DUP facing intense pressure over Brexit deal stance

Co Armagh GAA club with links to Ireland rugby captain Rory Best tell of their pride in the Poyntzpass man

Actor and drag queen appeals for return of distinctive 'orange wig' stolen outside Belfast bar

'IRA' claim blaze guns not used to target police

Tom Kelly: Theresa May gambling on the economic case to push through the Brexit deal

Best team won says Crossmaglen manager as Gweedore power into first ever Ulster final

Louis Walsh on Westlife, Boyzone, The X Factor and Elf on the Shelf

Sleb Safari: X Factor singer Christopher Maloney's string of bizarre mishaps

Ask Fiona: I'm afraid I've made a mistake becoming a mother

Latest

Police: Members of Sinn Féin 'did not co-operate' with PSNI in Máiría Cahill abuse investigation

Brother of Martin McGuinness working with former Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín to establish new pro-life republican party

Jeffrey Donaldson defiant on Brexit stance as businesses and farmers back Theresa May's withdrawal plan

Leo Varadkar says hard border not up for discussion regardless of Brexit deal fate

Steven Agnew: A People's Vote is the way forward for a sensible Brexit

Man shot up to six time and then beaten with iron bars in Derry punishment attack

Brexit

Mary Lou McDonald: Backstop must be maintained and protected

AMID all the chaos in Westminster, there are few certainties as to where the Brexit circus will stumble to next.

Topics

Amber Rudd urges Tory rebels to back Theresa May's Brexit deal

AMBER Rudd has pleaded with Tory rebels to back Theresa May's Brexit deal after returning to the British prime minister's ministerial team following a raft of resignations.
Lady Sylvia Hermon to consider backing Theresa May's Brexit deal

NORTHERN Ireland's sole independent MP Lady Sylvia Hermon has said she is considering voting for the EU withdrawal agreement in the House of Commons.
Michael Gove 'won't resign from British government' in boost to Theresa May's Brexit plans

Britain's environment secretary Michael Gove is expected to remain in his job following speculation he would resign over over Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.
Ulster Farmers Union calls on DUP to consider supporting Theresa May's Brexit deal

The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has called on the DUP to consider supporting Theresa May's Brexit deal.

News

Court evidence rules reviewed amid underwear controversy

THE taoiseach has said he has commissioned an "eminent person" to examine the rules around evidence in the courts.

Topics

Stardust fire families find new evidence to petition for fresh case

SURVIVORS and families of victims who died in the Stardust fire in Dublin say they have found new evidence and will petition the attorney general for a fresh inquest.
Patsy Donnelly: Exemplary Gael was man of few words but mighty action

THE theologian Albert Schweitzer once said: "Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing" - and Patsy Donnelly lived this statement to the full.
Queen's university to hold medieval Irish evening

QUEEN'S University is set to hold an evening dedicated to old medieval Irish.
Schools unhappy with plan for new Irish language primary

READY PLANS to open the first stand-alone Irish language primary school in Armagh are facing strong opposition.

Business

It's right up their street for Portadown and Lisburn

TWO Northern Ireland high streets have been recognised amongst the UK's best in this year's Great British High Street Awards, each winning £5,000 for their local communities.

Topics

Site of proposed Belfast student accommodation on the market for £2.5m

A PROPOSED multi-million pound Belfast student accommodation block, previously the subject of a High Court challenge, has been put up for sale.
Linwoods Dairy auction attracting international attention

AN online auction, which will see machinery and equipment from a Co Armagh dairy go under the hammer is attracting international attention.
Irish consultancy firm to create 100 jobs after NIE contract win

AN Irish consultancy firm has announced plans to recruit 100 staff in the north after securing a seven-year contract with NIE (Northern Ireland Electricity).
Virgin Media and EE fined combined £13.3m over 'excessive' exit fees

VIRGIN Media and EE have been fined a combined £13.

