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Wed, April 25, 2018
Thursday, 26 April 2018
A BALLYCASTLE woman who had a lucky escape after her tumble dryer caught fire and the blaze spread to her oil tank has w...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
SINGER songwriter James McGarrity is set to release his latest single 'The Shamrock and Tartan' and all proceeds from th...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
DES KINGSTON, RTE Super Garden of the Year Winner 2017, launched the new Armoy Community Garden last Friday. His words w...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
A NUMBER of local schools have been told to consider options for addressing sustainability issues.Dunluce School and Bar...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
IT SEEMS there is no end to litter louts in North Antrim - with yet more rubbish being discarded along the scenic Orra r...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
A LOCAL woman who has just returned from a stint volunteering in Lesvos has described her experience as "sad and humblin...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
THERE were sombre scenes in Ballypatrick Forest on the outskirts of Ballycastle on Friday as a permanent memorial was un...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
A LOCAL man has contacted the Chronicle following last week's article in which Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan slammed lit...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
A BUSHMILLS chef who allegedly "slashed" a man with a bottle causing serious injuries to his head and body, has been rel...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
A memorial will be unveiled in Ballypatrick Forest on Friday, April 6, in memory of murdered backpacker Inga Maria Hause...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Harbour and marina charges are to increase after Sinn Fein Councillor Cara McShane failed to persuade her Council collea...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Another sign has been erected at the Dark Hedges banning visitors from driving down the tree-lined tourist attraction, d...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
A charity set up to help those who are ill and can't take care of their pets is appealing for volunteers in the Ballycas...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
A CO Antrim man was jailed for life last Friday after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a labourer in a seaside town ov...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
LOCAL woman Dympna Magee will be taking a step into the unknown this week as she lends a helping hand to the volunteers ...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
IN THE aftermath of last week's article in the Ballycastle Chronicle regarding the unstable future of the Rathmoyle faci...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
A GROUP named the 'Rathmoyle Home Action Group' are calling upon members of the public to lend their weight to a petitio...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
AN "eccentric" Ballycastle man who allegedly produced a revolver in a bank after receiving a large sum of money from his...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
On Monday, March 12, Echoes of Erin school of Irish Dancing Hong Kong and Ireland was invited by Mr. Peter Ryan Árd Chon...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
NORTH Antrim Unionism lost one of its "stalwarts" last week with the death of former Ballymoney Mayor Mr Joe Gaston.For ...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
AS A 40ft container filled to the brim with humanitarian aid pulled out of James Duncan's yard in Ballycastle at the wee...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
TO MARK 100 years of the Midwives (Ireland) Act, the Royal College of Midwives will launch a fascinating new book of 100...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
BUILDING on the fun of last year's celebration here in the town, the Ballycastle Community Development Group are in the ...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
ARMOY man Samuel McMullan has praised the generosity of the general public after he handed over a cheque for over £5,000...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
THE OWNERS of the Marine Hotel in Ballycastle are on the cusp of unveiling the first phase of their million pound invest...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
LAST week an 'eloping' couple from Florida, held a simple wedding ceremony of their own making, on White Rocks Beach, ne...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
THE Police Ombudsman have decided that their investigation into the death of Dunloy woman Shannon McQuillan, will be a c...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
GHOSTLY figures of First World War soldiers, or 'Tommies' as they were known, sprung up on the Giant's Causeway as part ...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
A DECISION to cut grants to organisers of popular summer events, including the Heart of the Glens Festival, has come und...
