Video: Noah Donohoe’s laptop activity a ‘core issue’ for his inquest, coroner told

Seven face prosecution for alleged mistreatment at Muckamore hospital

Man found with stolen van keys in his sock, court hears

Delivery driver who sexually assaulted woman in her home receives suspended jail sentence

Man jailed for dissident republican plot to blow up motor tax offices fails to overturn conviction

One Covid-19 death, 119 new cases

More than 100 workers down tools at flagship university campus build

Alex Kane: Covid has changed my thinking - hopefully for the better

Fermanagh back like a 'herd of bullocks' to prepare for Division Three challenge

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Joshua adamant unification bout with Fury will happen this year

CCTV being examined after 10 headstones damaged in Jewish plot at City Cemetery

Man (23) arrested after serious assault in Craigavon

Man in Oldpark roof incident jailed

Man jailed for causing head-on crash

Brussels insists Northern Ireland Protocol must remain

Coronavirus

One Covid-19 death, 119 new cases

One further coronavirus related death has taken place, while an additional 119 people have tested positive.

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coronavirus

Japan raises coronavirus alert level near Tokyo months ahead of Olympics

The rising number of cases renews doubts that the event, postponed from last year, will take place at all.
Australia reports death of woman days after she took AstraZeneca jab

It is the country’s first death linked to the vaccine with 885,000 doses administered across the nation.
Mary Robinson joins around 150 ex-heads of state in call for ‘people's vaccine'

The former Irish President has signed an open letter to US leader Joe Biden, calling for Covid-19 vaccine patents to be waived.
People in their 60s have ‘much more to fear' from Covid than Astra Zeneca jab, Republic's health chief says

HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry urged people in the 60-69 age group to take the coronavirus vaccine.

News

Man found with stolen van keys in his sock, court hears

A BELFAST man accused of stealing a council worker's van was allegedly discovered with the vehicle's keys down his sock and white powder around his nose, the High Court has heard.

CCTV being examined after 10 headstones damaged in Jewish plot at City Cemetery

CCTV is being examined after 10 headstones in the Jewish plot at the City Cemetery in west Belfast were damaged.
Noah Donohoe's laptop activity a ‘core issue' for his inquest, coroner told

A lawyer for the family of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe asked a coroner to secure an update on police efforts to examine the contents of the Chromebook.
Man (23) arrested after serious assault in Craigavon

A 23-year-old man has been arrested under suspicion of grievous bodily harm after an assault in Craigavon, Co Armagh.
Man in Oldpark roof incident jailed

A MAN who damaged more than a dozen cars as he threw masonry at police from north Belfast rooftops has been jailed for 11 months.

Business

Kainos delivers strong trading update after hitting record valuation

SHARES in Belfast IT services group Kainos hit record levels this week as the company said its strong performance during the pandemic continued through to the end of the financial year.

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Tayto online sales soar - but owners' profit margin is just 0.3 per cent

ONLINE sales of tens of thousands of extra bags of its famous Tayto cheese & onion brand haven't translated into a major revenues boost for its owner Manderley Food Group, according to its latest accounts.
Belfast fintech firm in fresh funding round for new bank-linked loyalty platform

BELFAST-based fintech company LoyalBe has announced £725,000 of fresh investment in a funding round led by Techstart Ventures.
Simply Fit Food secures major Dunnes Stores supply deal

SIMPLY Fit Food has secured a major contract to supply a new range of healthy convenience meals to almost 70 Dunnes Stores across Ireland.
Fewer job vacancies in Northern Ireland says REC

MORE than 140,000 new job adverts were posted across the UK last week, the highest since the onset of the pandemic, meaning there are currently 1.37 million active vacancies and suggesting an influx of people getting back into work.

Sport

Joshua adamant unification bout with Fury will happen this year

Anthony Joshua is "100 per cent" convinced his eagerly-anticipated showdown against fellow Briton Tyson Fury in a bout that would see all four major heavyweight titles on the line will happen this year.

