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SQUINTER: Plain-speaking Gordon lays it on the line

DUP COMMUNITIES Minister Gordon Lyons has apologised to Alliance South Belfast MLA Kate Nicholl after he twice told her to “Sit down” during a Stormont debate on Monday.

DÚLRA: Meadow Ladies are on a nature mission

WE owe a debt of gratitude to the butterflies of the Bog Meadows – because they inspired a brilliant new group of women who are devoted to protecting and promoting the environment.

HEALTHWISE: Be sure to make the most of your weekly shop

AS food prices have been on the rise for the past couple of years via big chain supermarkets, it has never been more important to make the most of the food we are buying.

GERRY ADAMS: Voters are facing a crystal-clear choice

I HAVE been doing a wee bit of canvassing in the General Election in the South. The response has been positive. There are clearly some who see election campaigns, including this one, as opportunities to write Sinn Féin’s obituary. Sorry to disappoint.

MOVIES: Chu manages to hit the right note yet again

WickedIf the build-up to the oncoming Christmas holidays has you craving sparkles, pizazz and unyieldingly magical entertainment, then the big screen adaptation of Wicked, one of the most popular Broadway musicals off all time, will not leave you wanting when it comes to fantasy and magic.

EYE ON THE PAST: November 1983 – Adams new leader of Sinn Féin

We look at the stories that were making the headlines on this week in 1983

CLAIRE HANNA MP: 'I want to make voters confident and hopeful about the future'

I FREQUENTLY say that if the SDLP didn’t exist, someone would invent it. As I’ve made my way around various parts of the North in the weeks since I took on the role of SDLP leader, I believe in this more than ever. This week my constituency tour takes me close to home, to North Belfast and an open meeting with those who want to hear more about where we’re hoping to take things in the years ahead.

WE SAY: Winter payment must be quick

NEWS that Stormont has cobbled together a package that will allow pensioners in the North to receive £100 towards the cost of winter fuel is welcome – but that welcome comes of course with terms and conditions.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: How denial undermines the recovery of memory

ALL of those who have suffered state and non-state violations on this island since partition can point to a lack of accurate memory of that experience. Some of this is incredibly personal. For some families the experience of violation was quite simply unspeakable and was not spoken.