Editorial: North cannot afford Covid risks

NEWS that a planned holiday-at-home voucher scheme has been abandoned will undoubtedly be another disappointment to hospitality businesses as they deal with cancelled Christmas bookings amid the latest Covid concerns.

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Editorial: Further Covid uncertainty ahead

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Editorial: School staff need support

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Editorial: Flags report exposes dysfunction and division

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Editorial: All must help drive down Covid rates

Editorial: Don't let violent elements set agenda

30 Nov, 2021

AT a time when the focus of everyone should be on protecting lives and supporting our health service against the ongoing threat from coronavirus, it is deeply depressing that some in our society have turned their minds to violent acts.

Time has come for Charlotte's Law

28 Nov, 2021

Charlotte Murray and Lu Na McKinney were two much loved women when they were murdered in the prime of their young lives by devious and calculating partners who were determined to avoid being held accountable for their crimes.

Editorial: Covid pandemic is far from over

27 Nov, 2021

EMERGING details of a worrying new Covid variant provide a stark warning of the dangers the virus still poses 20 months into the global pandemic.

Editorial: Flags report delay speaks to deep dysfunction

26 Nov, 2021

EVEN by the standards of Stormont, the delay in publishing the findings of the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition has been entirely unacceptable.

Editorial: Intimidation and sectarianism a scourge on society

25 Nov, 2021

THERE has rightly been strong condemnation of threatening graffiti which forced the withdrawal of contractors from the Rathcoole area outside north Belfast.

Editorial: We are at a crucial juncture in Covid battle

24 Nov, 2021

For the Stormont Executive, yesterday was all about putting on a united front and appealing to people across Northern Ireland to do their bit to reduce the spread of infection.

Editorial: Back to basics in Covid battle

23 Nov, 2021

ROBIN Swann's warning that some hospitality venues could have to close their doors over Christmas is the clearest signal yet of the precarious situation we face in this latest phase of the Covid pandemic.

Strong signal needed on public health advice

22 Nov, 2021

IT is perhaps no surprise, given the stubborn refusal of some in our society to heed pleas from politicians and health chiefs to take up the offer of a Covid vaccine, that the prospect of a mandatory passport scheme drew some protesters to the streets at the weekend.

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