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
MORE than half of Northern Ireland's top 100 hospitality businesses hail from County Antrim. On the North Coast, The Bus...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
THE Glens of Antrim is a place apart. Stretching from Glenarm, at its most southern limit to Ballycastle in the north, t...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
ONE of Northern Ireland's most iconic landscapes is in the limelight thanks to a five-year project supported by the Heri...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
CAUSEWAY Coast and Glens councillors have voted to cut grants to organisers of popular summer events.Among the events hi...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
A BALLYCASTLE man, who "broke into the town's police station", appeared before magistrates yesterday (Monday).Finbar O'C...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
OF THE 2,000 applicants for social housing in the Causeway Coast and Glens Council Area 65 per cent are experiencing hou...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
A LOCAL developer has lodged plans for a 60 bedroom hotel just outside Bushmills.Details of the £5m scheme were revealed...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
BALLYCASTLE woman Caitriona McLernon is getting ready to dive... 10,000ft out of a plane - all for a good cause, of cour...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
THE funeral has taken place of one of the north coast's best known and respected publicans, former Ballycastle man Brian...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
A FORMER postman from County Antrim and "keen cyclist" who was stealing cycling goods from postal packages has been sent...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
THE provision of a pedestrian underpass at the Dark Hedges has moved a step closer after a planning application was subm...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
A 101-year-old Bushmills man proved the importance of love when he serenaded his wife during his own birthday celebratio...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
THE decision to ban grid girls and promotional models from helping at high-profile sports events is an over-reaction and...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
LAST month 50 Year 9 and 10 pupils were accompanied by five members of staff on an educational trip to Disneyland, Paris...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
A RATHLIN resident has called for the Department of Infrastructure to step up and tackle the potholes on the island in t...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
FAMILY, friends and members of the community filled St Joseph's Church in Dunloy last Wednesday for the funeral of Shann...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
BIG-hearted schoolgirl Ríonnah McMullan showed such compassion at the weekend as she had an impressive 14" cut off her l...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
THIS WEDNESDAY afternoon the good folk of Armoy will be glued to their TV sets to see if they can spot any familiar face...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
IT IS 'wholly appropriate' that the Police Ombudsman investigate the tragic circumstances that left a Dunloy teen dead a...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
The great-niece of William Henry McKay, who is buried at Bonamargy, has thanked all those who made her recent trip to Ba...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
OVER 20 people in the Causeway Coast and Glens area were arrested for drink driving during the festive period. The figur...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
SNOW, ice and high winds caused severe disruption to Ballycastle and the surrounding areas last week.Sleet and snow made...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
THE bill for Ballycastle's new swimming pool could rise by £1 million - unless a new site can be found. The proposed poo...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
NORTH Antrim runners and businesses gave Mary Nolan Hickey the warmest of welcomes on Sunday during her gruelling challe...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
CAMPAIGNERS aiming to restore an historic Glens church say they're absolutely delighted to have secured planning permiss...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
A CORONER has highlighted the need for drivers who are required to wear prescription glasses to follow the law.Coroner P...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
MORE than 100 patients had to wait longer than 12 hours to be treated at the Causeway Hospital during the holiday period...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
A LOCAL Councillor has hit out at Transport NI who he claims failed to place warning notices on flooded roads last week ...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
THE PRINCIPAL of Roddensvale School, Mr. John Madden, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year 2018...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
CROSS and Passion College recently held their prizegiving evening, where principal, Mr Paul McClean welcomed guest speak...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
THE youngest person to receive recognition in this year's New Year's Honours list has said she was "honoured and surpris...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
WELL KNOWN Liscolman woman, Selma McMullan, is set to receive a British Empire Medal for services to the Girls' Brigade ...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
SIXTY years ago, members of Dunseverick Church began Carol singing around the doors, bringing music and joy to the peopl...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
OVER the past number of weeks the Gaels of our local Gaelic Club in Ballycastle rallied around to make up Shoeboxes fill...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
BALLYCASTLE boasts the friendliest town centre in the borough, according to a survey commissioned by the council.And the...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
A DEBATE spanning two council meetings on the wording of a motion condemning sectarianism was finally settled on Tuesday...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
THE GIANT'S Causeway, Northern Ireland's first UNESCO World Heritage site, has recently celebrated one million visitors ...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
THE Vanishing Lake at Loughareema is not unlike a kitchen sink.....It fills up with rainwater and drains through a plugh...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
IN A move that shows the true spirit of Christmas, the kind people of Ballycastle have set up an aid appeal to send reli...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
AN alcohol-fuelled care worker, who assaulted a "vulnerable" resident at supported accommodation in Ballymoney, was give...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
PUPILS who attend Dunluce school in Bushmills are benefiting from valuable funding from the National Trust at the Giant'...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
THE family of a "drugged up" Ballycastle man tied him up with a rope and put him in a shed to prevent him from harming h...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
A CUSHENDALL woman, whose life was saved after her carbon monoxide alarm went off on Saturday evening, has praised the e...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
SANTA'S little elves are everywhere, even in the windows of Ballycastle shops....!This time last year, local woman Jo Mc...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
GOVERNMENT geologists say the Vanishing Lake between Ballycastle and Cushendun could have significant tourism potential....
