Major patient recall planned over Craigavon urology consultant's work

GAA must cough up more cash for Casement says Communities Minister

Schools `must reopen' after Halloween break

Marcus Rashford supports west Belfast cafe's free kids' meals

Chris Donnelly: Taoiseach should be given benefit of the doubt on shared island unit

Strong finish against Clare sees Armagh reach promised land of Division One

Sleb Safari: Psychic Sinitta and her misadventures in the kitchen

Anne Hailes: Home-Start volunteers' valuable support for hard-pressed families

Ask Fiona: Did I make a mistake marrying this man?

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Finn Harps victory over Bohemians hands Shamrock Rovers the title

Win over Clare wins Limerick National League title and tie with Tipperary

Thousands participate in virtual Dublin marathon

Casement Park could be refurbished to 18,000 capacity for £1m

Coronavirus: 14 deaths and more than 1,800 new cases across the north over the weekend

Dublin to face Kilkenny in Leinster last-four after dismissing Laois

Coronavirus

The New Normal: Sexual trauma charity Nexus on helping victims during lockdown

During lockdown, leading sexual trauma charity Nexus NI noticed a change in calls to the north’s domestic and sexual violence helpline, which gives help and information to victims of sexual trauma.

Topics

Minister hopes for fall in Covid-19 R number before schools reopen

The Covid-19 reproduction (R) number would “ideally” need to drop below one before schools reopen, the Communities Minister has said.
Coronavirus: Eight deaths and 896 new cases

The death toll recorded by the department now stands at 653.
Coronavirus: Six deaths and 923 new cases

There have been 33,209 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland.
Half of north's schools have report positive Covid-19 cases

ALMOST every secondary school in the north has had at least one positive Covid-19 case since the start of term.

News

Casement Park could be refurbished to 18,000 capacity for £1m

CASEMENT Park could be restored to a working capacity of up to 18,000 spectators at a cost of £1 million.

Topics

The New Normal: Sexual trauma charity Nexus on helping victims during lockdown

During lockdown, leading sexual trauma charity Nexus NI noticed a change in calls to the north’s domestic and sexual violence helpline, which gives help and information to victims of sexual trauma.
PLATFORM: Neale Richmond

NOW the UK has left the EU, we in the south have entered a new chapter in our relationship with our closest neighbour and indeed with the north.
Gerry Campbell: Schools and Covid-19 - where to next?

THE Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) has warned that all must be done to support the re-opening of schools in early November after the extended mid-term break announced by the minister of education.
Hydebank inmates busy as Santa's elves making Christmas boxes for the needy

HYDEBANK Wood may be many miles from the North Pole but inmates will be as busy as Santa's elves in coming weeks creating Christmas boxes for Belfast's needy.

Business

TAX CORNER: Further help for businesses with the Job Support Scheme

Q: Can you please explain how the new Job Support Scheme will work? I run a small business based in a town centre and it has been impacted by Covid.

Topics

Do you live in self-employed Happyland? It may be time to grasp the nettle on your pension

HAPPYLAND is a magical realm inhabited by elves, goblins, fairies, leprechauns, and assorted other self-employed workers.
Environmental, social and corporate investing – the new ballot box?

SAY ‘climate change' and you may have one or two reactions: ‘What's the point, when presidents and heads of governments/states preach about it, but fly their own gold jumbo jets and helicopters?' Or: ‘this land, its air, water and existence is there for the ages', would be the view shared by the majority who do not display the aforementioned personality traits.
Call for expansion of support grants as retailers report significant drop in footfall

THE trade body representing the north’s retailers has urged the Department for the Economy to expand the scope of its new business support measures to include shops hit by the latest round of Covid-19 restrictions.
Holiday airline Jet2 cuts four sun destinations from 2021 schedule at Belfast International Airport

HOLIDAY airline Jet2 is to cut four sun destinations from its operation at Belfast International Airport next year, it has emerged.

Sport

Cavan slip through Division Two trapdoor after day to forget against Roscommon

CROWDED radio rooms can more closely resemble a chicken coop when the action before the men and women with the mics reaches fever pitch but, in this era of social distancing, it was with haunting clarity that one lone voice seemed to fill Kingspan Breffni Park at around 3.

Topics

Strong finish against Clare sees Armagh reach promised land of Division One

Allianz National Football League Division Two: Clare 1-13 Armagh 1-18 From Andy Watters at Cusack Park, Ennis THERE were ups and downs along the way, but Armagh deservedly made it to the promised land of Division One with a grandstand finish in Ennis on Saturday.
Battles with the 'big boys' await as Armagh clinch promotion to Division One

BATTLES with the Dubs, Kerry, Galway and the other “big boys” await next year after Armagh returned to Division One after almost a decade.
North should never be a no-go zone for southern teams: Antrim boss Lenny Harbinson

Allianz National Football League Division Four: Antrim 2-14 Waterford 0-13 ANTRIM senior football manager Lenny Harbinson aimed a broadside at those who deemed the north a no-go zone last weekend and accused them of “taking advantage of us under the guise of Covid”.
Antrim footballers claim moral victory but still condemned to Division Four

Allianz National Football League Division Four: Antrim 2-14 Waterford 0-13 ROUGHLY 45 minutes before throw-in, three coaches carrying the socially distanced Waterford footballers dwarfed the Geraldine’s GFC car-park on Saturday afternoon.

