IT felt magical, even otherworldly, when Dúlra stood on the forest floor as the last light drained from the sky. His eyes strained to see through the darkening tangle of leaves and branches to the source of the most unusual bird call he had ever heard. The sounds were all around him – three, no, […]
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Sharp-eyed Dúlra meets up with our most awe-inspiring bird of prey, the long-eared owl
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OPINION – Jude Collins: Presidential pomp undermines Michael D’s message of solidarity
A MENTAL itch that I’ve carried for decades has flared up in recent days. The people responsible for the flare-up are the clappers: you know, the people who stood outside their door Thursday nights and clapped the NHS workers. Am I saying that NHS workers don’t deserve a clap? Of course not – but I […]
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OPINION – Elly Odhiambo: Mount Kenya may be six times higher but Divis is a marvel to behold
SPRING 2020 is the sunniest on record. Northern Ireland has presented us with magical weather. I can’t believe it, I can’t complain. I used to hear of the story of the infamous Michael Fish, how he got it so wrong – the weatherman predicting for England a calm October 16th 1987 which became the hurricane […]
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TUAIRIM – Gráinne Ní GHILÍN: Ná bímis inár dTost fán chiníochas
Fiú amháin agus páistí óga ag bréagthroid lena chéile, seasann siad siar láithreach bonn nuair a chluineann siad a gcéile comhraic ag béicíl, “I can’t breathe!” De réir scrúdú iarbháis neamhspleách a rinneadh ar George Floyd, fear dubh 46 bliain d’aois, is tachtadh ba chúis lena bhás. Dúnmharaíodh é. Agus sheas triúr fear péas de […]
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OPINION – Andrée Murphy: Our world is better for the stand taken by Black America
IN the US we are seeing events echo our experience of conflict. It is impossible for us to sit in Ireland and not recognise police brutality and state impunity, its intent and form. The first white question asked about George Floyd’s death was ‘What had he done?’ When announcing that he had ‘tried to pass […]
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Stormont Health Committee hears Chief Scientific Advisor to Department of Health missed crucial SAGE meeting that scrapped Covid testing due to ill-health
The Health Minister and the Chief Scientific Officer to the Department of Health were before the Stormont Health Committee on Thursday. Robin Swann stated that this was his sixth attendance at the health committee and he had also attended three Ad-Hoc Committee meetings about Covid-19. Whilst deaths were down he did not want complacency around […]
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