Eight-year-old victim of Co Down car crash described as 'precious'

Senior Sinn Féin man tells of secret meeting before UVF unit halted killing spree

Crusading mother seeking cannabis oil licence for son after three-decade fight

Omagh traders celebrate bumper weekend despite Super 8s loss to Dubs

Claire Simpson: Essence of pure Paisley is undistilled confidence flavoured with the ridiculous

Disappointed Tyrone manager Mickey Harte takes positives from loss to Dublin

Sleb Safari: Elle McPherson's diet and exercise regime would make you tired just thinking about it

Ask Fiona: GP thinks my husband and daughter arguing is making me depressed

Nuala McCann: A problem free philosophy? Huh, ask Beckett about that one

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Kerry boy wonder David Clifford denies Monaghan All-Ireland semi-final place

Co Down climber is first from Northern Ireland to conquer K2

GAA president to meet organisers of Liam Miller match amid row over use of Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Red Hand Commando flags with Irish language slogan flown

Funeral for west Belfast mother who died in Turkey

Israel evacuates white helmets to Jordan from Syria border

News

Donegal man born in Newry mother and baby home appeals for information about teenage birth mother

A Donegal man who believes he may have been subject to a cross-border adoption from a mother and baby home in Co Down has launched a desperate appeal to find his birth family.

Topics

Crusading mother seeking cannabis oil licence for son after three-decade fight

MOTION Pictures, the seventh track on Neil Young's 1974 album On the Beach, was the only thing that would soothe Deaglan Kelly as he battled horrific seizures as a baby.
Campaign group that helped secure cannabis oil licence for Co Down girl backs west Belfast family

A CAMPAIGN group that was 'instrumental' in getting a cannabis oil licence for a Co Down girl has criticised the new application process - claiming it is weighted unfairly against some families.
'Hardworking, cheerful, generous family': 30th anniversary of IRA murders of Hannas recalled

TODAY marks the 30th anniversary of the murder of three members of a family in an IRA bomb intended for a senior judge.
Senior Sinn Féin man tells of secret meeting before UVF unit halted killing spree

A senior member of Sinn Féin has revealed details of a secret meeting with loyalists before a deadly UVF unit called a halt to its murder campaign.

Sport

Disappointed Tyrone manager Mickey Harte takes positives from loss to Dublin

THERE were plenty of positives, but no ‘Super 8’ points, for Tyrone on Saturday night and that left Mickey Harte “hugely disappointed” on the one hand.

Topics

Kevin McStay could face cesure after confronting linesman

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Super 8s Group Two, Round Two: Roscommon 0-12 Donegal 0-20 KEVIN McStay has pleaded his innocence after the ball he threw hit a linesman on the head as the Roscommon and Donegal players made their way off the field at the half-time interval of Saturday's Super 8s clash.
The Irish News Archive: July 23 1998: Shelbourne give Rangers a Euro fright night

Back in the day: 20 years ago today..a look at some of the sports stories making the headlines on this day
Michael Murphy's class shines through as Donegal set up Super 8s showdown with Tyrone

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Super 8s Group Two, Round Two: Roscommon 0-12 Donegal 0-20 BOOM.
Derry hurlers snatch victory from jaws of defeat against Meath

All Ireland Under 21B Championship semi-final: Derry 3-16 Meath 3-14 A dramatic injury-time finish saw Derry snatch victory from the jaws of defeat over Meath at Trim.

Business

Travel expenses and tax relief

QUESTION : I work for a engineering company and travel to work each day by car to the head office which is 20 miles from my family home.

Topics

Insurance is all about the right advice

THEY say that “you don't buy insurance because you are going to die, but because those you love are going to live.
Inheritance Tax abolished?

Tax changes and budgets are often used as a bogeyman to nudge people along with their financial planning.
Dixons Travel jets into Belfast International Airport

ELECTRICAL retailer Dixons Travel has opened its first store in the north at Belfast International Airport.
Belfast IT firm Zenith agrees deal to buy Larne-based GSL

A LEADING Belfast-based IT firm has acquired a Larne company as part of ongoing expansion plans.

Opinion

Claire Simpson: Essence of pure Paisley is undistilled confidence flavoured with the ridiculous

THERE'S a photo of Ian Paisley during the last general election campaign which seems to sum up his entire political career.

Topics

Tom Kelly: Theresa May trapped in a Brexit problem of her own making

"I don't think in my 35 years as MP that I have even known such a truly unpleasant and deeply uncertain time in the House.
Britain must provide Brexit solutions

After another period of growing Brexit upheaval, taoiseach Leo Varadkar went straight to the heart of the matter when he said that the country which had created the crisis, Britain, had the primary responsibility for coming up with a solution.
SF has criminalised republican armed struggle

Ian Paisley jnr took the opportunity recently to remind secretary of state Karen Bradley of the terms of the ‘Supply and Confidence’ arrangement between the DUP and Tory government with a specific reference to ex-British service personnel applying for jobs as border guards.
Newton Emerson: Resigning would be the selfless thing for Paisley to do

WE are all familiar with the arguments for and against abstentionism but it can no longer be argued that avoiding the Commons makes no practical difference.