Sport

Brilliant Rory Best able to block out All Blacks pressure

Topics

Little progress made for the Republic of Ireland as they prepare for stiff Denmark test

NOT a press conference goes by these days without Republic of Ireland Martin O’Neill mentioning the need for his players to be better in possession.
Reputation will count for nothing when Gweedore clash with Crossmaglen in Ulster semi-final says Eamonn McGee

GWEEDORE won't be intimidated by Crossmaglen's reputation when they meet them tomorrow says Eamonn McGee.
Irish News Past Papers - Nov 17 1998: Fermanagh can win All-Ireland title but injury worries mount

Back in the day: 20 years ago today.. a look at some of the sports stories making the headlines in The Irish News...
Patsy Donnelly: Exemplary Gael was man of few words but mighty action

THE theologian Albert Schweitzer once said: "Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing" - and Patsy Donnelly lived this statement to the full.

Opinion

Patrick Murphy: SIF shows misuse of public resources for electoral gain persists

WHAT exactly is the difference between allocating a council house to a 19-year-old woman in Caledon in 1968 and allocating the Social Investment Fund's £79 million of public money, on the same basis of political favouritism, 50 years later? Sinn Féin and DUP supporters will reject any comparison between the old and the new (currently suspended) Stormont.

Topics

Newton Emerson: Rather than take credit for deal, DUP is rushing over the cliff edge

Rather than take some credit for the best EU withdrawal deal Northern Ireland was ever likely to get, the DUP has decided to push its Brexit brinkmanship over the cliff edge.
Weapons discovery a serious setback to dissident republicans

The discovery of a haul of deadly weapons in west Belfast has undoubtedly dealt a severe blow to the dissident republican group known as New IRA.
Bimpe Archer: Journalism must not lose its humility as it writes 'first rough draft' of history

THE irony of a profession dedicated to making complex concepts and debates as straightforward and concise as possible being recognised by something with as unwieldy a title as 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists' is not lost on me.
Alex Kane: Conservative Party heading for rupture - and there's nothing Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg can do about it

IN politics, purists are the most difficult people to deal with.

Magazine

Saira Khan nearly turned down Dancing On Ice before son changed her mind

The Loose Women star also said she is considering adopting another child.

Topics

Strictly curse wouldn't happen if people are happy, says former star Cacace

The former Strictly star has been in two high-profile romances with partners from the show.
Danny Dyer targets Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage in Brexit rant

The actor tells The Big Issue he has some sympathy for Prime Minister Theresa May.
Ruth Wilson takes on challenge of playing her own grandmother

The actress says starring as her ancestor in the upcoming BBC drama Mrs Wilson is ‘one of the hardest things I've done'.
Stanley Johnson urges UK to ‘chuck Chequers' on Brexit blind date

The former MEP is among famous Remain and Leave campaigners discussing the divisive issue on the segment for the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

Life

2018 Christmas adverts so far failing to fire up festive fun

So, the festive countdown has begun.

Topics

Eating Out: Move over, burgers – sausages are the stars at HappyDOG

HappyDOG 11 Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5AF 028 9009 8999 AMID the inexorable rise of facial hair and fancy gin and fancier tonic, and pubs where you can get a haircut (don’t touch the beard!) and choose from a thousand beers cooked up in a thousand places by a thousand hirsute geezers, something was needed to line the stomach.
Five reasons why Rotterdam ought to be your next foodie destination

HANG on tight if you sit out the back on a water taxi in Rotterdam.
Stephen Colton's Take on Nature: Whatever we do to 'the web', we do to ourselves

A RECENT report, The Living Planet Report 2018, written for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) makes uncomfortable reading, identifying human behaviour as the cause for a fall in wildlife populations globally of 60 per cent between 1974 and 2014.
Celebrity quotes: Miley Cyrus on losing her home to wildfires, Matt Goss on Bros

"My house no longer stands but the memories shared with family & friends stand strong.

Arts

Steafán Hanvey and Bobbie Hanvey on new book of photos and verse, Reconstructions

BOBBIE Hanvey has been documenting life in Northern Ireland for almost 50 years now.

