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Figures show few elderly people struck by Covid-19 three weeks after vaccine
Fewer than 2% of frail and elderly people admitted to hospital after a Covid-19 vaccine experienced coronavirus symptoms three weeks after a single dose of the jab, data shows.
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One death linked to Covid-19 and 116 new cases
There has been one further death of a patient who previously tested positive for Covid-19.
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‘June is too soon' – Tánaiste doubts Dublin will host Euro 2020 matches
Dublin will almost certainly be stripped of its Euro 2020 hosting rights
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Vladimir Putin hails Russia's vaccine development in annual address
The Russian leader proposed new incentives to help the economy recover from the pandemic.
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Wetherspoon to reopen three beer gardens in Northern Ireland
Customers will be able to enter the pubs to gain access to the gardens and also to use the toilets.
News
Work begins on £11 million Limavady shared education campus
WORK on a multi-million pound shared education campus - expected to be the first to be completed in the north - is underway.
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Man charged with allowing child to drive HGV
A County Tyrone man has appeared in court charged with multiple motoring and cruelty offences, following an investigation into an incident last year when a video of a child driving a Scania HGV on the M1 motorway appeared on social media.
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Checks proposed for Irish land border will not solve sea border issues, MPs told
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was hearing evidence from the consortium operating the Government Trader Support Service.
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Woman jailed for nine months for 'glassing' attack
A 24-year-old woman has been jailed for nine months for smashing a glass in another woman's face.
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Figures show few elderly people struck by Covid-19 three weeks after vaccine
Fewer than 2% of frail and elderly people admitted to hospital after a Covid-19 vaccine experienced coronavirus symptoms three weeks after a single dose of the jab, data shows.
Business
Carphone Warehouse closes all stores in Republic of Ireland with loss of almost 500 jobs
The company blamed changing customer behaviour accelerated by the pandemic for the decision to shut 81 shops.
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Aer Lingus to add new Belfast City to Newquay service
AER Lingus is to increase its flight activity at Belfast City Airport with a new route to Newquay.
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Wetherspoon to reopen three beer gardens in Northern Ireland
Customers will be able to enter the pubs to gain access to the gardens and also to use the toilets.
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Donegal engineering firm HPE invests £2m to bring 41 jobs to Strabane
A LONG-established Donegal engineering firm plans to spend £2 million building a new factory in Strabane business park and create 41 mainly production operative jobs, pumping £1m a year into the region's economy.
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Entertainment company Airtastic set for May opening in Newtownabbey
ENTERTAINMENT company Airtastic is creating 60 jobs at a new 50,000 sq ft multi activity centre in Newtownabbey, due to open on Thursday May 27 if indicative lockdown reopening dates are approved.
Sport
‘June is too soon' – Tánaiste doubts Dublin will host Euro 2020 matches
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All six Premier League clubs withdraw from European Super League proposals
All six Premier League clubs announced they have withdrawn from the hugely controversial European Super League on a dramatic night.
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Colm Cavanagh: Without resilience there will never be greatness
Mental resilience – a vital ingredient for success but as hard to find these days as a hairdressing appointment.
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Galbally Pearses preparing to press ahead in Tyrone
A second season in senior football, and Galbally are ready to make their move.
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Mairead Magill recalls Antrim's All-Ireland camogie championship glory in 1979
Mairead Magill (nee McAtamney) was an All-Ireland winner with the Antrim camogs in 1967.
Opinion
Deaglán de Bréadún: Some may find life dull without the royal soap opera
I AM indebted to the late Prince Philip for a rather unusual reason.
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Brian Feeney: At long last, Dublin politicians take a major step forward
On Monday evening Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond gave a talk to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge entitled: ‘Towards a New Ireland'.
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Bomb attack a wicked crime
If the wicked plan concocted by dissident republicans in Co Derry had succeeded, a young mother and her three-year-old child would today be dead or horribly injured after being engulfed in flames.
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Right to pray
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Let's call on the ‘can-do' spirit of 1998 to end political incompetence
AS one of the handful of Ulster Unionist Party negotiators responsible for the 1998 Belfast Agreement, I share in the general public’s sense of disappointment and feel not a little anger over the chronic failure of the two main parties to work and behave responsibly.
