`George Hamilton, it's not too late to do the right thing' - appeal to PSNI chief constable from Loughinisland journalist Barry McCaffrey
Female traffic warden told she would 'roast in hell' during confrontation in Co Armagh
Towie meets culchie as BBC launches There's No Place Like Tyrone
Patrick Murphy: After an electoral car crash, Sinn Féin needs to stop posturing and start politicking
Cavan get the have their noses in front of Armagh when final whistle blows in Clones Ulster Championship semi-final
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Brexit
Michel Barnier: Hard border after Brexit could lead to renewal of conflict
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has warned that a hard border in Ireland after October 31 could lead to a renewal of violence in the north.
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No real change in north's Brexit voting pattern
DESPITE three years of fierce debate over Brexit, there has been remarkably little change in the voting pattern when it comes to `Remain' and `Leave' in Northern Ireland.
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Sturgeon looks to Ireland for inspiration in call for new independence referendum
NICOLA Sturgeon has called for a new Scottish independence referendum in the second half of next year.
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Theresa May's departure prompts fresh Brexit concerns across Ireland
THERESA May's departure from Downing Street has been met with warnings that her successor must not sacrifice Ireland's wellbeing for the sake of delivering Brexit.
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Arlene Foster hails tearful Theresa May's 'selfless service'
Theresa May's turbulent leadership of the Conservative Party will end on June 7, paving the way for a new British prime minister to lead the Brexit process.
News
Ana Kriegel's mother 'immediately concerned' when she discovered she had left home with murder accused
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Ana Kriegel was "immediately concerned" when she discovered her daughter had left home with one of the boys accused of killing her, a court has heard.
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Billy Duffy: Centenarian, gentleman and scholar 'lived for the day'
"A devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, he was of a quiet, inoffensive disposition and was held in very high esteem by all classes.
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Mary O'Reilly: There was something very special about 'Mary O'
ST Patrick's Church, Cullyhanna was a sea of colour as a community came together to lay Mary O'Reilly to rest.
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Housing executive warns tenants to refuse entry to Co Tyrone contractor
The Housing Executive has warned tenants in north Belfast not to allow a named sub-contractor into their homes.
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New £1million digital attraction unveiled at W5
A new £1 million fully immersive digital attraction, which is set to take the visitor experience to a whole new level in Northern Ireland, was officially unveiled last night.
Business
Mourne Wall restoration scheme named Northern Ireland's ‘Project of the Year'
THE Mourne Wall restoration project has been named project of the year at the regional RICS Awards, which celebrate the top community-led built projects and the talent behind them.
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Business leaders embracing 'fast fail' culture to hone innovative edge
BUSINESS heads in the north are leading the way when it comes to embracing the “fast fail” culture in an effort to make their companies as innovative as possible, a global outlook says.
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UK house price growth slows amid 'subdued' consumer confidence
UK house prices slumped in May as consumer confidence "remained subdued", according to a new survey.
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Legal & General sells home insurance business to Allianz for £242m
LEGAL & General will no longer offer policies to households after bosses sold its home insurance business to German rival Allianz in a deal worth £242 million.
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North's liquor licensing laws to be reformed as part of new Stormont Government
THE restoration of a Stormont Government will bring with it a change in the liquor licensing laws, according to the north's hospitality body.
Sport
On this day, June 1, 2012: Brendan Rodgers is confirmed as the new Liverpool manager
Sporting greats, dates and a quick quiz blitz to get you up and running today...
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Warrenpoint success story continues with coaching initiative award
THE growing Cumann Pheadair Naofa club in Warrenpoint has been one of the success stories of the Irish News School, Club & Volunteer awards in recent years – and they’re not about to stop now.
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Drumaness stalwart Gerry McDermott named 'Club Volunteer of the Year' after 63 years service
THINK of a job and, over the course of 63 years of remarkable service to St Colman’s, Drumaness, you can be sure Gerry McDermott will have done it.
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Lamh Dhearg GAC, Belfast dedicate Irish News 'Well-being' award to local community
LAMH Dhearg chairman Peter Kane paid a heartfelt tribute to the people who took part in the Darkness Into Light suicide awareness walk after the west Belfast club won the 'Best Well-Being' award at The Irish News Schools, Clubs and Volunteer awards day.
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Headline
Ulster Senior championship final Sunday, 2pm in Clones Down v Antrim IT was being confidently predicted before the semi-finals that the key game in the race to become the 82nd Ulster senior championship winner would be last Saturday's semi-final clash in the Athletic Grounds in Armagh.
Opinion
Patrick Murphy: After an electoral car crash, Sinn Féin needs to stop posturing and start politicking
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Newton Emerson: A St Andrews 2 may be needed to cope with a transformed party system
The word ‘historic’ is overused in Northern Ireland but elections north and south have marked a turning point in our politics.
