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The brother of one of the 10 men shot dead in the Kingsmill massacre has given a cautious welcome to an announcement that the Irish Government will introduce a new law to assist legacy inquests in Northern Ireland.

Investigations into the murder of an Irish prison officer by the IRA have been hindered to protect a Garda informer – and Dublin’s proposals on dealing with the past will not make any difference, it is claimed.

Primark is to inject £500,000 into the support fund established to help traders in the wake of the blaze that destroyed its store at Bank Buildings last month.

Brad Lyons made his first appearance in a Blackburn Shirt as he was brought on late in the U23’s scoreless draw with Arsenal at Ewood Park last night.

Linfield manager David Healy is set to give fringe players a chance to impress in tonight’s Co Antrim Shield first-round game against PSNI.

Carrick’s Graeme Irwin had another points scoring ride at the MXGP of the Netherlands at the weekend, bringing the ASA Hitachi KTM home in 19th place overall and five more world championship points.