Ivan Little

An Irish Goodbye star James Martin has returned to the public eye with a raft of celebrity interviews.

Dodging the rain virtually every day of our ‘summer’ it occurred to me that it’s a blessing The Beach Boys weren’t born in sodden old Northern Ireland rather than sunny California.

Veteran broadcaster Paul Clark who’s been missing from UTV screens for the past six weeks has vowed: “I’ll be back!”

Tributes have been paid to musician Bill Morrison after his death at 82.

Gerry Kelly has launched a heated attack on the TV industry after three channels screened food shows at the same time on the same night.

A man who survived the La Mon massacre and spent the rest of his life campaigning for justice for the victims of the IRA horror has died.

The words were like blows from a sledgehammer. An acquaintance who had just lost a relative after months in hospital told me last week how the nurses who looked after him with tenderness, professionalism and compassion had something else on their minds but were reluctant to talk about it.

Mourners at the Belfast funeral of pioneering 1960s musician Bill Morrison, including members of actor Jamie Dornan’s family, last week heard him sing from beyond the grave.

Billy McDowell was right. The 84-year-old La Mon massacre survivor who campaigned tirelessly on behalf of the victims told me that he would go to his grave without getting justice over the IRA atrocity.

A clergyman at the funeral of Billy McDowell, who was badly injured in the La Mon massacre, has praised him for dedicating the final 46 years of his life to seeking justice for victims of the IRA atrocity.