Thursday, 14 December 2017
A GROOM who did celebratory 'diffing' on a public road on the day of his wedding, whilst his veil-wearing bride was a pa...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
A SENIOR judge has ruled that a Co Antrim man should not stand trial for the murder of a labourer in Ballycastle almost ...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
BUSHMILLS RBL Youth Section have played a very special part in the recovery of a young Liscolman man who is making good ...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
HANS and ALBERT the seals have recently been released in Ballintoy in what was the first seal release of the season!Joe ...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
A new programme aimed at boosting tourism businesses in the Glens Coastal area has been launched by Carrickfergus Enterp...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
POLICE presence is to be stepped up in the Glens area following a 'very productive' drug awareness meeting held in the P...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
PLANNERS say they have no power to insist the National Trust retains a souvenir shop occupied by a family that's traded ...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
St Patrick's and St Brigid's Primary School pupil Roisin Magee has recently raised funds for the Northern Ireland Childr...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
LOCAL produce with a Caribbean twist, a paella cookery lesson and a Game of Thrones inspired eating experience were just...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
IT WAS with heavy hearts that the people of Bushmills lined the streets last Wednesday evening to pay tribute to well kn...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
A BIG-HEARTED Bushmills man has opened his arms as well as his front door to the elderly, the vulnerable or someone who ...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
'CHOOSE a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life' - those words certainly ring true for the new...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
COUNCILLORS have been asked to approve studies of potential car parks that could solve Bushmills' acute traffic problems...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
FORMER Sinn Féin MLA Mr Oliver McMullan has slammed a lack of social housing in the Glens, claiming it has resulted in t...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
ARMOY Motorcycle Road Racing Club Members are making an impact on and off the track by raising much needed funds for Mac...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
THERE were a number of very special guests at the Armistice Day service in Bushmills on Saturday morning as The Crescent...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
A BALLYCASTLE schoolgirl who wanted to raise enough money to send a child to Lapland after loving every minute of her ex...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
A MOVING recording of murder victim Inga Maria Hauser's voice has been uncovered, and Keeley Moss, the woman who obtaine...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
KATRINA Turner and Nataniel Hunter have been named as finalists of the NI SuperValu SuperStars after a call went out to ...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
SOME motorists are not respecting the new traffic closure order in force on the Dark Hedges stretch of the Bregagh Road ...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
A DUNLOY man, who killed a mother-of-eight and her aunt while driving on the wrong side of the road, has received a four...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
A CANADIAN woman who completed her 900km walk of The Ireland Way this weekend in Ballycastle has said she was "completel...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
IT HAS been revealed that the Lammas Fair brings £2.3m to the local economy during the two day event which takes place e...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
THE Causeway Coast, along with Belfast, has been named the Number One Region in the world to visit in 2018 by Lonely Pla...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
FOUR sisters relived happy childhood memories of holidays in Ballycastle when they returned to the seaside town recently...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
BUSHMILLS woman Patsy Mulholland is 'blooming' delighted after being crowned winner of Choice Gardening competition 2017...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
A CAFE in Ballycastle was among the winners at the recent World Bread Awards in London.Thyme & Co, owned by husband and ...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
KIND-hearted schoolgirl Roisin Magee will take on the run of her life on Friday November 10 as she chases her dreams acr...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
RATHLIN Island Ferry Skipper, Michael Cecil, has recently been elected as Chairman of Refugee Rescue, a voluntary search...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
NI Water is pleased to announce that work has been completed on the new £1.3 million Monaclogh Water Service Reservoir P...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
GAA clubs are better at obtaining grants than organisations from the unionist community.Those were the stark facts deliv...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
A RESIDENT of the ‘The Abbey’ in Ballycastle has hit out at the ‘threatening and intimidating’ l...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
BALLYCASTLE and Glens Sinn Féin Councillor Cara McShane has praised the multi-agency approach taken by Council and other...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
THE Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has described last week's tour of the Route Presbytery as "a very in...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
