Jan 31, 2021

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


	Victim: The validity of the tag ‘Catholic IRA’ is open to debate, but they did target Protestants

	A letter from Rev Dr David Clements:

Sam McBride: Read the small print – the Irish Sea border may be impossible to remove, even if MLAs vote it down

Looming seemingly in the distance, but closer than it appears, is a moment on which great constitutional hopes rest but which may be a mirage.

Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill divided over protocol after vaccine row

Northern Ireland’s joint heads of government are divided over the Brexit protocol in the aftermath of an EU attempt to slam on the brakes over covid vaccination supply routes.

News Letter journalist Jonny McCambridge’s memoir shines light on the darkness of depression

Jonny McCambridge tells HELEN MCGURK why he decided to bare his soul in a scorchingly honest book about his mental health struggles

Arlene Foster: EU move on Article 16 shows Boris Johnson must replace NI Protocol

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has pressed Boris Johnson to replace the NI Protocol after the EU sparked a dispute over vaccine controls.

It is now time for a united unionist approach in favour of invoking Article 16 to resolve the chaos caused by the Irish Sea border

News Letter editorial of Saturday January 30 2021:

Ben Lowry: At last, clear reason for UK and unionists to stop being weak

Some strategic supporters of unionism believe that unionists should try to be upbeat about events.

New Covid stat needed — on the impact of jab queue jumping

A letter from Roger Homer:

‘Backwards step’ on bi-lingual signs

A ‘backwards’ step is how Unionist Councillors described a decision by Derry City and Strabane District Council to reduce the support needed for the erection of bi-lingual street signs from 66% to 15%.





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