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New investigation needed over Martin OHagan murder

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.

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Editorial: Transfer tests failing young people

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Editorial: Winter health warnings must be heeded

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Bonfire problems must be addressed

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Editorial: Health service must be top priority

Editorial: Politicians have duty to help save lives

21 Sep, 2021

THERE will have been huge relief among organ donation campaigners after a bill creating a new 'opt-out' system took another important step towards becoming law.

Stormont climate change act is urgently needed

20 Sep, 2021

The Climate Craic festival staged symbolically in the grounds of the Stormont estate in Belfast yesterday was a significant event which deserved to be resonate with all the elected representatives who sit in the adjoining Parliament Buildings.

Editorial: History retains power to divide

18 Sep, 2021

AFTER meeting with President Michael D Higgins at the Vatican yesterday, Pope Francis offered thanks to God that "Ireland has such a wise man as its head".

Tunnel to Scotland going nowhere

17 Sep, 2021

IN his well-thumbed playbook of implausible projects to distract both himself and the general public from more important matters, even Boris Johnson must have considered a tunnel from Scotland to Northern Ireland a little far-fetched.

Editorial: Vaccines remain best weapon in Covid fight

16 Sep, 2021

IT is a tragic reality that despite enormous efforts by public health authorities to encourage take-up of Covid jabs, it is sometimes only a human story of heartbreak and loss that provides the spur to finally take that important step.

Clear messaging needed on voucher scheme

15 Sep, 2021

A start date for the long-awaited high street voucher scheme was unveiled yesterday, ten months after the initiative was first announced.

Opinion: Covid vaccinations for children a significant step

Editorial 14 Sep, 2021

The decision by the UK's four chief medical officers to recommend Covid jabs for 12 to 15-year-olds is the most significant move to ramp up our vaccination programme in months.

Stormont may no longer be sustainable

13 Sep, 2021

It is increasingly clear that we are entering a defining period for our devolved institutions, with a realistic prospect that they will be permanently abandoned if the DUP carries out its bellicose threats of recent days.

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