Magazine

Sylvester McCoy: I had to get my head around female Doctor but it's so exciting

The show's fans recently got to see a glimpse of Jodie Whittaker in the role for the first time.

Topics

Robson Green has advice for actors who feel pressure to maintain their looks

The Grantchester actor will be appearing next in Age Before Beauty.
David Bowie demo rejected by record company up for sale

The 1963 tape features a 16-year-old Bowie, then David Jones, in his first band The Konrads.
‘Splendidly ugly' artworks to go on show

Ranger's House in Greenwich, London, is home to more than 700 works of fine and decorative art.
National Album Day announced to celebrate UK's love of the music format

The special day to celebrate albums will take place 70 years after the first album was released.

GFA20

Brexit must not undermine peace process, Hillary Clinton says on Dublin visit

Hillary Clinton has said Brexit should not be allowed to undermine the Northern Ireland peace process.

Topics

Jeremy Corbyn: 'Unconscionable' that civil servants and not elected politicians are making major decisions

Jeremy Corbyn has said it is "unconscionable" for elected politicians to have no say in major decisions in Northern Ireland as he called on the Stormont parties to come together to resurrect devolution.
Jeremy Corbyn: Ending Stormont deadlock requires tough choices and compromise

In his first visit to Northern Ireland as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn told an invited audience at Queen's University Belfast that the region stands at a "potential crossroads".
Allison Morris: 20 years after the Agreement, we still need brave and outspoken leadership

IT is a heavy burden of responsibility to make decisions that impact on the future of people's lives, that's why so few, even those in elected positions of authority, ever really stick their necks out.
Opinion split of influence of U2's historic Good Friday Agreement Waterfront gig

THE head of the campaign that helped secure a resounding endorsement for the Good Friday Agreement in the 1998 referendum is sceptical about claims that a high-profile concert days before the historic vote helped swing the result.

Life

TV Quickfire: Eat, Shop, Save presenter Ranvir Singh

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM SERIES 2 OF EAT, SHOP, SAVE? It's an insight into what is in the food we're eating and the things that you can do in your life that can genuinely transform your – and your family's – sense of wellbeing.

Topics

Ask Fiona: GP thinks my husband and daughter arguing is making me depressed

MY HUSBAND and 17-year-old daughter fight and argue over anything and everything.
Sleb Safari: Elle McPherson's diet and exercise regime would make you tired just thinking about it

AND so to Florida where The Body, aka Elle McPherson, has been sharing what makes her tick.
Andrea McLean on the fear of death from her life-threatening blood disease

ON ITV's Loose Women, Andrea McLean looks the picture of glamour, health and confidence, but in private, she's been battling both emotional and physical trauma.
On trend: Eight slogan sun hats to steal the spotlight in this summer

Looking for some summer shade? Here are eight hats that might just fit the bill.

Arts

Do the most beautiful places in the world have to be in the country?

Mamma Mia! star Pierce Brosnan: There was Mum with Meryl – she was in heaven

PIERCE Brosnan is a very good son.
Féile scannánaíochta faisnéise a bhfuil ábhair machnaimh go raidhsiúil inti
Dystopian thriller Hotel Artemis worth checking in with

HOTEL ARTEMIS (15, 94 mins) Thriller/Sci-Fi/Action/Romance.
Cult Movie: Inherit The Wind still as relevant today as it was in McCarthy era

VIEWED today, Inherit The Wind may appear to be, on the surface at least, little more than a well made, well acted but ultimately fairly straightforward courtroom drama.

Decommissioning

Decommissioning special report: Bloody feuds followed 1972 ceasefire

IN the early days of the Troubles the Official IRA was mainly led by veteran republicans who had been involved in the 'border campaign' of the 1950s and '60s.

Topics

Rev Harold Good: Decommissioning was a 'huge event, it changed the scenery'

TAKING the gun out Irish politics posed what at the time seemed insurmountable challenges and was only made possible due to the behind-the-scenes work of a number of determined individuals, among them Methodist minister Harold Good.
Exclusive: The inside story of how the gun was taken out of Irish politics

IT was a process shrouded in secrecy and the destruction of weapons first by the Provisional IRA, and later loyalist paramilitaries and smaller republican groups, was essential to sealing the peace. But the finer details of how and where those groups...
Republican murders might have jeopardised Official IRA decommissioning

A senior member of the Official IRA has said if the murders of Gerard 'Jock' Davison and Kevin McGuigan had happened at the time of decommissioning, it may have reconsidered handing over its weapons.
Decommissioning special report: Official IRA thought to have killed 54 people

THE Official IRA is thought to have killed 54 people during the Troubles.

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