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There have been calls for a replica mosque and anti-Muslim signage placed on a loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone to be removed. It is understood the miniature structure was placed on the pyre in Moygashel on Wednesday. Two signs have also been placed on the bonfire reading “secure our borders” and “end the threat of radical Islam”.
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An estimated 3,000 people have attended an anti-racism rally in Belfast.(🎥Colm Lenaghan) Read more:
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A teenager spread gallons of hen manure on a road before Ballymena’s first Pride parade as part “of a prank,” a court has heard. Coleraine Magistrates Court also heard that Isaac Adams (19) “made full and frank admissions” to police when he was arrested. Adams, from the Lislaban Road in Cloughmills, confirmed his identity and that he understood the three charges, all alleged to have been committed on June 28.
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Eleanor Donaldson was paid a redundancy package after losing her job as senior secretary to her paedophile MP husband after being charged with aiding and abetting his child sex crimes, The Irish News understands. Ms Donaldson worked as a senior secretary to her husband, now convicted child rapist and former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, since at least 2010 until after the pair had been arrested and charged with historical offences. Conor Coyle explains.
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"It's trying to persuade people that it would be a far better place if we governed it for ourselves." Gerry Adams says unionism could "fit into a united Ireland", and insists the British government has "no interest" in people living in the north. Read his full interview with Alex Kane here:
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'It's time for Sinn Féin to give up on this failing assembly' Irish News columnist Brian Feeney believes something needs to change ahead of the next assembly election in 2027. It follows Sinn Féin's ard fheis at the weekend, which saw senior party figures calling out the DUP. Feeney says the party underestimates the DUP’s 'fear and loathing' of them.
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The funeral of senior IRA figure Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane was held in Belfast on Tuesday with large crowds gathering on the Cliftonville Road. He died aged 74 after a short illness on Friday. McFarlane was the officer in command of the H-Block prisoners during the 1981 hunger strike over conditions in the Maze and among 38 IRA inmates who escaped from the prison in 1983. Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams joined mourners for the mass of the republican who was jailed for an attack on the Bayardo Bar on the Shankill Road. Five people were killed and 60 others injured.
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This is the moment Paul from Donegal's dream came true as he joined country superstar Zach Bryan onstage in Belfast. After spotting his sign in the crowd, Bryan invited Paul to perform Nine Ball with him. Paul told the Irish News: “My dad was actually in the toilet and I had to call him but he told me the second he heard my voice he was sprinting back to the golden circle shouting ‘that’s my son’ and everyone cleared a path for him. “When I came back he was crying and I am actually happier for him than I am for myself. He was the proudest man on the planet.”
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'You should play fair, talk to me. What are my faults?' Kevin Rous, a Wrightbus nightshift worker from the Philippines, had his Cullybackey home targeted during anti-immigration unrest in Ballymena last night. His car was burnt out while his wife and two children were inside his home. The disorder followed a protest in Clonavon Terrace where missiles were thrown at PSNI officers, properties were damaged, and barricades were set on fire.
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A rally in west Belfast has heard that the city cannot allow a “small minority to spread fear, division and hatred” in the wake of racist attacks and disorder. Hundreds gathered on Friday afternoon at the International Wall in the Falls Road area, to protest this week’s violence and targeting of ethnic minorities in the wake of a knife attack in north Belfast on Monday. 📽️ Colm Lenaghan
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Former Sunflower Bar owner Pedro Donald has put his personal art collection on display and up for sale in Belfast. Speaking to The Irish News, the well-known publican explained how half the proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians, with 50 pieces by local artists exhibited at the Harrison Hotel over the summer.
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'We won't let this be turned into a green and orange issue.. today is going to be about a peaceful protest' Up to 1,500 people are expected to take part in the ‘Great March for Gaza’, which has been organised by the Lurgan Branch of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). The route of the march on Saturday includes a section of the Newry Canal Towpath and passes through the mainly unionist village of Scarva, in Co Down. The Parades Commission has imposed restrictions on both the march and a loyalist counter-protest. Pádraig Cairns from IPSC told the Irish News: "We want to make sure people know that we're marching here for peace and justice for the people of Palestine." 📽 Mal McCann
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'When I started, a packet of 20 cigarettes was 47p, now it's closer to £20. Back then the rent for the shop was £30 a week, and I eventually went on to buy the building in the late eighties.' Eugene Diamond, arguably Northern Ireland's best-known newsagent, is retiring after 45 years behind the counter in Ballymena's Broughshane Street. The Twitter-savvy shopkeeper became famous for daily posts showing newspaper front pages, with his announcement prompting tributes from MPs to journalists who called him "an institution." 🎥 Mal McCann
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The PSNI is facing calls to remove a “racist” display placed on a loyalist bonfire that mocks the plight of refugees and migrants. The hate-filled display has appeared on a controversial bonfire in the village of Moygashel, near Dungannon, Co Tyrone. It includes a small boat with a number of dummies dressed in lifejackets and high viz vests. Read more: 📽️ Mal McCann
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'The Sash is not a sectarian song' Gerry Adams has admitted he does enjoy some of the music played by loyalist marching bands and believes the Sash is not a sectarian song. The former Sinn Féin president said it was better to understand the “culture, the uniforms, the music”, adding “I like the music and all that goes with it”. But Mr Adams said that if the music and songs - from the Sash to those more “over the top” and overtly sectarian - are played where there is “any sort of invasion of people’s space (they) will become provocative and annoying”. Watch the full interview on The Irish News YouTube channel.
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An Alliance MLA has been ejected from the Stormont Assembly chamber after a row with the deputy speaker in which she accused him of “patronising” her. North Belfast MLA Nuala McAllister removed herself from the chamber after a request from the UUP’s Steve Aiken on Tuesday morning, the second day of the Assembly sitting after summer recess. The Alliance MLA later said the deputy speaker needed to “look at the way that you speak to many of the women in this chamber”.
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