Large crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathers at Stormont as 319 new cases confirmed

Coronavirus: 567 cases confirmed across island of Ireland

Don't travel to Donegal holiday home or caravan, Arlene Foster warns

Council rejects proposal to withdraw funding from the GAA following pitch invasion

`Send bubbles home' guidance was wrong

Patrick Murphy: Poor decision-making has turned a public health problem into a crisis

Jake O'Kane: We've been left to navigate the next few months using common sense

RF Foster on how writing about Seamus Heaney made him revere the poet and his poetry even more

The Casual Gardener: Something special about sunflowers

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The New Normal: How a trainee ranger scheme is helping young people's job prospects during lockdown

Today's TV Saturday 26 September

Finn Harps facing fight to steer clear of relegation zone

Derry fall as two-goal drama deep in injury time sees Bohemians triumph

Aaron Rai leads Irish Open golf as Shane Lowry among early exits

'To do that in Mexico, oh my God... when he came back to the corner I was saying ‘what the f**k are you doing?’

Coronavirus

The New Normal: How a trainee ranger scheme is helping young people's job prospects during lockdown

When Laura Shiels finished her undergraduate degree in geography, she was not sure which career path to follow.

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Coronavirus: 567 cases confirmed across island of Ireland

There have been 319 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Northern Ireland in the last 24-hour reporting period, the Department of Health has said.
Large crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathers at Stormont as 319 new cases confirmed

Crowds of people have protested against the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions days after further measures were imposed across Northern Ireland.
Complacency blamed for north west's alarming spike in Covid-19 cases

COMPLACENCY following the north west’s success in combating the first wave of coronavirus could explain this week’s spike in cases, a Derry GP has said.
Events sector highlights impact of Covid restrictions

HUNDREDS of people employed in the events sector came together at Belfast's Custom House Square yesterday to highlight the impact of Covid restrictions on their livelihoods.

News

The New Normal: How a trainee ranger scheme is helping young people's job prospects during lockdown

When Laura Shiels finished her undergraduate degree in geography, she was not sure which career path to follow.

Topics

Coronavirus: 567 cases confirmed across island of Ireland

There have been 319 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Northern Ireland in the last 24-hour reporting period, the Department of Health has said.
Large crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathers at Stormont as 319 new cases confirmed

Crowds of people have protested against the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions days after further measures were imposed across Northern Ireland.
David Cook: Belfast's first non-unionist mayor was man ahead of his time

As the first rays of sunlight seeped through the upstairs window on Belfast's Botanic Avenue early on April 21 1970, the symbolism of the new dawn was not lost on David Cook.
Fresh concerns raised about north Belfast housing plans

CAMPAIGNERS in north Belfast have voiced concerns over plans to provide social housing in the area.

Business

Lidl confirms demolition plans to build new concept store in Omagh

GERMAN retailer Lidl has confirmed plans to embark on a demolition project in Omagh to make way for a new concept store on its existing site.

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Revolución de Cuba owner warns it could shut sites to stave off collapse

THE owner of the Revolución de Cuba bar in Belfast city centre has warned it could shut sites as part of a radical restructuring to stave off collapse amid fears it will take a heavy hit from fresh coronavirus restrictions.
At least 80,000 still furloughed in Northern Ireland - new Ulster University analysis

BETWEEN 80,000 and 85,000 people are still furloughed in the north, a new report from Ulster University has estimated.
Irish government considers EU Commission appeal over Apple tax case

The Irish government said it will consider the legal grounds of the European Commission's appeal over a court decision not to order Apple to pay back 13 billion euros (£11.6 billion) in taxes to the Repubilc of Ireland.
Wrightbus may have gone under without unlawful £2.5m Invest NI loan - Auditor General

Wrightbus may have gone under if Invest NI had not pumped in £2.5 million of rescue funding that was later ruled to be unlawful state aid, the auditor general has said.

Sport

Finn Harps facing fight to steer clear of relegation zone

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Derry fall as two-goal drama deep in injury time sees Bohemians triumph

Bohemians…(0) 2 Ward (94 pen); Wright (95) Derry City…(1) 1 Akintunde (2)
Aaron Rai leads Irish Open golf as Shane Lowry among early exits
Crosserlough do battle with Kingscourt Stars in Cavan Senior Championship final

Cavan Senior Football Championship final: Crosserlough v Kingscourt Stars (tonight, Kingspan Breffni, 7.
Ederney aiming to stop Fermanagh SFC six in-a-row for Derrygonnelly

Fermanagh SFC Final: Derrygonnelly Harps (holders) v Ederney St Joseph's (Brewster Park, 6pm Sunday)

Opinion

Patrick Murphy: Poor decision-making has turned a public health problem into a crisis

Poor political leadership, administrative incompetence and some people’s selfishness - they would appear to be the three main reasons for the current health emergency in Britain and Ireland.