THE Dark Hedges will be closed to traffic in less than three weeks, subject to certain exemptions, after the Department ...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
THE close-knit community of Ballycastle gathered together on Saturday morning to pay their final respects to Sinéad Stew...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
UK Agriculture minister, Michael Gove, reiterated his commitment to the local farming industry in a speech at a gala din...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
AN EVENT has been held to commemorate the Centenary of the sinking of the HMS Drake off Rathlin Island.Initially schedul...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
A GERMAN football fan has contacted the Chronicle with an appeal to help him track down a Bushmills man he met last June...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
A PETITION has been set up to save McConaghy's Souvenir Shop after it emerged The National Trust had plans to turn the s...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A BALLYCASTLE woman who lost numerous family members to a little known disease has recently held an awareness and fundra...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
RATHLIN Island's colourful past has been brought back to life by a new community project.Working alongside Causeway Coas...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A PLANNING expert has questioned the need to expand the Old Bushmills Distillery site.Earlier this year the Distillery l...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A PRINCIPAL has voiced "grave concerns and fears" over the effect of the Stormont stalemate on his students' education a...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
LOUGHGIEL native Sister Patricia McLaughlin, a Loreto missionary nun ministering in Peru since 2000, has been presented ...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
THE historic courthouse in Bushmills is to be transformed into a centre for creative industries.The £2.5m project is the...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
A CO Antrim man broke down in the dock last Tuesday (September 12) after he was handed a nine year prison sentence for c...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
PLANS to wipe out rats and ferrets from Rathlin Island could cost more than £1.5m, the Chronicle can reveal this week.Th...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
BORN and reared at Corkey, Loughguile I am pleased to draw attention to the centenary of the birth of my early in life n...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
A CANCER charity has benefited to the tune of around £4,500, thanks to a big-hearted Bushmills man who carried a 65kg be...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
AN EAST Londonderry Assembly member is the latest to call for improved parking facilities to be introduced in and around...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
AN ARMOY man who was involved in a high speed car crash that resulted in the death of his cousin and another man, is due...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
THE Glens of Antrim is a place apart.... stretching from Glenarm, at its most southern limit to Ballycastle in the north...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
THE 'incredible generosity' of people in the Moyle area has meant the Ballycastle Foodbank is on the move to new premise...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
A GLENARM man who was left paralysed as a result of an accident eight years ago is set to host an exhibition of stunning...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
THE BALLYCASTLE Councillor who was sentenced last week for his part in a Twelfth of July flare-up in Ballycastle last ye...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
A CANADIAN tourist visiting the North Coast was appalled at the level of damage and destruction tourists had left in the...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
AS Rathlin Island gets set to become the UK's first Dementia Friendly Island, Alzheimer's Society is calling on organisa...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
THREE decades after 'Gentle Giant' George Jamieson carried a beer keg on his back from Lisnagunogue to Ballintoy for Can...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
THE Street Pastor scheme has been so successful in the Triangle area that it has been rolled out in Ballymoney.And there...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
GET YOUR trainers on and put your best foot forward - in aid of little Linkinn Smyth!A 2K fun run/walk will be held on W...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
THE long-term future of council's legacy headquarter offices has been debated during a Corporate Policy and Resources Co...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
A BRAND new innovative programme which will support the emotional needs of those living with a cancer diagnosis is to la...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Speaking to The Chronicle , resident of the Causeway Road, Nat Magee, said he counted 51 vehicles parked along the doubl...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Developer plans to address traffic congestion with underground car parkA developer is bidding to address traffic congest...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A NUMBER of objections have been submitted to the Planning Service after an application from The National Trust to build...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A COUNCIL decision to share the costs of school sports facilities so they can be used by the general public has been hai...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
