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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Rising Covid-19 numbers have brought a return to tightened restrictions for contact sport.
Coveney said that he was told by Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis that “finance from London shouldn’t be a problem”.
Three men and two women were arrested on Sunday evening in Co Tyrone.
There have been 56 positive tests over the past seven days.
The PSNI are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Drew Harris and Simon Byrne conducted a joint patrol with local officers on the Tyrone/Monaghan border today.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The vehicle in question was also seized by the PSNI.
Amenities could be closed to locals if guidelines breached.
The PSNI are now appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Vinny Perth says both clubs had ‘outstanding’ respect for each other in the Unite The Union Champions Cup.
The IFA appeared to shoot it down, but work is continuing on a potential cross-border football competition in Ireland.
Some businesses close to the border have already changed their supply base in recent months.
The Good Friday Agreement called for North-South and West-East cooperation, but some people may have forgotten this.
Railway Union will travel to London to take on Wasps Ladies in two weekends’ time.
The announcement was made by Fran Gavin today at the launch of the SSE Airtricity League season.
The man held a taxi driver a knifepoint and forced him to drive across the border to Donegal.
The arrest was part of a cross-border operation between the Gardaí, the RSA and authorities in Northern Ireland.
Northern Irish couples are the ‘bread and butter’ of some regional hoteliers.
Four males ransacked the woman’s home in Aughnacloy, which is along the border area.
With the euro gaining strength against the pound, we’re asking you if you’ve ever shopped across the border.
Police are appealing for information following the two incidents.
They were stopped on the M1 just south of the border.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Edward Gibson.
Most recent figures show that more than 24,000 arrests were made in the province over a 12-month period.
A processing plant, millions of cigarettes, cash and a van was seized.
It is likely that venues such as Croke Park, the Gaelic Grounds, Casement Park and Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be part of the bid.
New legislation means you can get hit for fines you receive in Ireland across the EU.
The jobs are being made available under the Aspire Programme, and will see jobs available in 45 SMEs in Ireland.
Charles Green claims that a number of his Premier League counterparts want Celtic and Rangers in England’s top flight.
Taking patients from Northern Ireland could help to lower the costs of building the facility at St James’s.
Transport ministers from both sides of the border have agreed a “detailed timetable” for laws recognising penalty points.
The amount of people buying groceries has dropped slightly – but alcohol sales are up.
Dialogue between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic seems limited to transport and tourism, writes David McCann, and the general public is disinterested. So what to do to bring us closer together?
Carrying out searches in “all known properties” and not just ones suspected of exploitation or trafficking is dangerous for independent sex workers, says SWAI.
But the Immigrant Council of Ireland has warned that a legal loophole remains.
Retailers are worried that the increase will encourage consumers in the Republic to head across the border to shop.
There are warnings that a VAT increase will send shoppers to Northern Ireland in order to make savings. Will you consider it? Or would you have gone anyway?…
Nine things you need to know by 9am: New ministers from north and south of the border meet for the first time today; more protests on the way in Syria, and the unthinkable…a Father Ted rip off.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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