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Man dies in Co Antrim collision

NI records highest weekly Covid death toll, as it emerges new variant may be more deadly

Newton Emerson: DUP is suffering from a slight case of media over-analysis

Reflections on a tumultuous year for East Belfast GAC

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Fergal Keane: We were conveying the horror but we weren't doing enough to convey understanding

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Pat McEniff: Popular Donegal-born dentist always had time for people

Frances Gunn: Faith, family and work were great loves of nurse's life

Kenneth Mahood: Belfast-born cartoonist brought smiles to Daily Mail readers for 27 years

Reflections on a tumultuous year for East Belfast GAC

`Red flag' cancer patients to have surgery under new regional approach

Lennon and McInnes taken to task for 'publicly shaming clubs'

Coronavirus

Schools will avoid `punitive actions' after breaching Covid regulations

SCHOOLS that breached Covid regulations by bringing P7s back into classrooms to sit tests will avoid "punitive actions".

Topics

NI records highest weekly Covid death toll, as it emerges new variant may be more deadly

NORTHERN Ireland has again recorded its highest weekly coronavirus death toll, as it emerged a new variant may be associated with higher mortality.
UK variant of coronavirus 'associated with higher mortality'

The new variant of coronavirus that has emerged in the UK may be associated with a higher mortality rate, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned.
'Unrealistic' to think all restrictions will be lifted on March 5, Robin Swann says

It would be unrealistic to think all lockdown restrictions will be lifted on March 5, the health minister has said.
Covid-19: 12 more deaths as intensive care figures continue to rise

There have been another 12 deaths of people who had previously tested positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland.

News

Pat McEniff: Popular Donegal-born dentist always had time for people

HAVING been born and raised in the hotel trade in a busy seaside town, it was no surprise that Pat McEniff loved company.

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Bundoran

Kenneth Mahood: Belfast-born cartoonist brought smiles to Daily Mail readers for 27 years

WHEN Kenneth Mahood retired from the Daily Mail shortly before his 80th birthday, he had penned more than 14,000 cartoons for the newspaper.
North Belfast couple left 'devastated' following loss of baby boy

A north Belfast couple have told how the sudden death of their baby son has left them facing "the most devastating time in our lives".
Platform: Conor Murphy

COMMENTING on the draft budget I brought to the assembly this week, Newton Emerson (column, January 21) laments that “almost all talk is of spending, with almost none about tax”.
Schools will avoid `punitive actions' after breaching Covid regulations

SCHOOLS that breached Covid regulations by bringing P7s back into classrooms to sit tests will avoid "punitive actions".

Business

Covid-19 interventions sees sharp fall in the number of debt judgments

COVID-19 interventions saw the number of judgments taken out against consumers in the north fall by almost 60 per cent in the final three months of 2020.

Topics

Compensation scheme for savers sets aside extra £339m to cover failures

A UK Government-backed insurance body designed to step in when banks or investment schemes fail has said it will need an extra £339m to protect UK savers from the effects of Covid-19 in the coming financial year.
Covid-19: Lockdown of hotels cost NI economy £450m in 2020 - industry body

THE Covid-19 pandemic set the north’s hotel industry back by around £450 million in 2020, an industry body has said.
Ministers announce new business support funding as lockdown restrictions are extended into March

NEW support funding for Covid-19-hit businesses was announced on Thursday as ministers confirmed lockdown restrictions will remain in place until at least March.
Brexit: Northern Ireland protocol problems 'foreseeable', says Arlene Foster

Problems with the Northern Ireland protocol were predictable and had been foreseen, First Minister Arlene Foster has said.

Sport

Joe Gormley injury a blow for Cliftonville ahead of Premiership resumption

CLIFTONVILLE manager Paddy McLaughlin said there would be "no point in doing this if we are going to break the rules" after his squad, like their counterparts in the Irish Premiership’s other 11 clubs, were tested for Covid-19.

