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The Fermanagh footballers - the most tortured souls in Ireland

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Two PSNI officer 'repositioned'

Two PSNI officers have been “repositioned” pending the outcome of a Police Ombudsman investigation after a Co Armagh man was stuck on the head with a baton.

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Former jockey collapses in hospital lift and dies minutes after being discharged

A west Belfast family have told of their "devastation and anger" after a much-loved uncle collapsed in a hospital lift and died just minutes after being discharged. Hugh Hagan (58), a former jockey who lived in Lenadoon, was taken to the...
Arlene Foster announced LGBT event attendance 'before confirming with organisers'

ARLENE Foster told the media of her plans to attend an LGBT event next week before her attendance was formally confirmed with organisers.
Bertie Ahern: 'Arlene Foster needs to cheer up a bit'

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said Arlene Foster "needs to cheer up a bit" if she is to restore power-sharing at Stormont.
Fermanagh united behind Ernemen in quest for first Ulster final win

NOWHERE is Ireland's soft border more porous than between Fermanagh and Donegal.

Sport

The Irish News Archive - June 22 1998: Super Saffrons leave London dreaming

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final replay: Antrim 6-28 London 1-7 ANTRIM'S atonement for an inept performance in the intitial drawn encounter with London provided evidence of the gulf in class which separates the two sides.

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Conor McManus praises 'refreshing' Waterford ahead of Qualifier clash with Monaghan

CONOR McManus has praised the “refreshing” attitude of Monaghan’s opponents in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC Qualifying second round.
'Where I started in 2001 going ‘I can't wait to play for Down', now I was saying ‘I hate this, I don't want to be here'

THE post-mortem carries on in the queue at Starbucks near Banbridge. It’s the week after Down were crushed in Clones, the memories of the previous summer’s heroics mercilessly trampled into the dirt by Donegal boots.
'From looking like the coolest man on the pitch to a complete balloon within seconds': Former Down star Paul Higgins takes a walk down memory lane

Paul Higgins (Down) Age: 51 Club: Ballymartin Position: Corner-back/half-back When did you play for Down? 1986-2000.
The Fermanagh footballers - the most tortured souls in Ireland

Business

Canadian company behind £750m Co Tyrone gold mine project agrees takeover

THE Canadian company behind a proposed £750 million gold mine in Co Tyrone has agreed an estimated £249m takeover by a private equity firm.

Topics

Over half of local manufacturers set to recruit this year in growing sector

THE north's manufacturing sector is in rude health, with almost three quarters of firms reporting growth in their business, according to new research.
Entrepreneurship - the female experience

Female entrepreneurs have a better chance at fundraising during the early stages of investment if they have a male co-founder says Noga Tal, head of global strategic initatives at Microsoft for startups.
Irish chip shop chain opens in Ballymena creating 12 jobs

AN IRISH chip shop chain has opened its third restaurant in the north, creating 12 jobs.
Bank of England holds rates at 0.5%, but hike edges closer

THE Bank of England has held interest rates at 0.

Opinion

William Scholes: For Church and state, the times they are a-changin'

BETWEEN now and his visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in just two months, expect to read lots about how Pope Francis is coming to a very different country than that which embraced John Paul II in 1979.

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Alex Kane: Political parties must make room for personal conscience

As someone who spent a number of years working in the Ulster Unionist Party (although I was only in the press office from mid-2008 until January 2010) I can understand the need for internal discipline.
Dr Watt's patients must be given adequate support

The recall of more than 2,000 patients under the care of Dr Michael Watt was unprecedented for the Northern Ireland health service but as the weeks pass, the serious issues of concern about his work have become more apparent.
Irish border defies Brexit planners

In the course of the increasingly chaotic Brexit negotiations, various claims have been put forward about the number of public roads which actually cross the Irish border.
What happened at Dunmurry Manor didn't come out of the blue

There’s nothing new about the ‘horrific catalogue of inhuman treatment’ at Dunmurry Manor exposed by the Commissioner for Older People.

Magazine

Hundreds attend funeral for fashion designer Kate Spade

Earlier, it was revealed the fashion designer's father had died on the eve of her funeral.

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Demi Lovato sings about relapse on new track Sober

Lovato recently celebrated six years of sobriety.
Higher-quality clothes could be leading to rise in moth infestations – Rentokil

Rentokil said callouts to moth infestations were up by 60% over the last four years as consumers reported they were buying better-quality clothing.
Johnny Depp is a musician ‘through and through', says Aerosmith's Joe Perry

The rocker lauded bandmate Depp's guitar playing at the Kerrang! Awards in Islington, London on Thursday.
Kate Spade's father dies on eve of her funeral

Kate Spade was found dead in her New York City home on June 5.