Opinion

Chris Donnelly: Taoiseach should be given benefit of the doubt on shared island unit

My octogenarian father has a vivid memory, as a child, of my grandfather rushing into the house to ‘switch on Athlone’ (as he insisted on calling Radio Eireann) to hear an important message from the taoiseach, only to be bitterly disappointed when he realised that the north did not feature prominently in De Valera’s pronouncement.

Topics

Tom Kelly: The challenge for Micheál Martin is in establishing trust across the traditions on this island

“Now is the time to renew our commitment to building a truly shared future.
Headline

While there is some debate about the content and scale of the government's anti-coronavirus restrictions, there is general agreement that the success of the regulations depends on how closely we adhere to them.
Not surprised by Edwin Poots's sectarian comments on Covid virus

I was horrified but not surprised at the comments of Edwin Poots, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, when he blamed the nationalist community for spreading the coronavirus.
Newton Emerson: Bitter irony as modernisation of licensing laws finally moves closer

“We don’t have a lot of levers left to pull,” was how Stormont’s chief scientific adviser, Ian Young, explained the latest Covid restrictions.

Magazine

Frank Bough was a veteran BBC presenter before scandal ruined his career

The veteran broadcaster enjoyed a long career at the BBC and was well known for hosting programmes such as Grandstand and Breakfast Time.

Topics

Pandemic heroes among those honoured at Pride of Britain Awards

Marcus Rashford, Captain Sir Tom Moore and NHS frontline workers are recognised.
Kara Tointon has a bumper announcement

The actress is looking forward to growing her family.
Hospital food can be delicious, says Prue Leith after leading review

The Government has said it will establish an expert group of NHS caterers, dietitians and nurses to decide on next steps.
Exhibition on JK Rowling's ‘fantastic beasts' to open this year

It will explore how legends and stories have been inspired by the natural world.

Life

Added efficiency for Citroen's roomy SpaceTourer

CITROEN'S SpaceTourer upmarket van-with-windows MPV has been given a new, more efficient engine.

Topics

Ask Fiona: Did I make a mistake marrying this man?

I WAS widowed 10 years ago and after my husband death, I was very lonely.
On Trend: Lounge or luxe: five of the best knitted dresses for every occasion

Knitwear season is here, and if there's one winter warmer that should be on your shopping list right now it's a jumper dress.
TV Quickfire: Gavin And Stacey's Ruth Jones on Who Do You Think You Are?

HOW MUCH DID YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? My journey was focused on my two grandfathers who I never met.
Beauty and skincare: Six ways the menopause can affect your complexion

THE stereotype of the menopausal woman – sweating, having hot flushes, suffering wild mood swings – has been played out time and again in movies and on TV, yet in reality, the symptoms that accompany the so-called ‘change of life' can be far more varied and, unfortunately, many women feel uninformed about what to expect.

Arts

Neve Campbell: The courage of the bereaved mum I play in Clouds blew me away

BACK in 2013 a viral folk-pop song about flying in the clouds where “the view is a little nicer” topped the iTunes charts.

Topics

Happy families or dysfunctional kith and kin this Covid-time?
Take on Nature – Manchán Magan's is out standing in his field with his new book

THE churning water rears and foams and then drops away as if a plug has suddenly been pulled from the rocky confines in which it had become trapped.
Saturday Q&A: Actor Frankie McCafferty on Gordon Banks, fishing for trout and his grandfather's spooky stories

How do you unwind at the weekend? The concept of weekend doesn't apply to artists and actors if you're doing a show on Saturday.
'Tribeca' plans must protect historic Belfast building and Ireland's musical heritage

PALIMPSEST is one of my favourite words.

Brexit

There will be no winners if any community feels left behind by Brexit

Brexit has made many people nervous of the future, says Irish Council of Churches president the Rev Dr Ivan Patterson. He explains why Ireland's Church leaders believe the principles of the Good Friday Agreement should be paramount in the negotiations

Topics

Controversial Brexit legislation will not survive, say peers

The controversial Brexit legislation will not survive because it is a rule of law issue and not a Brexit one, an Irish parliamentary committee has been told.
British government suffers House of Lords defeat over Brexit deal breaking international law

The British Government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords over controversial legislation that enables ministers to break international law by tearing up parts of the Brexit divorce deal Boris Johnson struck with Brussels.
'Pretty obvious' both sides must compromise in post-Brexit talks, says EU

The European Union has signalled it is prepared to make compromises in order to revive trade talks with the UK - as long as Boris Johnson's British Government also gives ground.
EU seeking its own customs officials in NI ports to oversee Protocol

THE European Union is prepared to drop its request to maintain an office in Belfast to oversee trade relations in return for installing 15 customs and veterinary staff at the north's ports once the Brexit transition period ends.

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