Jul 5, 2020

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


	I’ll never apologise for attending IRA man’s funeral, vows defiant Michelle O’Neill

	The Stormont Executive was last night openly riven from the top after Michelle O’Neill dismissed Arlene Foster’s demand that she should apologise and resign over her actions at Bobby Storey’s funeral.

Sam McBride: Despite Sinn Féin’s Trumpian claims, Storey funeral involved at least 10 breaches of public health advice

The entirely foreseeable outrage at how Sinn Féin openly abandoned the public health measures it insisted every other citizen must adopt makes it baffling to understand why such a hard-headed party would consciously do itself such political damage.

Troubles victims express concern after Justice Minister launches consultation on deleting fingerprints and DNA records

Concerns have been raised that fingerprints and DNA records which could still bring people to justice for Troubles murders could soon be deleted by the PSNI.

Police increasingly concerned for missing 15-year-old Catherine Goddard who left home yesterday – last seen wearing grey suede jacket with hoodie underneath, blue ripped jeans and white Nike Air Force trainers

Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of 15-year-old Catherine Goddard.

Ben Lowry: The appeasing of Sinn Fein will not stop, so the Ulster Unionists should now go into opposition

It is hard to pinpoint the worst moment for unionism in the near century since Northern Ireland’s creation.

When racism happens, you are never ready for it, you don’t know how to react

Eileen Chan-hu speaks about her past experiences or encountering racism in Northern Ireland and her hopes for the future

NI road closed after two vehicle collision – diversions in place for motorists

A NI road has been closed after a two vehicle collision.

The DUP treacherously led Northern Ireland into mandatory coalition with Sinn Fein

All the huffing and puffing by the DUP around what Michelle O’Neill did or did not to surrounding social distancing comes down to one thing and one thing only, it was the DUP that signed up at St Andrew’s.

News Letter political editor Sam McBride’s bestseller Burned becomes a lockdown audiobook

News Letter political editor Sam McBride’s bestselling book telling the inside story of the RHI scandal has been released as an audiobook – despite the entire project taking place during lockdown.



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