THE cliffs of Fairhead near Ballycastle provided the stunning backdrop for an eagerly awaited episode of the hit TV seri...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
A RASHARKIN man has raised almost £4,000 for Guide Dogs NI by completing a 50-mile sponsored walk around the Glens of An...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
PUBLIC outrage at damage being done to the Dark Hedges by the unregulated access of vehicles and visitors has come to a ...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
THE MAYOR of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is set to hold a reception to recognise the efforts of two local m...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
RATHLIN Island is once again the scene of new technological advances, helping NI Water to continue delivering what matte...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
THERE has been a new walk opened on one of Ireland's most iconic headlands in The Glens of Antrim, The cultural heart of...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
SINN Féin North Antrim MLA Philip McGuigan has said road safety is being put at risk unless the Department reinstates pr...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
A BALLYCASTLE woman has vowed to be "more than just a statistic" following her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent tr...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
A DECISION to close an under-used community centre near Ballymoney has caused a split in the local DUP, the Chronicle ha...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
A RETIRED RAF Warrant Officer celebrated his 90th birthday in typical Northern Irish style - with a BBQ in the rain and ...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
CAUSEWAY Coast and Glens Sinn Féin Councillor, Cara McShane, has claimed that public transport on the Antrim Coast needs...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
PLANS for a 'spectacular' fireworks display at the seafront in Ballycastle to mark the beginning of this year's Auld Lam...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
A BALLYCASTLE woman has spoken out after she received a bogus call purporting to be from Her Majesty's Revenue and Custo...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
A YOUNG Ballycastle boy will be facing the chop this Friday - all in the name of a charity called 'Supershoes'.Finlay Bo...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
WELL KNOWN Ballycastle man Gerard Gray was the artist behind this year's Northern Ireland Open trophy - and the recipien...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
AN injured climber has been dramatically rescued from an 80-metre cliff face after injuring her leg.The incident happene...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
GLENS SDLP Councillor Margaret Anne McKillop has slammed what she described as "highly personal" hate mail which she rec...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
An inspiring father and son from Cushendall have been named Heart Heroes by British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (B...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
SATURDAY July 29 will see a 'Big Day Out' on Ballycastle seafront, all in aid of two charities which have been supportin...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
THIRTY years ago last week, Virgin group boss, Sir Richard Branson and friend Per Lindstrand were rescued after the hot ...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
THIRTY years' guardianship by gamekeeper Ian Chapman of the stunning Dundarave Estate at Bushmills have been honoured wi...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
LITTLE Linkinn Smyth is looking forward to starting nursery in September, which is no mean feat for a child who has endu...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
WORK is progressing well to construct a new Wastewater Treatment Works at Mary Street, Ballycastle, in a £6 million inve...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
SINN Féin's Cara McShane has said Causeway Coast and Glens Council should do all they can to support and promote tourism...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
A COUNCILLOR has warned that stroke services could be under threat at the Causeway Hospital.The warning comes just weeks...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
A FARMER, approached by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to lease a field for a car park at the Dark Hedges, has...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
THE Event Director of one of the province's biggest sporting spectaculars says he will make a decision about his future ...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
A SINN Féin Councillor plans to bring a motion to Council asking them to review their strategy on dog fouling after publ...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
THE CHAIRMAN of Rathlin Development and Community Association has said he sees his recognition in the Queen's Birthday H...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
THE memory of a much-loved Ballycastle woman will live on at a fundraising event in her home town this weekend.Almost a ...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
A BALLYCASTLE musician who has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list has said she is "delighted and humbled" a...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
VOLUNTEER lifeboat crew with Red Bay RNLI rescued two people on Saturday afternoon after the kayak they were in capsized...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
THE GREENCASTLE to Magilligan Ferry looks set to sail within weeks after Causeway Coast and Glens councillors recommende...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
DEAFBLIND archer John Nichol is sharing his story to support Deafblind Awareness week which runs from June 16 to July 2....
