Taoiseach Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ At Spike In Coronavirus Cases
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Taoiseach Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ At Spike In Coronavirus Cases

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed “deep concern” at an upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the country. His comments come after Ireland recorded 200 new cases on Saturday – the highest daily rise since the start of May. Mr Martin, Tánaiste...
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Northern Politicians Condemn Placing Of Poppy Wreaths On Bonfires
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Northern Politicians Condemn Placing Of Poppy Wreaths On Bonfires

The placing of poppy wreaths on a nationalist bonfire in Derry has been condemned. Traditional August bonfires were lit in nationalist areas across the city over the weekend. The wreaths were placed on a fire built in Curryneirin on the...
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Lyon Knock Manchester City Out Of The Champions League
August 15, 2020 No Responses

Lyon Knock Manchester City Out Of The Champions League

Moussa Dembele struck either side of Raheem Sterling’s late glaring miss as Lyon stunned Manchester City to reach the Champions Legaue semi-finals with a 3-1 win in Lisbon City had hauled themselves back into the game after Maxwel Cornet’s opener...
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Red Arrows Fly Over Belfast To Mark 75th Anniversary Of VJ Day
August 15, 2020 No Responses

Red Arrows Fly Over Belfast To Mark 75th Anniversary Of VJ Day

The British Red Arrows flew over some of Belfast’s famous landmarks as Northern Ireland marked the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. The spectacular flypast of the Titanic building and the Harland and Wolff cranes came after several memorial events took...
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Bayern Crush Barcelona To Advance To Semi-Finals
August 14, 2020 No Responses

Bayern Crush Barcelona To Advance To Semi-Finals

Bayern Munich outlined why they are the team to beat in this season’s Champions League with a stunning 8-2 quarter-final demolition of Barcelona in Lisbon. The German champions blitzed Barca with four goals in the opening 31 minutes, adding four...
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The Political Conventions That Will Be Mostly Politics and Little On-site Partying
August 14, 2020 No Responses

The Political Conventions That Will Be Mostly Politics and Little On-site Partying

Commentary By Brad Balfour Yes, it’s less than three months until the election day. And the conventions are about to happen — sort of. In this age of the pandemic, what would have been two whiz bang weeks of thousands...
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A-level Results Controversy Grows As SDLP Demands Recall Of Assembly
August 14, 2020 No Responses

A-level Results Controversy Grows As SDLP Demands Recall Of Assembly

The Northern Ireland’s Education Minister has ruled out using teacher grade predictions to replace disputed A-level results. Peter Weir defended the mathematical model used to standardize the results as the SDLP made a bid to recall the Stormont Assembly to....
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Tiger Woods To Contest Northern Trust Next Week
August 14, 2020 No Responses

Tiger Woods To Contest Northern Trust Next Week

Tiger Woods has confirmed that he will contest next week’s Northern Trust, the first of three FedEx Cup play-off events which complete the PGA Tour’s 2019-20 season. Woods is currently 47th in the FedEx Cup standings and is set to...
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First Coronavirus Death In The North In Four Days As Person Under 40 Dies With Covid-19
August 14, 2020 No Responses

First Coronavirus Death In The North In Four Days As Person Under 40 Dies With Covid-19

A person aged under 40 has died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, its Department of Health has confirmed. It was the first death to be confirmed by the Department for four days and brings the toll to 558, with the...
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What You Need For An Adventurous Trip To Ireland
August 14, 2020 No Responses

What You Need For An Adventurous Trip To Ireland

2020 may have interrupted the global tourism industry, but last we knew, trips to Ireland were on the rise. Our post declaring ‘Trips to Ireland Increased by 1.8% in 2019’ noted that nearly 11 million people visited the country last...
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