The measures that banks can take to protect cash machines from thefts involving heavy machinery are limited, so the public should remain vigilant to assist the police, a DUP MLA has said.
The “dignified and poignant” service to remember the La Mon atrocity victims made the endeavours to trace all 12 of the bereaved families worth the effort, Lisburn and Castlereagh mayor Tim Morrow has said.
The RUC investigation into the La Mon House atrocity – carried out by the IRA 40 years ago tomorrow (17 February) – was revisited by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) with an 81-page report presented to the families six years ago.
Although brutal terrorist atrocities were commonplace in Northern Ireland by the late 1970s, the utter depravity of the IRA’s fire bomb attack at the La Mon House hotel 40 years ago tomorrow sent shockwaves around the world. MARK RAINEY reports
Lisburn will on Wednesday welcome home 200 troops from its resident army battalion after their six month deployment providing training for the Iraqi army and security forces.
A Co Antrim woman employed by HMRC to track down tax credit cheats has been handed a suspended jail sentence for stealing more than £34,000 in tax credits.
