Jun 21, 2020

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


	‘Meet my son Ben; people can now legally kill boys just like him – and maybe the elderly will be next’

	If the law that exists today in Northern Ireland existed a decade ago, I could have my son legally killed a day before he was born. That is because my son has Down’s Syndrome.

Moy Park misled the public over cash for ash – it knew for years that RHI made money for its Brazilian owners

Previously unseen documents from within Northern Ireland’s biggest company reveal how it was a massive indirect beneficiary of the RHI scheme – despite having told the public that it derived no financial gain from its farmers using the scheme.

Ben Lowry: We also led way in sceptical reporting of slow return to schools

This newspaper has also led the way in sceptical reportage of the agonisingly slow return to schools.

After RHI, Moy Park’s highest paid director’s salary shot up 180 per cent to £2.6 million

Moy Park’s accounts show that the salary which it pays to its top director went through the roof in the period after RHI had helped facilitate its huge expansion.

Gordon Lyons: I know churches and faith groups have questions over worship return

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced us all to adapt to a new way of living. Many of the activities and certainties we took for granted have been upended and life changed in a way that would have been unimaginable.

After RHI, Moy Park CEO salary shot up 180 per cent to £2.6 million

Moy Park’s accounts show that the salary which it pays to its top director went through the roof in the period after RHI had helped facilitate its huge expansion.

Billy Kennedy: Churches reopening on June 29 the news NI Christians have been waiting on

Hallelujah! Churches in Northern Ireland will re-open for services from week commencing Monday, June 29 and, for regular worshippers of all denominations, this is the good and welcome news they have long been waiting for.

Ben Lowry: The troubling saga around the Loughinisland legal case shows the value of newspapers

There are many reasons why a free press is key to a well run society.

Sandra Chapman: Decked out in mask and rubber gloves, I finally ventured out to large supermarket this week

When is all this hibernation going to end?



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