Topics

Irish Gaels in London, one big family says Aisling Clifford

Like all Irish communities, the last 10 months have been difficult for exiles in London, but the family focus of clubs like Holloway Gaels has helped its members survive and thrive.
Down warhorse Kevin McKernan looking forward to 15th season in red and black

CROSSMAGLEN on Sunday the 25th of March, 2007.
Reflections on a tumultuous year for East Belfast GAC

East Belfast GAC's first social media post.
Lennon and McInnes taken to task for 'publicly shaming clubs'

The fallout still continued yesterday after Celtic manager Neil Lennon rounded on the critics of his club’s controversial Dubai trip in an explosive press conference earlier this week.

Opinion

As lockdown is extended, it is vital that we support one another

NO-ONE will have been surprised that the Stormont executive this week agreed to extend the current lockdown restrictions to March 5.

Topics

Patrick Murphy: Explanation for the Mother and Baby homes offers an uncomfortable legacy for the modern Church and state

In a wonderfully Irish conclusion to a specifically Irish scandal, the report on the Mother and Baby Homes effectively decided that no one was responsible for it.
Newton Emerson: DUP is suffering from a slight case of media over-analysis

The DUP is experiencing a slight case of media over-analysis, after east Belfast MP Gavin Robinson agreed with comments three years ago from former DUP leader Peter Robinson (no relation) that unionists would be wise to prepare for a border poll.
British army role reflects depth of Covid crisis

BY any measure this current phase of the coronavirus pandemic is the most dangerous yet.
William Scholes: DUP and Brandon Lewis all at sea and in the gravy over Brexit border and Bisto

LIKE Frank Spencer on roller skates, there is something compelling about Brandon Lewis's performances on the so-called sea border.

Magazine

Horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II delayed again

Hollywood's release calendar has been thrown into chaos by the health crisis.

Topics

James Argent fears he will die without gastric surgery after weight balloons

The former The Only Way Is Essex star said he is unable to tie his own shoelaces.
Halsey cancels Manic tour after pandemic-enforced postponement

The singer said she had to prioritise the health and safety of her fans.
Claudia Winkleman: I thought it was a joke when I was offered BBC Radio 2 show

The presenter joins the station next month.
Chipmaker Intel blames internal error on data leak

The company's stock price closed down more than 9% on Friday.

Life

Marie Louise McConville: Carrie and some of the Sex and the City girls are back - and I can't wait

At last, a bit of good news amid these ongoing, gloomy Covid days.

Topics

Gardening: Six ways to rewild your garden and help save butterflies

IT'S A worrying reality that many of our native butterflies are in decline, as highlighted in a recent study of European species.
Fergal Keane: We were conveying the horror but we weren't doing enough to convey understanding

“I HAVE a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced.
The Casual Gardener: Jasmine shines in mid-winter

JANUARY is always a long month – dark, damp and cold to boot.
Netting a Bargain: Free £125 Amazon voucher with Virgin broadband; 20% off Hotter Shoes; 20% off Disney Store

- NEW customers taking a fibre-broadband-only package at Virgin Media get a free £125 Amazon voucher when they go via www.

Arts

Saturday Q&A: Cara Dillon on being a mum, relief at not touring and Mass from Dungiven

How do you unwind at the weekend? I feel really blessed but know lots of people have been struggling in lockdown.

Topics

Take on Nature: Kerri Ní Dochartaigh eloquently explores places between the worlds

SWIMMING in the Atlantic, the flight of a moth, the honk of swans overhead, small oases of wilderness in an urban sprawl – all open up Thin Places for Derry-born writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh.
Cult Movie: Roger Corman's Masque of The Red Death a mean-spirited but magnificently moody slice of Gothic cinema

Masque Of The Red Death WATCHING director Roger Corman's 1964 take on Edgar Allan Poe's legendary tale The Masque Of The Red Death in 2021 feels oddly right, in a way.
Albums: New music from Zayn Malik, Kiwi Jr, Still Corners and Steve Hackett

ZAYN – NOBODY IS LISTENING WHEN he departed One Direction in 2015, Zayn Malik made it clear he was not doing a Robbie Williams or a Justin Timberlake.
Cerys Matthews: I've never seen poetry as just a thing on the page

IN CERYS Matthews's native Welsh, the word cerdd can refer to both poetry and song.