'Lost' gun found by PSNI
More than 100 workers down tools at flagship university campus build
Strong deterrent message needs to be sent to loyalists planning protest parades - Dolores Kelly
NHS staff wrongly given priority over Fermanagh man with rare genetic disorder, High Court is told
Bimpe Archer: Ending sectarianism needs to start at the peace lines
Fermanagh back like a 'herd of bullocks' to prepare for Division Three challenge
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Coronavirus
NHS staff wrongly given priority over Fermanagh man with rare genetic disorder, High Court is told
Lives are at risk amid alleged discrimination in Northern Ireland's vaccination programme, the High Court has heard.
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Close contacts of confirmed Covid cases to be asked to take test
CLOSE contacts of confirmed Covid cases will be asked to take a test within 48 hours of being identified – whether or not they have symptoms – health minister Robin Swann has said.
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Orange Order ‘hopeful' of holding parades on July 12
Grand secretary Mervyn Gibson said he believes there will be parades on the streets of Northern Ireland this year.
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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.
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Republic's health bosses ‘expect and hope' Johnson & Johnson jab to be available soon
The European Medicines will rule on the safety of the jab next week, after its use was paused amid concerns over rare instances of blood clotting.
News
Permanent home found for Covid-19 stones of Donaghadee
AN IMPRESSIVE collection of stones which have been painted with simple messages of hope and solidarity and left on harbour walls in a Co Down town are to put on permanent display.
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Co Tyrone teen joins forces with Afghan orchestra for peace-building song
A Co Tyrone teenager who has battled a heart condition since birth has joined forces with Afghanistan’s first women's orchestra for a song aimed at peace-building and supporting women’s rights.
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More than 100 workers down tools at flagship university campus build
A FLAGSHIP university building project - beset by delays and rising costs - has suffered another serious blow.
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Arlene Foster must 'take action' over DUP members who make homophobic comments
Arlene Foster must "take action" against elected DUP members who make homophobic comments, an SDLP councillor has said.
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Co Down butter business wins top food award
A Co Down butter making business has won a top Irish food award.
Business
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Incomes soar 34 per cent as farmers help feed the nation
NEW Stormont figures show that total income from farming (TIFF) in Northern Ireland soared by more than a third last year.
Sport
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fermanagh back like a 'herd of bullocks' to prepare for Division Three challenge
THE Fermanagh players – including experienced duo Tiarnan Daly, Chris Snow and Hogan Cup winner Conor Love - will run out like a “herd of bullocks” when they take the field for training on Monday night, predicts manager Ryan McMenamin.
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.
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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”.
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Health service reform urgently needed
HEALTH minister Robin Swann has set out in the starkest terms the scale of the task that lies ahead for our health and social care service as it looks to a post-pandemic future.
Magazine
Mads Mikkelsen joins Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones 5
Ford will reprise his role as the all-action archaeologist while Waller-Bridge will also star.
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Sea shanty stars The Longest Johns recruit thousands-strong virtual choir
The group helped spark a viral craze of sea-shantying earlier this year.
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Ethical concerns raised over human cells grown in monkey embryos
UK experts have called for public discussion and debate about the ethical and regulatory challenges on human-animal chimeras.
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Doughnut coffin creates memorable send-off for New Zealander
The doughnut was the latest creation by Ross Hall, who runs a business in Auckland called Dying Art which custom builds colourful coffins.
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Singer Birdy reveals she rescued abandoned duckling during lockdown
The Skinny Love star spent much of last year living with her parents.
Life
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.
Topics
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Past Covid infection ‘does not fully protect young people against reinfection'
PREVIOUS coronavirus infection does not fully protect young people against reinfection, research suggests.
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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.
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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.
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Today's TV Thursday 15 April
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.
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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.
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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.
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Trad/roots: A breath of fresh air from Beoga
PICASSO had his periods – Blue, Pink, African, Cubist.
Brexit
Permanent facilities for Brexit checks at NI ports will not be ready ‘until 2023'
Uncertainty over the number of inspections that will be required has led to the delay, a senior official told an Assembly committee.
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Frost to meet Sefcovic in Brussels for talks on Northern Ireland's Brexit deal
Significant differences remain between the UK and European Union over the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Boris Johnson urged to convene urgent talks following riots
Shadow NI Secretary Louise Haigh said Boris Johnson could not be a “casual observer” on the disorder.
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Downward spiral will continue unless Northern Ireland Protocol resolved, Ian Paisley says
The DUP MP was speaking during a statement on recent disorder in Northern Ireland.
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Challenge to NI Protocol to be heard next month
A pan-unionist legal challenge to the Northern Ireland Protocol will be heard next month, a High Court judge has confirmed.
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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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You are not immune - socially distance yourself and others from smishing
Despite a challenging 2020, we are being hit particularly hard by an increasingly sophisticated cyber crime pandemic.
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