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RHI: Who's behind the Renewable Heat Association?

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Man dies in motorcycle accident in Cookstown

A MAN in his forties died in the accident in Co Tyrone.

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RHI: Who's behind the Renewable Heat Association?

THE Renewable Heat Association for Northern Ireland (RHANI) represents those involved in the renewable heat industry including non-domestic RHI scheme claimants.
Police investigating Stephen Brimstone over RHI while DUP Spad

Police were investigating Stephen Brimstone's application to the botched RHI scheme while he was a special adviser to the First Minister.
Teachers in pay row preparing for latest strike action

UNIONS and employers remain poles apart in a pay dispute, the education minister has said, as teachers gear up for a third strike day.
More than £240 million needed for schools to 'stand still'

THE north's education system needs £240 million extra for schools to continue providing services they offer now, a Stormont committee has heard.

Sport

Andy Watters' postcard from Las Vegas

NOTHING was going to stop Andy Watters getting out to Las Vegas.... nothing!

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Back in the Day - January 26 1997: Ulster suffer second half collapse in Railway Cup semi-final

A look back at sporting events on this date 20 years ago...
Kevin Madden: Tyrone are capable of reaching National League final

WITH the Dr McKenna Cup final due to be played this weekend, we can now turn our attentions to the much-anticipated Allianz National Football League.
On This Day - Jan 26, 1973 - Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is born

Kick off your day with a few sporting greats, dates and quick quiz blitz...
Pomeroy captain Hugh McGeary looking old hands to lead in All-Ireland Club IFC clash

POMEROY’S young captain, Hugh Pat McGeary, is looking to old hands for leadership in Sunday’s All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final.

Business

Downpatrick school first in Europe to use Pluralsight learning platform

STUDENTS at a school in Downpatrick have become the first in Europe to tap into a unique IT learning system which offers 5,000 online courses created by 800 digital leaders worldwide

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RBS earmarks further £3.1 billion for us mortgage mis-selling claims

ULSTER Bank parent firm Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside another $3.
Apprenticeship Levy one of 'key priorities' for new government, says construction body

A CALL to address the impact of the new Apprentice Levy is one of the key priorities set out in an urgent wish list from the Construction Employers Federation ahead of the Assembly elections.
Downpatrick school takes European lead in digital learning platform

STUDENTS at a school in Downpatrick have become the first in Europe to tap into a unique IT learning system which offers 5,000 online courses created by 800 digital leaders worldwide.
Rents rise expected according to latest RICS and Ulster Bank survey

RENT costs are expected to rise within the next three months following heightened demand for commercial property across the north.

Opinion

Allison Morris: Ian Paisley's few kind words in a bleak political environment

Another week and another avalanche of allegations and revelations linked to the doomed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.

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Newton Emerson: DUP may not meet Sinn Fein's limited demands

THE election posters are up and the negotiation demands are in.
Trump's vision for America will cause international apprehension

Any hopes that Donald Trump would present a more statesmanlike demeanour once he assumed the presidency last Friday have been rudely dispelled.
Dublin arms seizure has saved lives

There can only be enormous concern over the scale of the weaponry which was seized by Gardaí during a major raid at a warehouse in west Dublin.
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All the key points from Donald Trump's first interview as president

Everything the president thinks about the wall, torture, healthcare and more.

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Thousands of demonstrators have taken to New York to protest Donald Trump's immigration policies

“This is what America looks like.”
Jasper Conran found Andy Warhol 'a bit dull' when out with artist in the 1970s

The pair visited the renowned Studio 54 nightclub together.
Should Australia Day actually be celebrated?

For some, it is known as Survival or Invasion Day.
Ellen DeGeneres pokes fun at Finding Dory's Oscars snub

Ellen said the film been nominated for an Academy Award “according to alternative facts”.

Life

Catholic Schools Week encourages us to be advocates in environmental justice on behalf of the voiceless

CATHOLIC Schools Week, which begins on Sunday, is the annual celebration of Catholic schools throughout Ireland which marks and acknowledges the contribution that the family of Catholic schools make to Irish society, the wider world and the mission of the Church.

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Festival urges Christians to pray for the transformation of Belfast

CHRISTIANS from every corner of Belfast will meet to pray for the transformation of the city - and call for reconciliation to be at the centre of the assembly election.
Eat yourself up: Perky foods that help beat the winter blues

FEEL sluggish and demotivated at this time of year? If the answer's 'yes', and you find yourself reaching for caffeine or sugar for a quick boost, you're in good company.
First female bishop in Wales consecrated

WALES has consecrated its first female bishop in a move hailed as the culmination of a "long and hard journey".
Sian Williams: We should all stop persecuting ourselves

ALTHOUGH Sian Williams acknowledges she's "living with uncertainty" since her battle with breast cancer two years ago, the experience has, she reveals, given her a new and more liberated perspective.

Arts

Book reviews: Study of battle to control the hearts and minds of public during Troubles

BOOK OF THE WEEK The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland by Robert J Savage, published by Manchester University Press ROB Savage's study of the battle to control the hearts and minds of the public during the Troubles is groundbreaking, underscoring throughout how contention between British ministers, civil servants, broadcasting authorities and journalists, as well as the military and police over approaches to media coverage was in many ways itself part of the conflict.

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Exploring Jewish themes in Irish literature

THE works of Jennifer Johnston, John Banville, Fergus O'Connell, Tom Paulin, John Boyne, Ellis Dillon, Iris Murdoch and Frank O'Connor are among those under the spotlight in the Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture at Belfast's Linen Hall Library today.
Modern opera on rise and fall of duchess living under media spotlight

RENOWNED Oxfordshire soprano Mary Plazas makes her debut with Northern Ireland Opera this month in the powerful role of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, the beautiful socialite with an insatiable sexual appetite, whose exploits and subsequent divorce in the 1960s resulted in a public scandal.
Arts Q&A;: Ricky Warwick on Stiff Little Fingers, Thin Lizzy and choosing his dream band

1. When did you think about music as a career and what were your first steps into it? As early as I can remember I was listening to Radio Luxembourg and watching Top of the Pops and being fascinated by bands and musicians.
Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on exploring Virgil's Aneid with Seamus Heaney

"HE IS always missed – but tonight he is even more seriously missed.

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