Magazine
Alex Reid jailed for eight weeks after lying in compensation claim following crash
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Clara Amfo and Laura Whitmore among nominees at Audio and Radio Industry Awards
The ceremony celebrates networks, podcast and presenters across 25 categories.
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Cher says power of social media led her on quest to save lonely elephant
Her friendship with the elephant Kaavan features in a new documentary.
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Children's warning a ‘turning point' in abusive relationship, says TV presenter
Ruth Dodsworth was subjected to a nine-year campaign of controlling behaviour, harassment and stalking during her marriage to Jonathan Wignall.
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Treasures found in castle's attics and cellars fetch £730,000 at auction
Silverware, paintings, sculptures and kitchen objects were found during ‘decluttering' at Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland.
Life
Migrant women in Republic fear speaking out about gender-based violence, report states
An interim report was released by the independent Anti-Racism Committee.
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EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Joe Biden summit
The deal comes on the eve of a virtual summit hosted by US President Joe Biden.
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Today's TV Wednesday 21 April
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Volkswagen ID4: The people's car goes electric
Volkswagen's battery-powered ID4 on a mission to tempt families from their petrol and diesel SUVs, says William Scholes
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Hyundai Kona Electric offers longest range of any plug-in grant eligible EV
HYUNDAI has dropped the prices of its electric cars after the government changed the eligibility threshold of its plug-in grant, writes William Scholes.
Arts
An bhfuil tús malltrialach á chur le dul chun cinn na Gaeilge i Stormont?
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Arts Q&A: Crime writer Claire McGowan on Biffy Clyro, Abba and Eva Ibbotson
1. When did you think about a career in writing and what were your first steps into it? I always wanted to be a writer, from almost as soon as I started reading.
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Derry author Sue Divin pens Across the Barricades-style novel for a new generation
THE story of forbidden love between two young people from opposing religions in Northern Ireland isn’t new for young adult fiction.
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Leading Ladies put good old fashioned harmony centre stage once again
EVERYONE has found their own way of keeping sane during the lockdowns and while dressing up and singing in the living room was fun for a while, Michelle Baird can't wait to get back in front of a microphone – on an actual real stage – with her Leading Ladies.
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Book reviews: New from Louise Kennedy, Jessie Greengrass, Richard Coles
FICTION The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac by Louise Kennedy is published in hardback by Bloomsbury Publishing, priced £14.
Brexit
Checks proposed for Irish land border will not solve sea border issues, MPs told
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was hearing evidence from the consortium operating the Government Trader Support Service.
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DUP minister attends north-south meeting after two no-shows
The meeting came after accusations the party was boycotting all north-south meetings over anger at the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Loyalist Jamie Bryson speaks of need for 'political solution' for protocol anger
PROMINENT loyalist Jamie Bryson has said there needs to be a "political solution" to the cause of continuing tensions within the unionism.
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Warning that Brexit red tape could led to vital drugs for epilepsy and cancer being withdrawn in Northern Ireland
BREXIT red tape is leading to the withdrawal of vital drugs from Northern Ireland due to the high costs for manufacturers, an industry chief has warned.
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Arlene Foster says DUP not boycotting north-south meetings over Protocol
ARLENE Foster has said it is "simply not the case" that her party is boycotting north-south political meetings in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Make Calor the power behind your home
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Time is running out for EU citizens living in NI to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens must apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by June 30. Here's everything you need to know
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Mascots, soaked pedestrians and Fido in the front seat - unusual driving offences that could result in penalty points
Most of us know the main driving offences, but what about the more unusual misdemeanours that can also result in penalty points?
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Did you know that switching mortgages is actually easy and could save you money?
For a relatively small amount of time invested by the customer, they can reap the benefits of saving money and potentially receiving money if cashback is applicable
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Making your best move
How the current pandemic has led to more and more people re-evaluating what they want from their home
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National lockdown: stay at home
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National lockdown: stay at home
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National lockdown: stay at home
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National lockdown: stay at home
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