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Rev Dr William Morton, Church of Ireland

Thought for the week: Jonathan Swift - much more than Gulliver

Sarah Topley from Haldane Fisher Lisburn receiving her Rising Star award. Pic credit: John Ohle

Sarah is recognised as a rising star at Builders Merchant Excellence Awards

Safety campaigners Ciara Sands, Sinead Lunny, Monica Heaney, councillor Joy Ferguson and MLA Eoin Tennyson pushed for A1 road improvements at Stormont.

Campaigners shocked as still no green light for A1 road safety boost

Family and friends pictured at the funeral of Westlife fan Danielle O'Keane (inset) who died going to meet husband after a concert

Tragic ‘Westlife mum’s’ funeral

Co Down mother of two Danielle O'Keane passed away after a tragic accident she suffered shortly after leaving a Westlife show in Dublin. Photo: Danielle O'Keane/Facebook

Westlife pay tribute to tragic fan: Band dedicates songs to Danielle O'Keane

Ulster's Jamie Benson during a press confernce this week ahead of Saturday's United Rugby Championship game against Glasgow Warriors. (Photo by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press)

Versatile Ulster player Jamie Benson dreaming of Ireland opportunity

Darren Hardiman, who has been appointed managing director of Meaghers Pharmacy, with founder Oonagh O'Hagan, who has taken on the role of chief executive officer

NI founder marks 25th with restructure as pharmacy group targets £40m+ turnover

Fresh appeal on 36th anniversary of murder of bookmaker Dessie Fox

Fiona and Patrick Derry of Derry Group Ireland celebrating becoming a B Corp

'Pivotal time': NI logistics firm joins global movement for sustainable business

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart to play Belfast and Dublin on 'Final Encore' tour

UUP deputy leader Diana Armstrong.

Diana Armstrong calls for end to 'ransom politics' at Stormont

The Garvaghy Road in Portadown

Garvaghy Road residents to ‘mobilise’ if parade approved

A Newtownards family have share their RMH experience as McHappy Day approaches. Pictured are Kelly and Adam McKee with Harry and Sophie

Parents describe vital role of RMH during son’s life‑saving treatment

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to The Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast, as he made his first visit to Northern Ireland since coming to office (August 27, 2026, Cathal McNaughton/PA Wire)

Taoiseach to be first international leader to visit No 10 North

Gilbert-Ash managing director , Ray Hutchinson at the launch of Building Culture at BAFTA

Profits rise 11% to £7.6m as NI construction firm eyes further growth

Morning View

Editorial: Andy Burnham must face up to stern challenges
News Letter editorial on Monday September 14 2026
Editorial

Imperial Grand Master of the Independent Orange Institution Wor Bro Phil Moffatt has commented on comments made on Irish unity by US president Donald Trump

Irish unity remarks by US president labelled as 'absurd and embarrassing'

US President Donald Trump during a visit to Deerfield, the US Ambassador's residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, during his trip to the Republic of Ireland today

Trump triggers row with backing for united Ireland on trip to Dublin

US President Donald Trump departs from Aras an Uachtarain, after his meeting with President Catherine Connolly at her official residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, during his trip to the Republic of Ireland

US President Donald Trump says he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland

Belfast Wolves - and Ireland - bowler Mark Adair. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Belfast Wolves star admits 'it's nice to be home' for Ireland leg of ETPL

Mr Trump will be in Ireland on September 12 and 13 for engagements in the capital Dublin as well as at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare, which will be hosting the Irish Open.

Trump visit involves ‘one of biggest’ policing operations in Ireland

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald.

McDonald accepts Sinn Fein did not challenge Government enough on immigration

Translink have been slammed for suggesting Belfast Metro and Glider services should halt at 10pm, in the middle of a year-long pilot scheme experimenting with late-night public transport. Photo: TL9027

City officials slam 'clear step backwards' cuts axing buses and trains at 10pm

Northern Ireland health, safety, and environmental consultancy Paul Feely & Associates (PFA) is expanding its team, investing in new services and new technology as demand for its support continues to grow. Pictured is Emma Turley, operations director with Paul Feely, managing director PFA

NI consultancy steps up growth with new recruits, promotion and tech investment

Kim Calvert is pictured with the late Bob Proctor who described Kim as “one of the most effective people I have ever worked with.”

'Changed the way I thought': Eight-figure NI entrepreneur marks 10 year success

Large wildfires raged in the Mourne Mountains.

Stormont minister reaffirms climate action following record hot summer

Tony Marron, managing director of Liberty IT, has been appointed Global Engineering Capability Lead of parent company, Liberty Mutual Insurance, expanding his leadership remit across the Fortune 100 insurer’s global technology organisation

NI technology leader takes on global engineering role at Liberty Mutual
The Belfast-based technology leader will continue to head Liberty IT while taking on responsibility for engineering capability across the insurer’s 5,500-strong global engineering workforce
Claire Cartmill

Sausages: McColgan’s Quality Foods in Strabane is in line for an Irish Export Award with its logistics partner Derry Group in Portadown. The company produces a wide range of foods including upwards of 500,000 sausage rolls daily for Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, Great Britain and further afield

Two NI businesses in line for prestigious Irish export award

Sir Chris Bryant took over the reins of the NIO on July 20. He has previously been a junior minister in several different departments, responsible for trade, the arts, foreign affairs, and telecoms (Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Unionists demand new NI secretary Bryant takes tougher line with Dublin

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant

UK and Irish governments must ‘step up’ on Troubles Bill, says Bryant

Brendan O'Carroll has cancelled recordings of the 2026 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas and New Year's Specials as he needs immediate surgery for fractures in his jaw, the Irish actor and comedian said in a statement.

