Nov 29, 2020

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.


	Family’s disbelief as killer walks free from court after dangerous driving spree

	The family of a man who was bludgeoned to death by a gang has expressed disbelief after one of his killers walked free from court, despite being convicted of a string of crimes whilst out on licence.

Sam McBride: Mandatory coalition is breaking, but that now might not be bad news for SF

Four years ago this week, the party which for more than a decade has represented the lone voice of anti-Agreement unionism met for its annual conference in Cookstown.

Ben Lowry: Only this newspaper repeatedly covered how Adrian Ismay’s murderer was allowed to abuse Northern Ireland’s slack bail policy

Newspapers were facing long-term falls in circulation well before the Covid-19 outbreak.

Ben Lowry: The dark days of November do not seem so bad this year, perhaps due to such a bright spring in lockdown

Regular readers of this column might have noticed that I am a Jeremiah about the short winter days in Northern Ireland.

The jail term given to Adrian Ismay’s terrorist killer is hardly a harsh one, but it is a step in right direction

The conviction of Christopher Robinson for murdering the prison officer Adrian Ismay this year was a blow against dissident terror.

NI mum fearing homelessness in plea to find ‘compassionate landlord’

Many NI landlords have decided to sell their properties due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, but this can leave tenants with nowhere to go, as HELEN MCGURK discovers

Sam McBride: NI’s mandatory coalition is breaking, but that now might not be bad news for Sinn Féin

Four years ago this week, the party which for more than a decade has represented the lone voice of anti-Agreement unionism met for its annual conference in Cookstown.

Clowns at Stormont give us five days of less restrictions at Christmas and we are supposed to be grateful

Does anyone listen to anything those clowns in Stormont or Westminster say anymore?

Arlene Foster had a chance to welcome the army’s help with Covid but perhaps deferring to Sinn Fein she did not do so

The first minister was asked at a Stormont press briefing on Thursday whether military personnel had already been deployed or would have any role in Northern Ireland’s fight against Covid-19.



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