UUP leader Jon Burrows confirmed his party...
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DRIVER HAD ‘MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS’
THE driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run was in a “mental health crisis”, a court heard yesterday. Francis Donaldson, 22, is accused of a number of charges, including causing death by dangerous driving. Raven Adams, 24, originally from Tipperary,...
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WOMAN, 24 KILLED IN HIT & RUN HORROR
A 24-YEAR-OLD female pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in the early hours of yesterday morning. Raven Adams, originally from Tipperary, was pronounced dead at the scene in the York Street area of north Belfast. A second pedestrian – a 22-year-old...
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I WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
FORMER top cop Jim Gamble has vowed to leave “no stone unturned” for the review into what was known within the DUP about child rapist Jeffrey Donaldson’s conduct. Leader Gavin Robinson insisted yesterday he has ordered an “unprecedented review” in...
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CHILD AGED 8 AMONG THREE FOUND DEAD
AN eight-year-old girl was among those whose bodies were found in a house on Monday morning, the PSNI has confirmed. Police are treating the incident as a double murder-suicide after they were called to a report of a sudden death at the property on...
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3 FOUND DEAD IN FAMILY HOME
A MURDER investigation was launched yesterday after three bodies were discovered at a property in Ballymena. Officers were called to the scene on the Old Cullybackey Road in the Co Antrim town at around 9am after the bodies of two females and a male...
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I’M OVER THE MOON
THE Hillsborough Law is set to pass its final hurdle this week. MPS will vote to stop cover-ups like the one after the 1989 disaster. Margaret Aspinall, whose son died, said: “I’m over the moon... this is for all the country.”
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MAN ON BONFIRE HATRED CHARGE
A JUDGE yesterday refused bail to a man charged with incitement to hatred linked to a loyalist bonfire. Brian Conrad Neill, 56, of Dungannon, Co Tyrone, is alleged to have committed the offence on Wednesday when a mosque was place on the pyre in...
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‘A VILE DISPLAY OF HATRED’
A MOSQUE on top of a loyalist bonfire has been slammed as “sickening” and a “blatant attempt to stir up hatred”. The PSNI said a 56-yearold man has been arrested over the pyre in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, and is in custody. UUP leader Jon Burrows called...
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‘NO ONE SHOULD GO TO WORK AND LOSE THEIR LIFE’
A WASTE plant worker and business were convicted yesterday over the death of a man in a workplace accident. Ian Mccollum, 52, below, was killed at Mckinstry Biomass Ltd in Carnbane Business Park, Co Down, when he was struck by a telehandler in January...
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DESPERATE
NIGEL Farage was branded desperate last night as his cynical resignation stunt ended in humiliation. The Reform UK leader said he would quit as an MP and stand in a by-election in his own constituency. It was to prove his popularity in the face of a...
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FOUL
DONALD Trump admitted calling Fifa chief Gianni Infantino to complain about a USA player’s ban in a move that has sickened football. Uefa blasted the “unjustifiable” decision to allow striker Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium this morning,...
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MAKE ROADS SAFER FOR JAIDYN
A FAMILY has renewed calls for changes to the law – a year after teenager Jaidyn Rice lost her life in a road accident. Jaidyn, 16, died after being hit by a car in Bangor, Co Down, last July. Since then, her family have campaigned for safer roads in...
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SHE DESERVES JUSTICE
THE family of Lyra Mckee said “no stone will be left unturned” to get justice after three men were found not guilty of her murder. Ms Mckee, who was 29, died after being hit by a bullet as she stood close to police vehicles while observing...
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GLITTER FACES 4 CHILD SEX RAPS
EX-POP star Gary Glitter has been charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl nearly five decades ago. Glitter, 82, is accused of attacking her over a three-year period between 1978 and 1981 in London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the...
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THEY TOLD US TO GO HOME TOO
THE mother of the young girl seriously injured in the terrifying stabbing attack in Dublin city centre has spoke of her trauma. She said: “I’ve had people say to me, walking by in the street, while I was speaking to my daughter, they told me to go...
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FLACK FAMILY’S HEARTACHE
BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor THE brother of tragic TV star Caroline Flack, Paul, is feared to have taken his own life, six years after her suicide.
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POOTS UNDER PRESSURE
EDWIN Poots is under pressure to step aside as Stormont Speaker over concerns about the DUP’S handling of complaints made about Jeffrey Donaldson. Mr Poots was urged to make clear what he did with information related to a woman who came forward five...
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WHAT DID COPS KNOW ABOUT PAEDO DONALDSON?
THERE has been a call for a probe into the PSNI and what it may have been aware of regarding Jeffrey Donaldson’s sick child sex abuse offences. It comes amid reports that the EX-DUP leader’s former party may be “damaged beyond repair”.
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DONALDSON’S SECRET GAY SEX HANGOUTDUP
DISGRACED ex DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson visited a gay sauna in London the same year he described homosexuality as “sinful”, a BBC documentary claims. Donaldson was convicted of rape this week and awaits sentence.
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BIG BUCKS FOR AN EMPTY HOME
THE King and Queen will not move into Buckingham Palace after its £369million taxpayer-funded refurbishment. The bombshell came as the annual report into royal finances was published. It showed Prince William is worth £1.2billion after inheriting...
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TAKE MY KNIGHTHOOD FROM ME
JEFFREY Donaldson has asked for his knighthood to be forfeited after he was found guilty of child sex abuse. The former DUP leader, 63, was convicted on Monday of 18 offences, including rape. Solicitor John Mcburney said: “I have issued a letter...
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PAEDO MAY SERVE TIME IN BRITAIN
CHILD rapist Jeffrey Donaldson’s could serve his sentence in Britain for his own safety, a former prison governor said yesterday. Ian Acheson told the BBC it would not be feasible to have the paedo held in Northern Ireland. He said: “The safest...
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GUILTY 18 TIMES
JEFFREY Donaldson is facing a “lengthy” prison term after being found guilty of 18 historical sexual offences against two women when they were children. The former DUP leader was convicted of one count of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and four...
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‘A POPULAR AND DEEPLY VALUED PUPIL’
THE teenager killed at the Donegal rally was a “popular and deeply valued pupil” at his school. Tadhg Callaghan Carter, 15, a student at Saint Eunan’s College, was hit by a race car which veered off the road.
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MAN DIES A WEEK AFTER ASSAULT OUTSIDE BAR
A MAN has died in hospital following an assault outside a bar last week. Carl Holland, 30, was punched on the Suffolk Road in West Belfast on June 12. It is understood a verbal altercation occurred at the venue earlier that evening and the killer...
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£400K AND APOLOGY FOR BROTHERS’ MURDERS
A MAN who alleged security force collusion in the murder of his three brothers is to get £400,000 damages in court settlements. Eugene Reavey, 79, sued the PSNI and the Ministry of Defence over claims that serving UDR soldiers and an RUC officer...
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