Belfast Telegraph

A man aged in his 40s has died following a crash involving a car and pedestrian in Craigavon last month.

As he savours his Player of the Month award from the Northern Ireland football writers, the 28-year-old looked back with a slice of pride and disappointment.

“It’s a bitter-sweet feeling, an element of disappointment on the day but we gave it a real good go.” “It has been quite a journey,” added Curran. “The club hasn’t had a great deal of success in recent seasons and we won the League Cup. “There were a few poor results in there but for the majority of the season we stuck at it and we can be proud of our season.” “Paddy will identify the areas where we need to strengthen and there’s the nucleus of a great squad. “There’s a few full time teams in the league now and we gave it a good go ourselves, no-one gave us a hope but we stuck at it and came close. “We gave it a good go but just came up short, it wasn’t meant to be,” reflected Curran.

Patients in Northern Ireland are likely to endure long and painful waits for hip and knee replacements for at least another decade, a group of orthopaedic ...

It continued: “The ECF targets for TKA will be met in 2034 if capacity is 200% of pre-Covid-19 capacity. To ensure a fast restoration of elective orthopaedic services the Department has recently commissioned a Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) review into these services. Northern Ireland has the UK’s worst waiting times for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), with one doctor warning a growing number of patients are dying while waiting for their operation.

The economic effects of the Covid pandemic remain a primary factor in the spike in inflation and new lockdowns currently in force in China are adding to ...

“This makes the choices facing the ECB more complicated, as a monetary tightening aimed at containing inflation would end up hampering growth that is already weakening,” he told Italy’s La Stampa newspaper. In contrast, ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta, an Italian economist, warned that such a move could hit growth even as the economy is already in a slowdown. “The current set of restrictions in China is contributing to a further wave of bottleneck pressures in global supply chains and limiting domestic demand in a major region of the world economy,” Mr Lane said.

Shares in Ireland's biggest companies plunged on Thursday along with global stockmarkets after optimism the Federal Reserve would be able to tame inflation ...

At the same time, the bank revised up its inflation forecasts and said consumer price rises would now peak above 10pc in the final three months of this year. n the US, the Nasdaq index of mainly technology-related stocks suffered its biggest drop since the early phase of the Covid pandemic with a 5pc slump. “The war in Ukraine, the supply chain problems and high rates of inflation are spoiling companies’ appetite for investment,” he said, adding that a recession was becoming increasingly likely. The Irish banks escaped the worst of the market falls with AIB down 0.29pc and Bank of Ireland down 0.24pc. Glanbia shares bucked the general trend, up 3.30pc, after a positive trading update and with growing interest in the potential for an activist shareholder to drive greater shareholder returns. In Ireland the Iseq index of leading shares fell 1.73pc – enough to wipe billions off the combined valuations of the likes of CRH (down 1.20pc), Flutter (down 3.52pc), Ryanair (down 2.30pc) and Kingspan (down 2.80pc).

The best time to get up at the weekend is? I work most weekends to be honest. Every day, week, month is so different for me being self-employed.

A man accused of driving a car at speed with a police officer clinging to the bonnet was described as a danger to the public when he appeared in court ...

The car was later found abandoned in the Shantallow area of the city on the same afternoon. As the police approached him the defendant got back into his car and revved the engine. As the car went faster and faster the officer let go of the bonnet.

Fifteen deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the latest weekly update.

This accounts for 27.9% of all Covid-19 related deaths. Covid-19 was also mentioned on the death certificate of 28 of the 365 deaths registered in the week to April 29. The fatalities, which occurred in the week ending April 29, take the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths recorded by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) to 4,572.

A man allegedly choked and struck a policewoman in the face after crashing his car into a telegraph pole, the High Court heard today.

That was the context in which he was said to have assaulted the police officer. The judge pointed out: “He was alleged to be under the influence of alcohol, crashed the car and attempted to escape. Crown lawyer Michael Wilson said an Audi A4 car struck a telegraph pole on the Ballymacombs Road in a “hit and run” incident on April 12.

Little Albert McAuley might only be three months old, but already he seems destined for great things.

A teddy bear will be gifted to babies like Albert born on February 6, and those born throughout the month of June, when jubilee celebrations will begin. It’s part of the council’s new civic gift initiative to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee and is aimed at the oldest and youngest residents, with a bespoke memento for those celebrating their 100th birthday and a special certificate for all new-born babies. Albert was born on February 6, 70 years after the Queen’s accession to the throne, and has been celebrating with his jubilee teddy bear while wearing the mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s chain of office.

It's been a strong start to the season for Katie Poots and the Ulster phenom is hoping to translate that into back-to-back wins at this week's Irish Women's ...

I remember playing a three-club challenge with Olivia at Royal County Down, where we’re both members, I’d be good friends with her. The 16-year-old finished 10th at the Scottish Girls’ Open and then won the prestigious Fairhaven Trophy in England last week. And now, as she heads to Baltray, Poots is taking a relaxed approach as she tries to follow in the footsteps of past winners of the event such as Olivia Mehaffey and the Maguire sisters.

Two men have denied the murder of Malcolm McKeown almost three years ago. Jake O'Brien (27), of Rectory Road, Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Andrew Thomas Kenneth ...

Two co-defendants, Stevie Lee Watson (33), of Princeton Avenue, Lurgan, and Simon Apsley Smyth (32), of Hazelgrove Avenue, Lurgan, were not arraigned on Friday on the two charges. Both defendants entered not guilty pleas to murdering Mr McKeown on August 19, 2019, and possessing two firearms and a quantity of ammunition with intent to endanger life. Jake O'Brien (27), of Rectory Road, Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Andrew Thomas Kenneth Martin (26), of Bridge Street, Banbridge, Co Down, appeared at Belfast Crown Court via video-link from the solicitors' offices for a brief arraignment hearing.

Ms Barton's running mate, Tom Elliott, who returned to politics this year, was poised to take her seat with 5,497 votes. In the first stage, Mr ...

In the first stage, he gained 5,442 votes, and Mrs Barton 2,912. The constituency’s count was suspended until 9am today. Mrs Barton had been an MLA since 2016. Mr Elliott said he and his colleague had “a mutual agreement that whatever happens, happens”. He added: “We’re just taking it as it comes. In the second stage of the count, no candidates reached the electoral quota and none were eliminated. Sinn Fein’s Jemma Dolan secured the party’s first seat in Fermanagh and South Tyrone last night, with 9,067 votes in the first stage of the count.

It was a “bittersweet” victory for the Ulster Unionists in East Antrim, with John Stewart the first to be elected after his colleague Roy Beggs was ...

Looking ahead to the new term, he said returning stable government was a priority. Mr Donnelly said: “It’s brilliant. Today we’ve lost my colleague Roy Beggs who’s been a dedicated servant to East Antrim since 1998, one of the first into the Assembly back then,” he said.

While the Ulster Unionists are experiencing a difficult election day, former leader Robin Swann bucked the trend when he topped the poll in north Antrim.

“I think on Monday morning we will still be in a good position, not perhaps in the position that we wanted to be, but we will still be in a good position and will play our part in negotiations for a programme for government.” “It shows that a positive brand of unionism is alive and we will continue to push our message. It shows that a positive brand of unionism is alive and we will continue to push our messageRobbie Butler