Thursday, 15 June 2017
BROUGHGAMMON Farm in Ballycastle is the latest member of Food NI to join the Économusée group, an international network ...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
OVER two years in the making, the new £55m A26 Glarryford to Drones Road dual carriageway was officially opened yesterda...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
DUNAGHY architect Johann Muldoon, headed off stiff competition from 300 of her peers across 10 countries to claim the pr...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
COUNCILLORS have expressed their sadness following the revelation that St Gobban's Church in Portbradden has been demoli...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
THE new Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is Glens' UUP Councillor Joan Baird, The Chronicle can reveal....
Thursday, 8 June 2017
A KILLER driver was yesterday (Monday) warned that he faces being jailed after confessing to causing a three-car crash i...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
QUICK-THINKING staff based at Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge helped avoid a potentially serious incident after the structure...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
THE official opening of the £55 million Frosses Road dual carriageway will take place later this month.Updating Causeway...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
RATHLIN Sound Maritime Festival got underway at the weekend with its mix of good food, music and family fun proving as p...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
THE long-running saga over safeguarding the iconic Dark Hedges from traffic damage could be decided by a public inquiry....
Thursday, 25 May 2017
AN exhibition has opened in Belfast to celebrate a world renowned potato breeder from Ballintoy.Despite having no formal...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
THE CHAIR of the Dark Hedges Preservation Trust has challenged claims that the Trust and other bodies don't care about d...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
A SPECIAL crossing took place between Rathlin Island and Ballycastle on Friday evening ahead of the Rathlin Sound Mariti...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
A COUNCILLOR has voiced fears for the future of the Causeway Hospital amid claims that health chiefs are considering sca...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
A BALLYCASTLE farm tickled the taste buds of a panel of expert judges at this year's Food NI Awards at Balmoral Show.The...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
THE most successful rider in North West 200 history is leading calls for Mervyn Whyte to remain at the helm of Northern ...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
AN inspirational Ballycastle teenager who has pioneered organ donation since receiving three transplants has been honour...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
A QUICK-THINKING Bushmills boy has been hailed a hero after saving his mother's life when she suffered a stroke.Three-ye...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
PREPARATIONS are well under way in Ballycastle and Rathlin Island for this year's Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival.Now in...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
A LOCAL journalist, who began writing fiction in her spare time, will see her first novel launched at the prestigious Be...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
THE new manager of a Coleraine-based charity has revealed how support services are being expanded to cope with increasin...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
THE close-knit community of Armoy has been plunged into mourning after the tragic death of a young man in a road traffic...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
IT'S a Portrush institution present in the town longer than any golf club, department store or amusement arcade.And whil...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
A YOUNG Ballymoney woman is feeling "very scared, but really excited" about the missionary adventure she will shortly be...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
UUP Cllr Joan Baird has said the wheels are "grinding slowly" in relation to plans to facilitate road safety and traffic...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
THE wife of Ronan McAuley has said the decision to name a Glens of Antrim Rally stage in his memory would have made the ...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
A STUDENT nurse from Bushmills who has just returned from a month long trip to Mozambique has described it is an experie...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
THE Moyle art and wellbeing project culminated in a showcase event and tea dance in the Ramoan hall in Ballycastle. The ...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
SISTERS are doing it for themselves....and the Alzheimer's Society, as Deborah McPhee and Sonia Colville are two parts o...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
PLAY PARKS across the Borough are to be reviewed in relation to condition and security after significant damage was carr...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
RTE PRESENTER Ryan Tubridy got a guided tour of some of the National Trust's most famous sites along the north coast las...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Ballycastle woman Gabrielle McKnight (well, her alter ego North Coast Merida) was among the special guests invited to th...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
