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Mark Allen fights back to hold overnight lead after slow start to Crucible campaign
Mark Allen fought back from 3-0 down against China’s Fan Zhengyi to lead 5-4 at the end of the first session in the Antrim ...
Why Irish League managers need to stop looking to Man City’s Pep Guardiola for inspiration
I don’t want to sound like a cracked record, but when several people — including two former IFA Presidents — contacted me ...
‘We’ll always have those banners’: Mark Cooper proud of Belfast Giants’ season despite Play-Off agony
They might have come up two games short in their bid for a second Grand Slam in three years but, ultimately, it has been ...
Michael Dunlop unhurt in Le Mans 24-Hours crash
Northern Ireland’s Michael Dunlop escaped unhurt following a crash in the famous Le Mans 24-Hours race in France on Saturday.
Unionists hit out at ‘morally repugnant’ events after Michelle O'Neill speaks at republican Easter commemoration
First Minister Michelle O’Neill has faced criticism after speaking at a republican Easter commemoration in Co Tyrone, as the TUV blasted the event as “morally repugnant”.
Sinn Fein leader blasts Taoiseach over Irish unity comments as she calls for border poll this decade
Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has accused the Taoiseach of having “his head in the sand” on Irish unity.
‘We re-mortgaged our home as we’d total belief in him,’ says rugby star dad of new Dior artistic director Jonathan Anderson
The father of the new artistic director at Dior menswear has said he and wife were so dedicated to helping their son achieve ...
First sighting of dissident republican two months after surviving gun attack
A dissident republican who survived a murder bid in west Belfast two months ago has been spotted in public for the first time ...
First sighting of dissident republican two months after being shot in attempted murder bid
A dissident republican who survived a murder bid in west Belfast two months ago has been spotted in public for the first time since the attack.
First sighting of Republican attempted murder victim two months after being shot in taxi
A dissident republican who survived a murder bid in west Belfast two months ago has been spotted in public for the first time since the attack.
Hardliners won’t decide Northern Ireland’s future, the open-minded will
Forty years ago, a youthful fut­ure DUP minister gave voice to unionism’s unbending opp­osition to a united Ireland.
Priest speaks of ‘shame’ and ‘hurt’ after curate charged with child sex offence
A priest has spoken of his alarm after the “unnerving” arrest of a clerical colleague over an alleged child sex offence.