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CELTIC STORIES: Classy win over Sporting sees Portugal trip end on a high

THERE was more to be happy than disappointed about after Celtic's two-game visit to Portugal this week.

HEALTHWISE: Those light oils aren’t heavy on the good stuff

LIGHT olive oil is an alternative to regular olive oil and has fewer calories.

GERRY ADAMS: People protest over 'shameful' GPO plan

THERE is widespread anger at the decision by the Irish government to convert the historic GPO in Dublin into shops and offices. Last Saturday hundreds gathered in O’Connell Street to protest at the government’s plans for the GPO and for the Moore Street. Battlefield site. Their demand is for the protection of the cultural and revolutionary heritage of this part of Dublin.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Shouldn't the BBC care about Irish Catholics as well as Jews?

I think Irish Catholics deserve the same consideration and protection from the BBC as Jews, don’t you?

Labour commitment to lowering voting age to 16 welcomed

PLANS by the British Government to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the next General Election have been welcomed by political parties in the North.

Council's likely purchase of historic Assembly Rooms building welcomed

THE historic Assembly Rooms building could be brought back into public use by Belfast City Council.

Couple charged over murder of Kevin Davidson (34) in South Belfast last year

A COUPLE have been charged with the murder of a man in a South Belfast property last year.

SDLP leader nominates Francesca Albanese for Nobel Peace Prize

SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP has nominated Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Comber Orange lodge at centre of GAA kids storm marched with a band that played in UVF parade

THE Comber Orange lodge which halted a kids summer sports camp with a claim that the GAA was guilty of commemorating the IRA marched side-by-side on the Twelfth with a band that just a week earlier played in a Shankill tribute to a notorious UVF killer.

Police appeal over two-vehicle serious collision in Finaghy

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a serious two-vehicle collision in the Finaghy Road North area on Monday afternoon.

JUDE COLLINS: Is it fair to compare the KKK to the LOL?

THE Orange Order, you’ll have noticed, had its main but by no means only spasm of marching last Saturday. It’s an organisation that attracts many opinions, but one thing most of us would agree on this year: the thick-headedness of releasing toxins into the air from that bonfire in South Belfast was a defiant act of spectacular self-harm.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: PSNI must ditch its Orange specs ahead of the coming border poll

HANGING effigies of public figures from gallows on a bonfire? Knock yourself out, no harm done. Burning the election posters of Sinn Féin, SDLP, Alliance representatives? Work away lads, sure that's small potatoes. Painting massive boards with sectarian slogans with some kind of version of Kill All Taigs? De rigueur. Poison the ground, burn the ground, pollute the air? Sure it's all good fun in the name of culture.

CELTIC STORIES: Classy win over Sporting sees Portugal trip end on a high

HEALTHWISE: Those light oils aren’t heavy on the good stuff

GERRY ADAMS: People protest over 'shameful' GPO plan

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Shouldn't the BBC care about Irish Catholics as well as Jews?

Labour commitment to lowering voting age to 16 welcomed

Council's likely purchase of historic Assembly Rooms building welcomed

Couple charged over murder of Kevin Davidson (34) in South Belfast last year

SDLP leader nominates Francesca Albanese for Nobel Peace Prize

Comber Orange lodge at centre of GAA kids storm marched with a band that played in UVF parade

Police appeal over two-vehicle serious collision in Finaghy

JUDE COLLINS: Is it fair to compare the KKK to the LOL?

ANDRÉE MURPHY: PSNI must ditch its Orange specs ahead of the coming border poll

New podcast by Maddens Bar aiming to promote traditional music scene in Ireland

Red-faced cops return tribute to veteran republican Kevin Hannaway seized in Rodney raid

Residents not amused by unionist MLAs' jokes about The Sash being played at Sinn Féin office

NIFL Premiership: Reds boost playoff hopes with comeback win at Carrick

NIFL Premiership: Magilton excited for Cup final build-up as Reds return to league action

Gaelic Games: Rossa fend off Ballycastle rally to claim opening win

Gaelic Games: Carryduff win cross-city clash at Sarsfield's

TUV want Casement renamed after a British royal – and Andytown doesn't rule it out

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: David Trimble’s Catholic problem was well hidden

SQUINTER: Loyalist Human Resources departments thrive

WE SAY: Irish language signage victory was inevitable

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