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Baby Quinn, partner Paula and holy statue were Marissa Callaghan's driving forces

MARISSA Callaghan sipped on her Coors Light beer after helping Northern Ireland reach Euro 2022 – their first-ever qualification for a major tournament – and tried to take it all in.
Nobody pressing the panic button at Derry: defender Ciaran Coll

DEFENDER Ciaran Coll isn't panicking despite Derry City's terrible start to the season.
Coleraine more than 'hanging in there' ahead of Glentoran clash

FOR Coleraine the unwritten rule at the start of every season under Oran Kearney has become qualification for Europe though by the time the split comes around in the Irish Premiership, the Bannsiders boss also wants to be in with a realistic shot at the title.
Brendan Crossan: A wonderful trip down memory lane with Brazil '82

ALMOST 40 years on, I can remember every single moment of the 1982 World Cup game between Brazil versus Italy.

Opinion

Covid relaxations signal brighter days ahead

FOLLOWING a long, difficult winter dominated by Covid-19 restrictions, there is a feeling that brighter days are ahead after the Stormont Executive agreed a package of lockdown relaxations.

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Bimpe Archer: Ending sectarianism needs to start at the peace lines

ALMOST every day for a year I have walked past the road where a 15-year-old boy was murdered longer ago now than his short lifetime.
Alex Kane: Covid has changed my thinking - hopefully for the better

This time last year I'd chosen the hammock as my place of refuge.
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Opposite extremists always appear to be on the same side of history

IN his recent statement, Lord Morrow, chairman of the DUP, claimed that compared to the 1974 Workers Council Strike and the 1985 loyalist protests against the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the recent unionist protests were of “equal seriousness”. He went on to claim that the authorities have continued to “show total and absolute capitulation to the demands of militant republicanism”.

Magazine

Celeste, H.E.R. and Leslie Odom Jr among performers at pre-Oscars show

In a break from tradition, the best original song nominees will not be performed during the main ceremony.

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Culloden battlefield maps provide accurate picture of 1746 landscape

It comes as the National Trust for Scotland bids to have the area designated a world heritage site.
Cillian Murphy leads tributes to ‘gifted' actress Helen McCrory

Her husband Damian Lewis revealed on Friday that McCrory had died.
Picture of Queen and Philip released ahead of funeral

The Queen has named her corgi puppy Muick after the area where the photograph was taken.
Neil Oliver becomes latest GB News recruit

He will host a weekly programme on the new channel.

Life

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VW ID4 electric SUV opens with 323-mile range

FOLLOWING the special launch editions, Volkswagen has put the 'regular' versions of its new electric ID4 SUV on sale.
Past Covid infection ‘does not fully protect young people against reinfection'

PREVIOUS coronavirus infection does not fully protect young people against reinfection, research suggests.
Cafés and restaurants to open outdoors from April 30 as Executive agrees lockdown relaxations

The PA news agency understands the Stormont Executive has agreed the following lockdown relaxations in Northern Ireland.
EU countries reopening to holidaymakers ‘will take some time', EU coronavirus chief warns

The head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has thrown doubt on plans for summer holidays abroad.

Arts

Sound Of Metal star Riz Ahmed: Listening is something you do with your whole body

FROM learning American Sign Language, to mastering playing the drums, Riz Ahmed knew his role in Sound Of Metal would be a challenge.

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Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell take on rape culture in Promising Young Woman

A YOUNG woman in crumpled business attire is drunk and alone in a bar.
Cult Movie: John Ford's early silent Westerns Straight Shooting and Hell Bent make for entertaining artefacts

Straight Shooting and Hell Bent: Two films by John Ford FOR one of the most acclaimed directors in Hollywood history, John Ford's earliest years remain oddly under appreciated.
Albums: New releases from Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Low Island and Ed Cosens

PAUL MCCARTNEY – MCCARTNEY III IMAGINED FEW artists have the raw pulling power to bring together the kind of celebrity cabal present on McCartney III Imagined.
Trad/roots: A breath of fresh air from Beoga

PICASSO had his periods – Blue, Pink, African, Cubist.

Brexit

Brussels insists Northern Ireland Protocol must remain

The European Commission has warned that the Northern Ireland Protocol in the Brexit divorce settlement remains the only way to prevent the return of a hard border with the Republic.