SINN Féin Councillor, Cara McShane, has welcomed the decision by Causeway Coast and Glens Council to invest money in rev...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
A BUSHMILLS woman will be heading up a new programme funded by the International Fund for Ireland after they committed o...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
READ ALL about it.... Overseas media from GB, US, France, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerl...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
FIVE local businesses have received a late Christmas present from the Rotary Club of Ballycastle after a cheque presenta...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
THE BALLYCASTLE granny who pledged to do her bit for humanitarian aid in war torn Syria has told The Chronicle of her el...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
THE family of a Bushmills schoolboy who suffered severe brain injuries in a road traffic accident earlier this year say ...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
"NO RETURN to crass insults about the Irish language," but "the issues can be resolved very quickly with the political w...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
THESE were the responses to the questions by TUV leader Mr Jim Allister MLA.A: The single biggest problem when it comes ...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
FRIENDS Paula Pulman and Nicci Millar have put their best foot forward in an effort to raise much-needed funds for the s...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
FOUR more of Northern Ireland's best IT and Engineering students, including Liam Fletcher from Ballycastle, have won a p...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
AN inspirational Ballycastle teenager who has pioneered organ donation since receiving three transplants has been honour...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
THE Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council hosted a special reception to mark the achievements of Paralympian...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
A RETIRED university lecturer will visit County Antrim next month as part of his fundraising walk around the Northern Ir...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
STUNNING scenery and wonderful wildlife are just two reasons to visit the RSPB's Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre which...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
POLITICIANS have joined to condemn the St Patrick's Day pipe bomb attacks in Bushmills. Police, fire and ambulance crews...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
THE 'OUTRAGEOUS' decision to close the public enquiry offices in Ballycastle and Ballymoney police stations has finally ...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
A STUNNING Ballycastle student was chosen as Miss Ballymena at the Insanity Tan Miss NI heat held at Gillies Bar, Galgor...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
WET weather failed to dampen the spirits of St Patrick's Day revellers in Ballycastle.Even photographer Kevin McAuley to...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MP, Ian Paisley is the only local MP invited to a White House reception this week to meet US President,...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
THE North Antrim community branch of one of the biggest trade unions has joined the call to retain the PSNI public enqui...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
BALLYCASTLE has once again been named one of the best places to live in Britain.It will come as no surprise to those who...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
BASED on the book 'The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories' by Jane Talbot, The Faerie Thorn will delight and bewitch Cushend...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
ROBIN Swann's stunning victory in the North Antrim Assembly election on Friday was so comprehensive he was immediately b...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
NEWLY elected Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan has said that it is clear from the North Antrim results that the momentum fo...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
A GROUP of young people aged between 15 and 24 have come together to form the Dervock Youth Association (DYA), a group w...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
THERE ARE many festivals and events throughout The Glens of Antrim, from the shores of Glenarm all the way north to Ball...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
AN urgent council meeting has been called to address an "embarrassing" staff shortage after an exhausted officer admitte...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
THE close-knit village of Cushendall gathered last week to pay their respects to the family of little Brónagh Kinney, a ...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
POLICE have again refused to deny speculation that Ballycastle station's public enquiry desk is earmarked for closure. T...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
THE SEARCH is on to find Northern Ireland's top junior and senior school choirs.Following on from the success of the las...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
