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OPINION: Queen’s Prof says more lives can be saved by common, all-island approach

Mike Tomlinson (below) has spent a lifetime speaking truth to power. From the publication of the Obair report in 1988 exposing scandalous economic discrimination against West Belfast to the present day and his efforts to assess the cost in lives being paid by wrongheaded Department of Health handling of the coronavirus, he has been met […]

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VIDEO: Google 60-second film salute to Irish frontline health workers and volunteers

A video tribute to Ireland’s health workers and volunteers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic has been created by internet giant Google. And it features two images which will be familiar to our readers — solicitor Niall Murphy raising his fist defiantly as he is wheeled from the Intensive Care Unit at Antrim Area Hospital and the […]

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SPECIAL VIDEO REPORT: Big Seamy sings the praises of the Hills of Hannahstown

One of Belfast’s best known GAA clubs has teamed up with on one of the country’s favourite entertainers to record a video to help lift club spirits during the current lockdown. Popular Belfast singer and musician Seamy McPeake recorded a version of the Goats Don’t Shave hit ‘Hills of Donegal’ but this time changing the […]

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Experts say Minister Swann wrong on claim that testing ‘is not silver bullet’ in Covid-19 fight

A claim by Health Minister Robin Swann that testing is not the key element of the efforts to combat the coronavirus has been contradicted by one of the most eminent epidemiologists in these islands. Yesterday, Minister Swann said in a statement, “Testing is not and should never be regarded as a silver bullet. It does […]

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Virus claims life of a Covid fundraiser

A NEWTOWNABBEY woman raised over £4,000 for health service charities after setting up a donation page just days before she died from Covid-19. Catherine Fox was due to celebrate her 69th birthday last Saturday, but was taken to Antrim Area Hospital after becoming unwell and struggling to breathe. Her birthday fundraiser for NHS Charities Together […]

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WE SAY – EDITORIAL: Someone will have to explain why Stormont followed heartless London lead on Covid-19

LAST week’s decision to reopen cemeteries was the right one, but – as with every other public space at present – activity will have to be closely monitored to ensure that safe practices are being observed. And though the cemetery move is to be cautiously welcomed, it is perhaps unfortunate that it came at a […]

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