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Two Northern Ireland mums have defied the odds as both gave birth to triplets in the same hospital in the space of just 24 hours.

A Carrick family will be taking part in a new series of BBC’s “Teen Taxi”.

The Open championship will leave a “lasting and immeasurable legacy” for Northern Ireland, a prominent member of Royal Portrush has said.

Tourism chiefs have been blown away by the success of The Open championship at Royal Portrush and believe it has opened up unprecedented potential for businesses in Northern Ireland.

The turnout at the funeral of 12-year-old Noah Coates was a “true testament of how many people he touched throughout his life”.

Historian GORDON LUCY looks at the life and Scots-Irish ancestry of the first man to walk on the Moon

Unbridled joy took hold at Shane Lowry’s home golf club of Esker Hills as the Offaly man was crowned The Open champion at Portrush.

Shane Lowry’s father has hailed his son’s Open Championship victory as the best birthday present he has ever given him.

GRAEME COUSINS talks to the wife of the man who inspired the unlikely match-up between Dromara Village FC and Man Utd

Any golfer who joins that elite group of sportsmen who have won the Open will automatically qualify for subsequent years of the tournament.

From the News Letter of July 10 1739 (July 21 modern date).

Unbridled joy took hold at Shane Lowry’s home golf club of Esker Hills as the Offaly man was crowned The Open champion at Portrush.

From the News Letter of July 10 1739 (July 20 modern date)

Rory McIlroy’s heroic attempt to claw his way back up the Open Championship rankings after a poor showing on Thursday fell agonisingly short yesterday.

Last evening, at 7.45pm, I scrambled up a grassy path, amid the dunes of Royal Portrush.

A group of Scouts from across the Province set off early this morning on the adventure of a lifetime to a world jamboree which their leader described as “Disneyland for Scouts”.