May 3, 2020

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	Man arrested as police seize large quantity of fireworks, cocaine and cigarettes

	A detectives from PSNI organised crime unit searched a property Magherafelt yesterday (Friday) and seized counterfeit cigarettes, fireworks and cocaine being seized at a property.

Baby boomers more able to survive the lockdown?

Ask any woman what she misses most in this long, and soon to be even longer, lockdown and you will get a myriad of answers.

Ben Lowry: There are immediate lessons for Northern Ireland from Sweden’s Covid response, even if it is too early for a full comparison

For weeks now people around the world have looked to Sweden as the only European nation that avoided lockdown.

It must be made clear to people that lockdown cannot last years, even if some precautions do have to last a long time

The first minister and deputy first minister, Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill, yesterday both warned people to be realistic about when lockdown will end.

Jonny McCambridge: The boxer, the boy and the story seldom told

Days of sunshine have dried out the lawn. The ground is hard and lumpy and the blades of grass are sharp and ticklish, like the bristles on our yard brush.

Coronavirus: PPE contract is a mere 0.3% size of dead Dublin deal… and dates back to 2019… AND isn’t even all PPE

Details of a deal for Protective Equipment (PPE) touted by Michelle O’Neill six weeks ago have finally come to light – revealing that the contract is miniscule, and pre-dates the Covid-19 crisis anyway.

Sam McBride: Fairness to RHI claimants matters not just to them, but is a test of Stormont

Remember the RHI scheme? Plenty of people would like us to quietly forget about it – and forgetting would be easy in the midst of a life and death emergency which demonstrably is of more pressing importance.



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