A BALLYCASTLE woman who lost numerous family members to a little known disease, has pledged to be the 'voice' that will ...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
LEABANK private nursing home in Ballycastle recently held a very well attended coffee afternoon in aid of the Little Pri...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
A PETITION, consisting of over 35,000 signatures, has been lodged in support of a campaign to keep Bushmills Education C...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
AN inspirational Ballycastle youth volunteer has been recognised in the 2017 Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards.Lucia ...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
TRIBUTES have flooded in for the "wonderful daughter, wife, mother and grandmother" who lost her life following a road t...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
WITH THE help of Ballycastle Cycling Club, a local family have handed over a donation in excess of £12,000 to the NI Chi...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
PERSPEX covering a community defibrillator situated on Ann Street Ballycastle has been smashed in a weekend incident of ...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
THURSDAY night's recommendation to freeze domestic rates proved a "challenge" for senior officers at Causeway Coast and ...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
MEMBERS of staff at the Causeway Hospital have been duped out of hundreds of pounds after a bogus company set up a stall...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
A POIGNANT ceremony of Remembrance was held in Ballintoy Church of Ireland over the weekend close to where missing schoo...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
FOR the second consecutive year rates in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area are to be frozen.The move wil...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
A TEAM of dedicated pupils from Straidbilly Primary School have claimed first place in the recent Credit Union Schools' ...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
A SINN Fein councillor's claim that Moyle Twinning Committee has "some kind of anti-McShane element" has been "totally r...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
SINN Féin have welcomed the decision by the Minister for Infrastructure, Chris Hazzard, not to abandon Carrickmore Road,...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
WELL known North Antrim republican and former Ballymena Sinn Féin councillor, Monica Digney, is to stand in the North An...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
THE BOARD of Governors, staff, pupils and whole school community of St Patrick's and St Brigid's PS were delighted to be...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
THE proposal to axe vital youth funding in Northern Ireland has been slammed as "disastrous" by Sinn Féin man, Oliver Mc...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
SDLP Councillor and member of the Policing and Community Safety Partnership. Margaret Anne McKillop has said the thought...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
THE CHAIRMAN of the Dark Hedges Preservation Trust has said that he will be "giving serious consideration" to Transport ...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
IT CERTAINLY was a family affair in the Cut 'n' Style salon on Castle Street, Ballycastle, on Friday as a doting grandmo...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
A HEARTFELT appeal has been made to the people of North Antrim to help bring humanitarian aid to those fleeing war, pers...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
THOSE gathered at a public consultation in Ballycastle last week to discuss the future of social care services urged Sen...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
AT least one of North Antrim's MLAs will lose their job at the next Assembly election, as the number of constituency rep...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
THE SEARCH is on to find Northern Ireland's next Young Musician of the Year, organised by the Rotary Club. Now in its 25...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
A MEMBER of the Policing & Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) for the Causeway Coast and Glens area has raised concerns...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
A RECORD number of calls for help were received by Citizens Advice Causeway during the festive and New Year holiday peri...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
BALLYMONEY Tesco has taken the lead in a new in-store initiative to help a children's charity get toys to deserving youn...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
A WHITEPARK Bay woman, who was among those who founded the Holy Innocent's Childrens' Hospital at Mbarara in Uganda, has...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Rosemary, whose medal was given for services to charitable fundraising in Northern Ireland, told The Chronicle she was "...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
OVER 100 farmers attended a farewell do held in The Hedges last Wednesday night to mark the retirement of the man fondly...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
THE first motorist stopped at the police's first drink drive checkpoint on the Causeway coast was over the legal limit, ...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
TOURISM Ireland has scooped more than 20 awards and accolades for its 2016 Game of Thrones campaign. Early in December, ...