GFA20

Jeremy Corbyn: 'Unconscionable' that civil servants and not elected politicians are making major decisions

Jeremy Corbyn has said it is "unconscionable" for elected politicians to have no say in major decisions in Northern Ireland as he called on the Stormont parties to come together to resurrect devolution.

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Jeremy Corbyn: Ending Stormont deadlock requires tough choices and compromise

In his first visit to Northern Ireland as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn told an invited audience at Queen's University Belfast that the region stands at a "potential crossroads".
Allison Morris: 20 years after the Agreement, we still need brave and outspoken leadership

IT is a heavy burden of responsibility to make decisions that impact on the future of people's lives, that's why so few, even those in elected positions of authority, ever really stick their necks out.
Opinion split of influence of U2's historic Good Friday Agreement Waterfront gig

THE head of the campaign that helped secure a resounding endorsement for the Good Friday Agreement in the 1998 referendum is sceptical about claims that a high-profile concert days before the historic vote helped swing the result.
Michel Barnier says EU open to any deal which supports GFA

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier says the community will support any deal which safeguards the Good Friday Agreement.

Life

William Scholes: For Church and state, the times they are a-changin'

Topics

Games: Vampyr a cut above the usual gorefests that's sure to get the blood going

Vampyr (Multi) By: Focus GIVEN they were responsible for the hormone-jiggling angst of Life is Strange, you'd expect Don't Nod's take on bloodsuckers to follow the Twilight template of glowing closeted teens.
2018 Clonard Novena a 'wonderful experience with great numbers'

THE annual Clonard Novena drew to a close in west Belfast yesterday with this year's event described as a "wonderful experience".
First Holy Communion a special occasion for Polish families in Ireland

FIRST Holy Communion ceremonies are always special occasions, bringing together families and communities in a celebration of faith and tradition.
Riches of Poor Clares' story told

IT is somehow appropriate that the order best known as the Poor Clares should have a rich history, writes William Scholes.

Arts

From The Jam man Bruce Foxton on Irish gigs and new material

THE last time we spoke to Bruce Foxton was back in 2007, when he'd just formed From The Jam with fellow Jam man Rick Buckler and was nervously preparing to head out on the band's first run of live dates, including a show at Belfast's Spring & Airbrake.

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New films: Aoife McArdle's Kissing Candice, Trudie Styler's Freak Show

KISSING CANDICE (15, 108 mins) Drama / Crime.
Noise Annoys: Malojian, VerseChorusVerse & Dominic O'Neill

TONIGHT finds Malojian man Stevie Scullion tearing himself away from watching the World Cup for a solo show at the American Bar in Belfast.
Cult Movie: Look Back In Anger makers Woodfall Films changed cinema forever

LOOK Back In Anger, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner and The Entertainer are just three of the stark, black-and-white beauties to have emerged from Woodfall Films in the late 50s and early 60s.
Album reviews: Girls Names venture into darker territory with Stains On Silence

Girls Names Stains On Silence GIRLS Names venture into darker territory with their fourth album, a minimalist, gothic, synth-heavy effort recalling early PIL and the Banshees as well as the more modern sounds of bands on the Blackest Ever Black label such as Tropic of Cancer.

Decommissioning

Decommissioning special report: Bloody feuds followed 1972 ceasefire

IN the early days of the Troubles the Official IRA was mainly led by veteran republicans who had been involved in the 'border campaign' of the 1950s and '60s.

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Rev Harold Good: Decommissioning was a 'huge event, it changed the scenery'

TAKING the gun out Irish politics posed what at the time seemed insurmountable challenges and was only made possible due to the behind-the-scenes work of a number of determined individuals, among them Methodist minister Harold Good.
Exclusive: The inside story of how the gun was taken out of Irish politics

IT was a process shrouded in secrecy and the destruction of weapons first by the Provisional IRA, and later loyalist paramilitaries and smaller republican groups, was essential to sealing the peace. But the finer details of how and where those groups...
Republican murders might have jeopardised Official IRA decommissioning

A senior member of the Official IRA has said if the murders of Gerard 'Jock' Davison and Kevin McGuigan had happened at the time of decommissioning, it may have reconsidered handing over its weapons.
Decommissioning special report: Official IRA thought to have killed 54 people

THE Official IRA is thought to have killed 54 people during the Troubles.

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