Mrs Brown’s Boys shows cancelled after Brendan O’Carroll ‘medical issue’

Graham Kelly made his return to competitive football after a near two-year gap

Graham Kelly pleased to end near two-year wait for competitive football

A showcase of Ulster-Scots musical culture took place on Belfast's Titanic Slipway as part of the all-Ireland Fleadh

Letter: Great to see loyalist bands take part in the Fleadh

Former Northern Ireland under 21s goalkeeper Dermot Mee on club duty with Manchester United. (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

Northern Ireland goalkeeper's magic Manchester United moment in Dublin

Lucy Robb, 18, is in intensive care in a Dublin hospital after crash a little over a week ago.

Over £19k raised for teen Lucy Robb, seriously injured in horror crash

Northern Ireland communications agency Ardmore Group has unveiled one if its most ambitious global creative activations yet - a supersized suitcase-shaped hot air balloon designed for international luggage delivery company Send My Bag's 20th anniversary

NI agency goes global with giant balloon and world record bid

Vehicles arriving at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, where Daniel Kinahan is expected to appear charged with directing an organised crime group, after being extradited from Dubai. Picture date: Sunday August 9, 2026.

Man accused of being crime boss wakes up in Irish prison after a life in Dubai

Daniel Kinahan

Irish Government jet flying to Dublin amid Daniel Kinahan extradition

Sir Rufus Norris

Sir Rufus Norris to direct play for Irish-British celebration of Samuel Beckett

Dylan Oaks will officially open the doors to its seventh retail store on the island of Ireland this Saturday (August 8) in Craigavaon, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony taking place at 9.30am Photo (stock image): provided by Dylan Oaks

Opening date: Growing Irish jewellery brand expands further with new NI store

Crowds gathered outside the funeral of Glen Hansard at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. The Oscar-winning Irish musician and activist died in a motorcycle crash last week

Music stars and fans gather for funeral of Glen Hansard in Dublin

The Belfast office of law firm Lewis Silkin this year marks its fifth anniversary, and in just half a decade has grown more than tenfold from a team of eight to a team of over 80

London law firm grows tenfold in five years as team surpasses 80

Letter to the editor

Editorial: UK authorities should mirror Dublin’s migrant checks at the border

Irish immigration officials checking bus passengers just across the border under Operation Sonnet.

Tories would replicate Irish government's immigration checks at NI border

Oakleaf Commercial Manager Nigel McCarthy (centre) is pictured onsite at the new factory with colleagues John Desbourough and Darcie Whitehead. Credit: Ian Cooper Photography

NI construction firm branches ot with 'exciting new chapter'

The UK Industry Minister, Chris McDonald, at Harland & Wolff, to “celebrate hundreds of millions" of government funding in NI businesses. At the News Letter we make sure such visits are covered given extensive media coverage of Dublin’s shared island money, which now includes a media funding to promote cross-border stories

Ben Lowry: London lets Dublin look generous and Britain mean - undermining UK

Oscar winning actress Brenda Fricker in her 'Casualty' uniform between takes at Bristol. Brenda won her Oscar for her performance as mother of cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown in the film 'My Left Foot'. Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker, best known for her roles in My Left Foot and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, has died aged 81, her agent said. Issue date: Friday July 17, 2026.

My Left Foot actress Brenda Fricker, 81, passes away

DUP leader Gavin Robinson says the UK Border Force "appears confused about its powers" in Northern Ireland. (Photo by Kelvin Boyes /Press Eye)

DUP leader tells government to enforce immigration laws in Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan in the European Parliament.

Sinn Fein MEP's Irish gaffe shows its 'weaponising' of Irish language - TUV

Enoch Burke, former history and German teacher was dismissed from Wilson’s Hospital School in May after a lengthy dispute with the institution.

Enoch Burke owes 208,000 euro in fines for defying court orders

The deputy prime minister of the Republic, Simon Harris, who is also Fine Gael’s leader, has effectively commissioned a report on breaking up a friendly, neighbouring country - the UK

Owen Polley: Harris' all-island 'blueprint' is poorly timed

DUP leader Gavin Robinson.

DUP boss asks who is protecting NI's borders after 'staggering' evidence

Wild Atlantic Whiskey in Castlederg, Co Tyrone is growing successfully in the US, Canada and parts of Europe such as Germany. Our picture shows founders Jim Nash and Brian Ash at the successful distillery

Sam Butler: Irish whiskey producers defy tariffs with international success

The Enterprise Belfast to Dublin train service is now serving Longbridge Tonics

Rail tonic for Belfast creator of soft drinks on road to success

Jamie Bryson attended a meeting with EU diplomats in Dublin to set out the DUP and unionist position, with the endorsement of former leader Jeffrey Donaldson. Pic : Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Irish government confirms it attended Jamie Bryson meeting in Dublin

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