Housing benefit fraud and erroneous payments last year are believed to have totalled 3.4 per cent of the total amount spent, according to figures contained in a new Audit Office report. The figure flies in the face of claims by many that housing benefit fraud is rampant. Earlier this year it was reported that some […]
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Fraud and error accounted for 3.4% of overall spend on housing benefit last year, according to new figures
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Brother’s relief as Police Ombudsman prepares to open investigation into 1987 murder
The brother of an Ardoyne man gunned down by the UDA 28 years ago has said that he feels like he has been given “a million pounds” after being told that the Police Ombudsman is to open an investigation into the murder in the New Year. It’s seven years since Paul McAuley first complained to […]
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Anto Finnegan: Aisling Person of the Year
ANTO Finnegan has always been an inspirational figure. That’s whether on the football field, where in 2000 he captained Antrim to a first Ulster Championship win in 18 years, or off it, where he is leading the way to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The St Paul’s and Lámh Dhearg clubman was diagnosed with […]
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PJ: ‘I want the best players playing for Antrim
NEW Antrim hurling manager PJ O’Mullan has stated his desire to get the best players playing for the county next season. The former Loughgiel Shamrocks boss was ratified last Wednesday night after seeing off competition from Ger Manley, Mattie Lennon and Jim Greene, who were also interviewed for the role. Admitting he didn’t think he […]
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Linfield fans taunt massacre dead with sick insult to Para victims
THE brother of a teenager shot and killed during the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre says he’s disgusted by an insult to victims of the Parachute Regiment flaunted by Linfield supporters at Windsor Park. Pat Quinn attended Saturday’s crunch Linfield v Cliftonville game at Windsor where a flag was flown displaying a Para crest and a union […]
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Linfield fans taunt massacre dead with sick insult to Para victims
THE brother of a teenager shot and killed during the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre says he’s disgusted by an insult to victims of the Parachute Regiment flaunted by Linfield supporters at Windsor Park. Pat Quinn attended Saturday’s crunch Linfield v Cliftonville game at Windsor where a flag was flown displaying a Para crest and a union […]
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