Opinion

Tom Kelly: Vaccine passports are the right way forward

Tom Kelly

After an absence of eighteen months I finally went back to London for work.

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Chris Donnelly: Reducing grammar sector would help break the selection stalemate

Chris Donnelly

Last week's announcement that a deal had been agreed amongst grammar schools to create a single testing system for post-primary transfer will not have come as a surprise.

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Hospitality and hospitals

22 Sep, 2021

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New investigation needed over Martin OHagan murder

26 Sep, 2021

While many appalling murders perpetrated by all sides during the Troubles remain officially unsolved, there must still be enormous concern that the killers of the Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan have never been convicted even though their identities are widely known.

Editorial: Transfer tests failing young people

25 Sep, 2021

THIRTEEN years have now passed since the last official 11-plus test was sat by primary school pupils in Northern Ireland.

Editorial: Winter health warnings must be heeded

24 Sep, 2021

The Stormont Executive held its first face-to-face meeting in nearly a year yesterday, against a backdrop of persistently high infection figures and dire warnings about the pressures facing the health service.

Bonfire problems must be addressed

23 Sep, 2021

ALTHOUGH the annual tensions around bonfires have now passed with the end of the summer, a court judgment this week is a welcome reminder that important issues remain unresolved.

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Joe Brolly's disparaging remarks about Rev Ian Paisley are totally inaccurate

I refer to the article on Joe Brolly – ‘The DUP needs to be called out’ (September 21) – in which readers are reminded of Mr Brolly’s shameful outburst on RTÉ, accusing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of “homophobia” and “racism”.

Shame on all who denied needy families the right to decent homes

24 Sep, 2021

I would like to respond to the article – ‘Planners recommend approval for £55m Belfast student block’ (August 17) – regarding student accommodation at Carrick Hill.

Not wise for president to rubber stamp creation of Northern Ireland

23 Sep, 2021

It would infuriate republican-nationalists beyond measure if our president was to attend a Church event next month in Armagh to mark Northern Ireland’s centenary and Ireland’s partition.

President made right decision to decline church service invitation

22 Sep, 2021

I welcome President Michael D Higgins’s decision to decline an invitation to attend the commemorative church service alongside Queen Elizabeth II marking the centenary of the partition of Ireland.

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Lynette Fay: Roll on the darker evenings

Lynette Fay

THE evenings are closing in, and some shops have even dared to start stocking Christmas decorations.

Chris Donnelly: Reducing grammar sector would help break the selection stalemate

Chris Donnelly

Last week's announcement that a deal had been agreed amongst grammar schools to create a single testing system for post-primary transfer will not have come as a surprise.