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02/03/2009
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Homecoming Beat War Trauma
The controversial 'Homecoming' parade staged for local service personnel returning from Afghanistan last November has been claimed as having a "massive impact on their wellbeing". A senior Army officer said this week that not "a single Royal Irish soldier is suffering post-traumatic stress after returning", largely because of the vast homecoming parades. Crowds estimated at up to 50,000 thronging the centre of Belfast to support the troops and in a subsequent interview with the Belfast News Letter, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Freely has said that the astonishing outpouring of public support at a series of parades - but particularly in Belfast on November 2 - for the troops had made a major impact far "greater than that of psychiatric experts". See: Military Trauma Care Praised As 'Exemplary'
Coleraine Crash Man 'Serious'
An accident in Co Londonderry has left a man in his 20s is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. The traffic accident in Coleraine occurred when a red Honda Civic car with four males on board collided with a Ford Transit van in the town's Princess Gardens area. A second man sustained broken ribs while the two others received minor injuries. No one was in the Transit when the incident took place. Police want anyone with information to get in touch. It happened just before midnight, on Saturday night.
Donegal Gardaí In Crackdown
A gun has been recovered and three men have been arrested for questioning about crime in west Donegal. The men, aged between 18 and 22 years, were held at three separate locations in the greater Bunbeg area on Sunday afternoon. A shotgun and a pistol were also recovered. Gardaí said the arrests were part of an investigation into crime in west Donegal. Two men are being questioned in Milford and the other is in Letterkenny. The development follows the discovery of an arms cache earlier near the border with Northern Ireland. Gardaí recovered two suspected pipe bombs, four pistols, two revolvers and two sawn-off shotguns in Carrigans near Londonderry on Saturday. On Friday, the post office in Carrigans was robbed by armed men.
Tory/UU Link 'Meaningless'
The Alliance party's Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has said that the proposed Ulster Unionist -Tory link up is meaningless and offers local people nothing new. He said that given the track record of the UUP they will most likely embarrass the Tories. "This is the same Ulster Unionist Party with the same outdated mindset. A quick name change will make no difference at all. People who want an end to division in our society and want to support a genuinely outward looking party should look to Alliance," he said.
Road Toll Tops Five
There have now been five road deaths in the Irish Republic over the past weekend. There were two fatalities this morning alone, with the latest crash now being probed by Gardaí in Co Kilkenny. They said today they are investigating a two-vehicle road traffic collision, which occurred at 7.15am this morning on the Waterford side of Ballyhale. A 30-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene when the car in which she was travelling was involved in a collision with a lorry. Earlier today, a 16-year-old teenager was also tragically pronounced dead at the scene when the car in which he was a rear seat passenger collided with a tree. Gardaí in Kilkenny are investigating that collision, which occurred at Cuffsgrange around 5.35am. See: Road Toll Tops Five
Derry Rail Works 'Progressing Well'
Major engineering work along the Londonderry railway line is progressing on schedule following the delivery of £250,000 rail trolleys from France, it has been revealed. The bespoke engineering equipment will be used to carry long strings of welded rail from NI Railway's engineering yard in Coleraine to work sites at various locations between Coleriane and Broughdone level crossing to allow the removal of track joints along this section. Work will also be undertaken to relay track in a five mile section south of Ballymoney Rail Station.
(BMcC/JM)
The controversial 'Homecoming' parade staged for local service personnel returning from Afghanistan last November has been claimed as having a "massive impact on their wellbeing". A senior Army officer said this week that not "a single Royal Irish soldier is suffering post-traumatic stress after returning", largely because of the vast homecoming parades. Crowds estimated at up to 50,000 thronging the centre of Belfast to support the troops and in a subsequent interview with the Belfast News Letter, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Freely has said that the astonishing outpouring of public support at a series of parades - but particularly in Belfast on November 2 - for the troops had made a major impact far "greater than that of psychiatric experts". See: Military Trauma Care Praised As 'Exemplary'
Coleraine Crash Man 'Serious'
An accident in Co Londonderry has left a man in his 20s is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. The traffic accident in Coleraine occurred when a red Honda Civic car with four males on board collided with a Ford Transit van in the town's Princess Gardens area. A second man sustained broken ribs while the two others received minor injuries. No one was in the Transit when the incident took place. Police want anyone with information to get in touch. It happened just before midnight, on Saturday night.
Donegal Gardaí In Crackdown
A gun has been recovered and three men have been arrested for questioning about crime in west Donegal. The men, aged between 18 and 22 years, were held at three separate locations in the greater Bunbeg area on Sunday afternoon. A shotgun and a pistol were also recovered. Gardaí said the arrests were part of an investigation into crime in west Donegal. Two men are being questioned in Milford and the other is in Letterkenny. The development follows the discovery of an arms cache earlier near the border with Northern Ireland. Gardaí recovered two suspected pipe bombs, four pistols, two revolvers and two sawn-off shotguns in Carrigans near Londonderry on Saturday. On Friday, the post office in Carrigans was robbed by armed men.
Tory/UU Link 'Meaningless'
The Alliance party's Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has said that the proposed Ulster Unionist -Tory link up is meaningless and offers local people nothing new. He said that given the track record of the UUP they will most likely embarrass the Tories. "This is the same Ulster Unionist Party with the same outdated mindset. A quick name change will make no difference at all. People who want an end to division in our society and want to support a genuinely outward looking party should look to Alliance," he said.
Road Toll Tops Five
There have now been five road deaths in the Irish Republic over the past weekend. There were two fatalities this morning alone, with the latest crash now being probed by Gardaí in Co Kilkenny. They said today they are investigating a two-vehicle road traffic collision, which occurred at 7.15am this morning on the Waterford side of Ballyhale. A 30-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene when the car in which she was travelling was involved in a collision with a lorry. Earlier today, a 16-year-old teenager was also tragically pronounced dead at the scene when the car in which he was a rear seat passenger collided with a tree. Gardaí in Kilkenny are investigating that collision, which occurred at Cuffsgrange around 5.35am. See: Road Toll Tops Five
Derry Rail Works 'Progressing Well'
Major engineering work along the Londonderry railway line is progressing on schedule following the delivery of £250,000 rail trolleys from France, it has been revealed. The bespoke engineering equipment will be used to carry long strings of welded rail from NI Railway's engineering yard in Coleraine to work sites at various locations between Coleriane and Broughdone level crossing to allow the removal of track joints along this section. Work will also be undertaken to relay track in a five mile section south of Ballymoney Rail Station.
(BMcC/JM)
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