Photo above – Samantha and Frankie marry after getting special permission due to her terminal cancer diagnosis
A Loughbrickland couple had their wedding dreams fulfilled last week after Stormont ministers gave them special permission to wed under lockdown due to her terminal cancer diagnosis.
Identities of 150 survivors of historical abuse exposed in major data breach
The identities of 150 survivors of historical institutional abuse (HIA) have been exposed in a data breach, it has been confirmed.
Dad ‘overwhelmed’ after principal lends struggling NI family his own laptop for home-schooling
A Ballymena father, struggling to homeschool his four children during lockdown on just one computer, said he has been ‘‘totally overwhelmed’’ by the kindness of his children’s headmaster, who has lent them his own personal computer to use.
Concerns that eligibility row is blocking Troubles pension
The latest delay in commencing a pension scheme for Troubles victims could be linked to a clause excluding those injured by their own hand, Doug Beattie has suggested.
Prepare for your rates bill to soar…
Sam McBride in the News Letter
Expect your rates bill to soar (a 30% increase is mentioned in one area) to pay for less council services. Councils face a prolonged devastating income collapse. Yet, facing insolvency, many are choosing to top up furloughed workers 80% salaries to 100%.
[[] https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/sam-mcbride-prepare-your-rates-bill-soar-while-council-services-are-reduced-2862827 ]
Coronavirus: What we know about Northern Ireland’s death toll
BBC Ni News
BBC News NI analyses the latest detailed figures from NI’s statistics agency, Nisra.
[[] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-52768392 ]
President Higgins thanks Ireland’s Muslim community for ‘invaluable contribution’ as Ramadan concludes
Irish Examiner
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McGuinness’ birthday no date to celebrate for family of RUC dad and daughter killed by IRA
Belfast Telegraph
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mcguinness-birthday-no-date-to-celebrate-for-family-of-ruc-dad-and-daughter-killed-by-ira-39227869.html ]
Statue credited with saving Dublin parish from Spanish flu has been returned
The Irish Times
‘Constant stream of people’ praying to statue at Church of Our Lady Help of Christians. Patsy McGarry.
[[] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/statue-credited-with-saving-dublin-parish-from-spanish-flu-has-been-returned-1.4260312 ]
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