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Stormont impasse not helping construction sector
News that long established Dunloy building firm Dixons has entered administration is a huge blow to the Co Antrim village where it is a major employer.
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Award winning Mourne Wall needs public help
The Mourne Wall, which stretches for 22 miles across 15 peaks in isolated but stunningly beautiful surroundings, was an astonishing feat of engineering when it was built by skilled stonemasons almost a century ago.
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Martin O'Brien: We must tread carefully when it comes to border poll provisions
There aren’t that many figures who make you prick up your ears when they speak amid today’s culture of noise.
Magazine
Let's talk about six, baby: Klopp sings after Liverpool's Champions League win
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Eleven acts face off in Britain's Got Talent live final
One will win £250,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
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Mumford & Sons celebrate Liverpool's Champions League victory with Beatles cover
The band closed their headlining set at All Points East with a rendition of With A Little Help From My Friends.
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Priyanka Chopra blames racism for ‘unfortunate' scrutiny of Duchess of Sussex
The actress is old friends with the senior royal.
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Lubaina Himid: Someone told me black people don't make art
The Turner Prize winner spoke to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
Life
Marie Louise McConville: Stacey Solomon's realistic and brave image of childbirth should be welcomed not criticised
There simply is no pleasing some people.
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Travel: More than just a battered Mars bar in Bonnie auld Glasgow
THE last time I visited Glasgow it was during university days and aside from frequenting a few pubs and sampling my first and only battered Mars bar, the cultural experience was rather limited.
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Nutrition: Junk food should be a once-in-a-while treat for kids not an every day thing
OUR kids are running on a junk food diet.
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Netting a Bargain: £1.99 Whopper; 3 months' free Google Play Music; sweet movie tickets deal; ‘free' Bobbi Brown mascara with £4.80 mag
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Take on Nature: Only by grasping the nettle can we save and restore the environment
In Sean O’Casey’s famous play Juno and the Paycock, set in 1920s Dublin, Joxer Daly, giving some advice on a domestic matter to his drinking companion, ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle, says, "Be firm, be firm, Captain; the first few minutes’ll be the worst: if you gently touch a nettle it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an’ as soft as silk remains!" Boyle’s amiable sidekick is imparting the figurative advice to be bold and ‘grasp the nettle’, a phrase thought to have its origins in a rhyme from Aesop’s fable The Boy and the Nettle, and also written in altered form much later, in the works of English author Aaron Hill,around 1750.
Arts
Paul Brady: Collaboration with New Yorker Theo Katzman is keeping me young
ON THE surface it may appear that Paul Brady, one of Ireland's most respected songwriters, has nothing new to learn when it comes to music.
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Stendhal Festival announces Damien Dempsey and more for 2019
THE Stendhal Festival has announced a further list of acts that will be appearing at the ninth annual instalment of the multi-award winning music and arts festival.
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Lennon Stella: I owe a lot to Nashville but I look at it like a separate part of my life
LENNON Stella is waiting to go on stage at the Halle 622 – a vast converted warehouse venue in the north of Zurich.
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Cult Movie: Stranger in The house a 'bizarre psychedelic trip'
Stranger In The House CULT movie connoisseurs have been well served by the BFI Flipside imprint down the years.
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Gig guide: Live music for the week ahead
Today The Unthanks – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Anne-Marie – The Waterfront, Belfast Stu Daly, Anna's Anchor, Marty Quiet etc – The Points, Belfast Paddy Hanna, Junior Brother – The Duke of York, Belfast Rory and The Island – The Black Box, Belfast Ken Haddock – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast Lisa O'Neill, John Francis – Bennigans, Derry Soak – The Glassworks, Derry Aslan, The Adventures, The 4 of Us – Holywood Rugby Club, Holywood Saturday June 1 Jamie Lenman – The Palm House, Belfast Feeder, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Dea Matrona – Holywood Rugby Club, Holywood Sunday June 2 Alabama 3, Ciaran Lavery, Villiers &The; Villains etc – Holywood Rugby Club, Holywood Monday June 3 Cherym, Pwnst, Gas Hands etc – Voodoo, Belfast Tuesday June 4 Chic – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Jealous of The Birds, Roe, Blxxd etc – The Empire, Belfast Drab Majesty – Voodoo, Belfast Wednesday June 5 Chic – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Paul Brady & Theo Katzman – Ulster Hall, Belfast Thursday June 6 Hannah Peel – Oh Yeah, Belfast, 7pm Ember Trails, Chicago Typewriter – Voodoo, Belfast Reevah – Babel, Belfast Crazy P, Somethin' Sanctified – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Dena Anu$ka, Kaka Mollz, Abby Oliviera etc – Elixir, Oh Yeah, Belfast, 10pm Friday June 7 RIDE – The Limelight 2, Belfast The Twilight Sad – The Black Box, Belfast Sister Ghost, Susie Blue, Molto Vivo – Collab, The 343, Belfast Sister Ghost – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, 12am Hex Hue, Rebekah Fitch, Vokxen etc – Oh Yeah, Belfast Alana Henderson – Strand Arts Centre, Belfast Matmos – Sonic Lab, SARC, Belfast Psychedelanaut, In Gloom, Illuna etc – The Pavilion, Belfast Anthony Toner – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart Saturday June 8 Beauty Sleep – Strange Victory Records, Belfast, 2.