Topics

Lynette Fay: Why November means Armagh for a dyed-in-the-wool Tyrone woman

NOVEMBER, November..
Zoe Kazan on finally working with Coen brothers in The Balled Of Buster Scruggs

ZOE Kazan is inspecting the headboard of the bed in the hotel room.
Cult Movie: Comics and the films they spawned owe a huge debt to Stan Lee

STAN Lee, who passed away this week at the age of 95, played a massive part in my childhood.
Gig guide: Live music for the week ahead

Today An Orchestral Interpretation of Dr Dre's 2001 – The Limelight, Belfast Aslan – The Empire, Belfast Electric Octopus, Unbelievable Lake – The Menagerie, Belfast Twelve Step Program, Ethan Hanna, Psyphony etc – The Pavilion, Belfast Waldorf & Cannon, Badhands – Bennigans, Derry Rory Nellis – Koko, Portrush, 3pm Drew Hamill – Portstewart Arms, Portstewart, 6pm Tony Whitten – Babushka, Portrush, 6pm Runabay – The Anchor, Portstewart, 7.

Omagh bombing

Mother of Omagh bombing victim Aiden Gallagher breaks silence in emotional letter backing Nuala O'Loan

THE mother of Omagh bombing victim Aiden Gallagher has spoken publicly for the first time since his death 20 years ago to praise a former Police Ombudsman’s comment that the atrocity could have been prevented.

Topics

Omagh bombing victim's husband 'flabbergasted' by former police ombudsman's claim

FORMER police ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has been criticised by the husband of an Omagh bomb victim for claiming that the atrocity was preventable.
Nationalist commentator criticised for Omagh bomb comments

A nationalist commentator has been criticised for making "absolutely despicable "comments in relation to the Omagh bomb after he said those killed were not murdered.
Video: Omagh remembers its dead

A BELL has tolled 32 times in Omagh at ceremony to remember those who lost their lives in the bombing 20 years ago today.
Nuala O'Loan says Omagh bomb could have been prevented

A FORMER policing watchdog who investigated the Omagh bombing has said it could have been prevented.

Pope's visit

Lasting souvenir of Papal visit Ireland with release of a commemorative book

PILGRIMS can now have a lasting souvenir of the historic Papal visit to Dublin, Knock and the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) with the release of a commemorative book.

Topics

Film reveals effect of Pope John Paul II's visit to Republic

A new documentary highlights the effect Pope John Paul ll's visit to the Republic in 1979 had on the peace process.
Pope Francis 'tasted pain and bitterness' of abuse during Irish visit

POPE Francis has lamented how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after accusations that he himself covered up for a former US cardinal.
ANALYSIS: DUP has yet to give an adequate explanation for Papal snub

It's important that people respect Arlene Foster's decision not to attend Saturday's civic reception for Pope Francis in Dublin Castle.
From Rome to Croke Park in 12 hours with Pope Francis

'UNGODLY hour' might not be the correct term when you are about to fly with the Pope, but it well describes the 3.45am alarm call that woke me on Saturday after a couple of hours' restless sleep.

Civil Rights

Stormont discrimination of Catholics 'hugely exaggerated' says David Trimble's ex-aide

A FORMER adviser to ex-First Minister David Trimble has claimed discrimination against Catholics by Stormont before the civil rights movement has been "hugely exaggerated".

Topics

Fionnuala O Connor: Press reports from 1968 show unionist leaders unable to grasp what was happening

RUC men on that Saturday fifty years ago blattered their way into history on camera, leaving newsprint catching-up as the Troubles, and the next week, began.
Leona O'Neill: Those who commemorate the IRA are no champions of civil rights in my eyes

WE’VE just come out of a weekend that marked probably one of the most important moments in Northern Ireland’s history, the birth of the civil rights movement.
Deaglán de Bréadún: Where is the Bernadette Devlin of today to give voice to nationalists at Westminster?

IF YOU are an Irish nationalist or republican or simply a person who believes in resisting oppression, you probably need cheering-up under current circumstances.
Ulster Unionist peer had to walk through Sinn Féin rally

Ken Maginnis, the County Tyrone peer, found himself in the middle of a Sinn Féin rally in Derry on Saturday.

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