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4 Nov, 2018
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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

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Omagh victim ‘sickened’ by Sinn Fein lobbying against extradition of bomber

The sister of a teenage boy killed in the Omagh bombing has condemned as “sickening” Sinn Fein’s intervention in support of a man found liable for the 1998 blast.

The UK is again reported to be about to crumble to Dublin and Brussels on the Irish border backstop

Here are two accounts of where we are on Brexit, from two highly informed journalists:

Military veteran Bryan’s poppy fundraiser far exceeds £10,000 target

A disabled ex-soldier from Co Antrim who set out to raise £10,000 by Remembrance Day to help support fellow veterans has already exceeded his fundraising target.

RBL members to unveil new artwork in memory of fallen

Members of the Fivemiletown branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) will gather in the town’s memorial garden today (1pm) for the official dedication of a new sculpture to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.

Unionism is hardly bursting with talent and cannot afford to bury that which it has

Jeff Dudgeon’s sweeping and elegantly written assessment (on page 8) of where things stand on the legacy of the past is one of a number of devastating essays in our series.

Barbaric religious outlooks still prevail in much of the world

When this newspaper, the oldest English language daily newspaper in the world, began publishing in 1737 Britain was in the early phases of the Enlightenment.

They’re talking about the future – and there aren’t that many shops…

There’s an old phrase that goes along the line of ‘It’s only being so cheerful that keeps me going,’ the irony being that it is now applied mostly in reference to someone who is characteristically gloomy and pessimistic.

William Dunlop posthumously inducted into Hall of Fame at poignant awards ceremony

William Dunlop was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s Gala Sports Awards in Coleraine on Friday evening.

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