News

  • Tyrone girl (12) bullied and beaten attracts swell of support after video of latest attack goes viral

A young Tyrone girl who has faced bullying and beatings is attracting a swell of support after a video of the latest attack on her went viral.

Caitlin McGinty, aged just 12 and from Strabane, was attacked in the centre of the Co Tyrone town on Friday evening.

  • Northern Ireland’s first Irish-English road traffic signs installed

The first bilingual road traffic signs in Northern Ireland have been installed along west Belfast’s Falls Road.

The Irish-English signage and road markings, covering bus lanes and parking information, have been placed on a stretch of the Falls Road between the Springfield Road and Whiterock Road, with implementation continuing over the coming weeks.

  • A dozen BBC Northern Ireland employees earn extra from ‘moonlighting’ as broadcaster chair warns it will affect their salaries

A dozen BBC NI presenters and journalists were paid for outside work over 12 months, it has emerged, amid scrutiny over ‘moonlighting’ by staff employed by the broadcaster.

Community correspondent Mark Simpson has emerged as the staff member with the highest number of outside gigs across the entire BBC, with weatherman and film-maker Barra Best at number three.

They are among 12 working for BBC NI who earned extra money in the year to the end of March 2026.

  • Kelly Lynch family feels ‘let down’ after Katie Trust official banned from DoJ meeting

The family of a woman whose death is unexplained say they feel ‘let down’ by justice minister Naomi Long after officials banned a leading charity from attending a meeting.

Julieanne Lynch was speaking after Department of Justice (DoJ) officials said former PSNI detective James Brannigan – who is credited with cracking the Katie Simpson case – could not attend a meeting with the minister scheduled for earlier this month.

Business

  • VAT cut on electric bills ‘won’t apply in Northern Ireland until EU says so’

Some 855,000 households in Northern Ireland will again be forced to wait and see how prime minister Andy Burnham’s decision to remove VAT from electricity bills from October will impact them.

The move by the new PM is expected to cut £45 off a typical home’s annual bill based, on Ofgem’s current price cap in Britain.

  • Jobs market flat in June with no major changes in employment or pay

Northern Ireland’s labour market remained broadly flat in June, with modest growth in payrolled employment and earnings alongside largely unchanged headline indicators in the latest Labour Force Survey.

The number of employees receiving pay through HMRC PAYE stood at 820,800, unchanged over the month and 1.4% higher than a year earlier.

Sport

  • ‘An All-Ireland final brings pressure in different ways – I saw that in 2024’: Armagh legend on what it takes to win Sam

Armagh’s All-Ireland winning forward Stefan Campbell has revealed why the Orchard county didn’t want any special branding on their jersey’s for their All-Ireland final clash with Galway in 2024.

Kieran McGeeney’s side defeated Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park and would take on Galway, who had lost the 2022 decider to the Kingdom.

  • ‘I’m more of a director now’ – Jack O’Connor on the two Kerry teams he is preparing for a shot at Sam

Jack O’Connor served as selector for Kerry’s All-Ireland wins in 1997 and 2000 under the late Paidí Ó Sé.

The Dromid Pearses man is in his third spell as manager of the county and, having seen the job from every conceivable angle he knows not to count those days as a selector when he’s asked about what it was like to be preparing for his ninth All-Ireland SFC final as Kerry manager.