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Newton Emerson: Stormont's top priority must be restoring access to healthcare

If we are heading into at least another six months of covid restrictions, restoring access to healthcare must be Stormont’s top priority.
Continued economic support essential as furlough scheme ends

PARALLEL with the coronavirus's public health implications have been its enormous economic impact.
William Scholes: Pope's pandemic encyclical a counter-cultural call to 'common belonging'

When Pope Francis addresses the United Nations General Assembly today, he will do so by video rather than in person; such is the impact of Covid-19 that even the UN and popes have to progress their business by Zoom and FaceTime.
Alex Kane: Second time around will be much harder than the first lockdown

The executive (like Boris Johnson) may not be describing the latest batch of regulations and restrictions as a lockdown, but it's pretty close to being one.

Magazine

Yusuf/Cat Stevens ‘cleverly framed' to look like he backed Rushdie fatwa

The musician addressed his high-profile conversion to Islam on Desert Island Discs.

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London Marathon's oldest ‘ever-present' runner is injury free

Ken Jones, 87, will run around his home town of Strabane, Co Tyrone, with a special app tracking his progress due to the pandemic.
Doctor Foster writer reveals inspiration behind new series

Life features four interweaving stories from a house, divided into flats, in Manchester.
Woman to run virtual London Marathon after operation to remove lower bowel

Fiona Diamond was 55 when she had the ‘life-changing' operation.
I wanted Life to be like an Attenborough documentary, says writer of BBC drama

The series begins on BBC One on Tuesday.

Life

Today's TV Saturday 26 September

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Marie Louise McConville: Hopefully Lady Gaga's revelations about her mental health battles will help others

No-one likes feeling vulnerable but sometimes we have little choice.
Take on Nature: The wind has started to do the job of thinning out my little forest

AN ALDER planted as a bare-root sapling seven years ago and that had grown to 10 metres was felled by high winds a few weeks ago.
The Casual Gardener: Something special about sunflowers

IT'S said that familiarity breeds contempt.
Nutrition with Jane McClenaghan: My day-by-day guide to a week of wellness

THE week ahead is Healthy Eating Week 2020.

Arts

RF Foster on how writing about Seamus Heaney made him revere the poet and his poetry even more

PROFESSOR of Irish History and Literature at Queen Mary University of London and emeritus professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford, RF Foster published WB Yeats: A Life, his acclaimed biography of one of Ireland's greatest poets, in 2003.

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Cult Movie: Sergio Corbucci's lesser seen spaghetti western The Specialists still worth serving up

The Specialists LOVERS of classic spaghetti westerns will know the name of Sergio Corbucci.
Bill & Ted's Alex Winter: When people see Keanu and me together it completely blows their minds

It didn't sink in for Alex Winter that he was making a third Bill & Ted movie until he and his friend Keanu Reeves were in the famous time travelling phone booth together, 30 years after their last outing.
Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman an iconic moment of the early 70s

Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, was 21 when he recorded Tea For The Tillerman.
Albums: New music from Alicia Keys, Idles, Roisin Murphy and Diana Krall

Alicia Keys – ALICIA IN A year of social unrest in America, Alicia Keys' seventh album is both a soothing balm and a rousing call to arms.

Brexit

Lawyers instructed on possible legal challenge to Internal Markets Bill

LAWYERS last night said they have been instructed to consider pursuing a legal challenge to the British government's Internal Markets Bill.

Topics

British government drops Northern Ireland food blockade fears amid Brexit deal optimism

The British government has dropped suggestions that Brussels could block food exports from Britain to Northern Ireland as it signalled optimism over trade deal negotiations with the EU.
Northern Ireland Protocol must be implemented in full and in good faith, says Simon Coveney

The Northern Ireland Protocol must be implemented in full to give the region's businesses the certainty they crave, Simon Coveney has said.
EU not contemplating blocking Northern Ireland food supplies, says retail group

The EU is not contemplating blocking food supplies to Northern Ireland, a representative of the country's largest supermarkets has said.
Ireland's Future and Nicva voice concerns about impact of UK Internal Market Bill

CIVIC society groups have raised concerns about the impact of the British government's UK Internal Market Bill on the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process.

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