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  May 9, 2021  
     
 

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

 
     
  If Isis suspect so much as sets foot in Northern Ireland, arrest her, says senior unionist  
     
  An Irishwoman who converted to Islam and is accused of joining Islamic State should be immediately arrested if she enters Northern Ireland, a senior unionist has declared.  
     
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Northern Ireland Centenary rose proves a thorn in the side for Sinn Fein
 
A Sinn Fein minister has rejected a request to create a display of the new Northern Ireland Centenary rose within the Stormont estate.
 
     
 
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Veteran DUP man: I’m happy with loyalist protests – even illegal ones
 
A long-serving DUP figure says that even though recent loyalist parades have been illegal, he is still “happy with them” – adding that republicans seem to be able to flout regulations with impunity.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: Is stolen Northern Bank cash in politics? Alarmingly, no one seems bothered
 
If dirty money was coming into our political system, would anyone notice? Alarmingly, the answer to that question may be no.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: From his 20s, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was seen as a future unionist leader – now might be his final chance
 
From his 20s, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was seen as a potential future leader of unionism. Yet he has never before stood for the leadership — and at 58, this might be his only chance.
 
     
 
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Sam McBride: Don’t assume Edwin Poots is more hardline than Sir Jeffrey Donaldson – the truth is more nuanced
 
Beyond Ian Paisley Jr, there could hardly be a senior DUP figure more immersed in the party than Edwin Poots.
 
     
 
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Islamic State suspect: Her legal case for gaining access to Northern Ireland
 
A woman suspected of being a member of Islamic State has the right to travel from her native Ireland into the UK, an immigration panel has ruled – and here the News Letter sets out how.
 
     
 
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Steven Aiken resigns as he tells Ulster Unionists: We need new leadership
 
Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken has announced his resignation.
 
     
 
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Ben Lowry: Formal UK ideas for an amnesty are almost exactly 20 years old
 
There was uproar this week at the UK government’s suggestion of a move towards a possible amnesty.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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