Antrim news

• Hunter family scoop McLarnon's Dairy Cow of the Year laurels at Antrim Show

  24-07-2017 19:48
  This year's Antrim Show attracted a tremendous turnout of livestock with over 300 cattle entered for the various classes. The highlight of the day was the final of the McLarnon's Dairy Cow of the Year event with the Championship awarded to the Ayrshire 4th calver Sandyford Honest Blizzard EX94 .
  
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• 'Disappeared' victim's son, campaigner Billy McConville, dies aged 50

  24-07-2017 15:30
  A "courageous" victims campaigner orphaned and allegedly abused in the North following the murder of his mother Jean McConville has died. Billy McConville, 50, had been living at a hospice while bravely coping with cancer, parish priest Father Patrick McCafferty said.
  
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• Dunloy Accordion Band parade in Ballymoney

  24-07-2017 13:34
  There will be an abundance of top quality music with a performance at Castlecroft from Baillies Mills Accordion Band from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. The focus will then switch to High Street where there will be music in the run up to the main parade which begins at 8pm sharp.
  
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• Young Ulster gunners integral to rearguard action that shaped WWII

  24-07-2017 09:36
  As the retreat of British forces from the European mainland has been revisited for an epic new film - called simply Dunkirk - Northern Irish writer Roy Uprichard recalls the contribution of the Province's fighting men to the heroic WWII mass escape. This weekend, Christopher Nolan's portrayal of Dunkirk appeared in our cinemas with the poster proclaiming: 'An event that shaped our world.'
  
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• Man banned from Lidl 'after assaulting staff' who said he couldn't bring pet sheep inside

  24-07-2017 01:10
  A man has been banned from every Lidl store in Northern Ireland after he allegedly assaulted a member of staff over his pet sheep. Andrew Dunleavy rowed with the woman after she said Chops the sheep had to leave the supermarket in Portrush, County Antrim.
  
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