In Short

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

Misconduct in public office court hearing

A 22-year-old man will appear in Belfast Magistrates Court this morning charged with misconduct in public office as part of a PSNI investigation into terrorist crime.

The man is also charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists and breach of the Data Protection Act.

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No further information was available from the PSNI on the nature or context of the investigation or the alleged offences.

The man was arrested along with another man in Belfast and Randalstown, Co Antrim, on Friday afternoon. The second man was released from custody.

Second case of meningitis

The Health Service Executive (HSE) West has confirmed that a second patient is being treated for bacterial meningitis in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

The patient, who has been described as "comfortable", is the second case in a week to be admitted to the hospital.

A young man who was admitted with the same form of meningitis last week died of septicaemia associated with the condition early on Friday morning.

All relatives of the man have been given preventative medical treatment.

The second case is not related and the affected patient was admitted some days earlier.

Man released after stabbing incident

A 40-year-old man arrested after a stabbing in Sligo in the early hours of Saturday morning was released without charge.

The 29-year-old victim of the stabbing, who was wounded twice, remained in a stable condition in hospital. Gardaí said the incident took place at a house at Garavogue Villas, Sligo at 1am. A file was being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Gardaí raising suicide awareness

Gardaí in Donegal went on the beat yesterday with T-shirts urging the public to "Talk2ME".

The gardaí, joined by several hundred members of the public, pounded 10km of streets in five Co Donegal towns - Letterkenny, Glenties, Buncrana, Milford and Ballyshannon - in a series of charity walks to raise awareness about suicide.

Organiser Sgt Sarah Hargadon explained that the aim was to encourage people who are feeling depressed to break their isolation and seek help.

She said: "We want to send out a strong message that there is an alternative to suicide which is dialogue. There are a lot of support groups out there to help people who are lonely or depressed and are contemplating suicide."

Central Statistics Office figures show there were more suicides in Co Donegal in the first five years of the millennium than during the entire 1980s.

Wreath laid for 'Titanic' sinking

A wreath was laid at the Titanic memorial in the grounds of Belfast City Hall yesterday to mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the White Star liner, writes Margaret Canning.

Almost 1,500 people, including the ship's designer, Co Down man Thomas Andrews, died when the Belfast-built ship sank in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912.