Omagh bombing
Council to consider action over new plaque on Omagh bomb memorial
A LOCAL council is set to consider whether it will take action over the addition of an unapproved plaque to a memorial to those killed and injured in the Omagh bombing.
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Husband of Omagh bomb victim adds plaque to memorial blaming `dissident republican terrorists'
THE husband of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing has glued a plaque to a memorial at the site of the atrocity stating that it was a "dissident republican terrorist" car bomb.
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Death of Co Tyrone man who lost daughter in Omagh bombing
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Co Tyrone man who has died 20 years on from the death of his daughter in the Omagh bombing atrocity.
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Mother of Omagh bombing victim Aiden Gallagher breaks silence in emotional letter backing Nuala O'Loan
THE mother of Omagh bombing victim Aiden Gallagher has spoken publicly for the first time since his death 20 years ago to praise a former Police Ombudsman’s comment that the atrocity could have been prevented.
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Omagh bombing victim's husband 'flabbergasted' by former police ombudsman's claim
FORMER police ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has been criticised by the husband of an Omagh bomb victim for claiming that the atrocity was preventable.
Pope's visit
Pope Francis blamed for fall in Dublin Zoo visitors
Dublin Zoo has blamed the Pope for causing a drop of almost 100,000 in visitor numbers this year.
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Lasting souvenir of Papal visit Ireland with release of a commemorative book
PILGRIMS can now have a lasting souvenir of the historic Papal visit to Dublin, Knock and the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) with the release of a commemorative book.
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Film reveals effect of Pope John Paul II's visit to Republic
A new documentary highlights the effect Pope John Paul ll's visit to the Republic in 1979 had on the peace process.
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Pope Francis 'tasted pain and bitterness' of abuse during Irish visit
POPE Francis has lamented how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after accusations that he himself covered up for a former US cardinal.
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ANALYSIS: DUP has yet to give an adequate explanation for Papal snub
It's important that people respect Arlene Foster's decision not to attend Saturday's civic reception for Pope Francis in Dublin Castle.
Civil Rights
Patsy Gildernew: Civil rights pioneer, successful businessman but first and foremost a family man
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Tributes paid to civil rights pioneer Patsy Gildernew
The funeral has taken place of a Co Tyrone man who took part in a protest believed to have given birth to the civil rights movement more than 50 years ago. Patsy Gildernew wrote himself into Irish history when he...
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Stormont discrimination of Catholics 'hugely exaggerated' says David Trimble's ex-aide
A FORMER adviser to ex-First Minister David Trimble has claimed discrimination against Catholics by Stormont before the civil rights movement has been "hugely exaggerated".
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Fionnuala O Connor: Press reports from 1968 show unionist leaders unable to grasp what was happening
RUC men on that Saturday fifty years ago blattered their way into history on camera, leaving newsprint catching-up as the Troubles, and the next week, began.
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Leona O'Neill: Those who commemorate the IRA are no champions of civil rights in my eyes
WE’VE just come out of a weekend that marked probably one of the most important moments in Northern Ireland’s history, the birth of the civil rights movement.
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NI lagging behind when it comes to pancreatic cancer awareness - survey
With pancreatic cancer on course to become the UK's fourth biggest cancer killer, a new survey shows that an alarming percentage of the population here are unaware of its symptoms
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Why the NI Countrysports Fair is a must for country music, good food and family entertainment
The NI Countrysports Fair returns to Scarvagh House for another two days of unbeatable family fun
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Business organisations join forces for unique Brexit event
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From Cyprus to Cape Verde, the Overseas Property Show uncovers a wealth of dream homes
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There's fantastic family fun everywhere in Northern Ireland this Easter
This Easter, a short break is long on family fun
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Data Protection and Brexit - Is your organisation prepared?
Guidance to help businesses and charities continue to comply with data protection law after the UK leaves the EU
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Brexit: How will you be affected?
Everything you need to know ahead of the UK's withdrawal from the EU
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Car finance options for a new tech-savvy generation
Thinking of buying a new car? In 2019 your expectations and experiences will be quite different than those of previous generations with finance options that put you firmly in the driving seat.
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FMI: The trend setters with a real passion for their work
Market leaders in their field, FMI allow you to enjoy your work too
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