NBC Renews Deal With Premier League For Reported $2.7 Billion
November 18, 2021 No Responses

NBC Renews Deal With Premier League For Reported $2.7 Billion

NBC has renewed its television deal with the Premier League in a new six-year agreement worth around £2 billion ($2.7 billion). That figure is almost double what the company, the home of Premier League coverage in the United States since...
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Giovanni Van Bronckhorst Is Appointed As New Head Coach At Rangers
November 18, 2021 No Responses

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst Is Appointed As New Head Coach At Rangers

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has agreed to become the new manager of Rangers. The 46-year-old former Light Blues player joins the Ibrox club subject to receipt of a work permit and will become the 17th permanent manager of the Scottish champions....
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European Court Of Human Rights Upholds Wording Of Irish Presidential Oath
November 18, 2021 No Responses

European Court Of Human Rights Upholds Wording Of Irish Presidential Oath

The European Court of Human Rights has held that a challenge to the religious wording of the Irish presidential oath is inadmissible. The court said the plaintiffs, a group of five Irish politicians, could not show they were victims of...
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Political Leaders In The North Unite To Condemn Social Media Abuse Of Ministers
November 18, 2021 No Responses

Political Leaders In The North Unite To Condemn Social Media Abuse Of Ministers

There has been condemnation after Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister was targeted with a torrent of “vile misogynistic” abuse on social media. Naomi Long and Health Minister Robin Swann were the focus of the onslaught on Twitter on Wednesday evening jus...
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Stormont Ministers Approve Plan For Mandatory Vaccine Passports In The North
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Ministers Approve Plan For Mandatory Vaccine Passports In The North

Mandatory vaccine passports are to be introduced in the North after Stormont ministers backed the move despite DUP opposition. The other four Executive parties backed a proposal from Health Minister Robin Swann that will see legal enforcement of Covid-19 certi...
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Out&About
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy Last Wednesday I went to a private screening of the movie Belfast at the Dolby Theatre on 55th Street. I can only say that it was just brilliant from start to finish. Despite the film being largely...
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Exports From The North To The Republic Up By 60% This Year
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Exports From The North To The Republic Up By 60% This Year

Exports from the North to the Republic jumped by 60 per cent in the first nine months of the year, new figures show. Data published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday reveals that imports from Northern Ireland reached...
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Stormont Considering Introduction Of Mandatory Covid-19 Passports
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Considering Introduction Of Mandatory Covid-19 Passports

Stormont ministers are set to consider proposals for enforcing mandatory Covid-19 passports from December 13th. It is understood recommendations from Minister for Health Robin Swann have made it on to the agenda for Wednesday afternoon’s meeting of the power...
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Jamison Gibson-Park To Miss Sunday’s Test Against Argentina
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Jamison Gibson-Park To Miss Sunday’s Test Against Argentina

Ireland scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park has been ruled out of Sunday’s autumn international against Argentina in Dublin due to a thigh injury. Gibson-Park helped Ireland defeat his native New Zealand 29-20 last Saturday, having scored his maiden international...
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Employers Report Issues With Return To The Workplace
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Employers Report Issues With Return To The Workplace

Some employers have reported difficulties with unvaccinated workers, with some staff objecting to the redesign of offices, according to a lobby group for employers. Neil McDonnell, chief executive of Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (ISME), said that some em...
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