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EYE ON THE PAST: March 1984 – Gerry Adams is shot in city centre

We look at the stories that were making the headlines this week in 1984

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Me and the drink: How Covid advanced then ended my beer career

I HAD the worst hangover I’ve had in twenty years on Sunday. It started out as a dull but manageable frontal lobe ache, but by mid-afternoon it had promoted itself to an all-cranium eye-scruncher oblivious to the ministrations of Messrs Nurofen and Panadol.

DÚLRA: The beautiful wee bullfinch knows its place

IT’S been quite an honour to have these two birds grace the garden this week.

WE SAY: Flying the flag for sensitivity

CHIEF Constable John Boutcher says he’s talking to the key British government adviser on ‘terrorism’ about the possibility of “additional legislation” allowing police to take down flags supporting paramilitary organisations.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Floating on air at the big Dublin parade

"ABEL Alarms." If you grew up in Dublin in the 1970s and 80s you know the glamour that phrase conjures on a cold St Patrick’s Day.

JUDE COLLINS: We don't have to believe the war hawk warnings

WE humans like to think we live in a world where it’s possible to make clear decisions, to choose the road most travelled or choose the road overgrown and rarely taken. Time and again we underestimate how much the power of the prevailing atmosphere affects our choice.

ARTS: A Cultúrlann gateway to another world

DERVLA O'Flaherty's artwork in the Cultúrlann could benefit from some non-reflective glass but the 'Other World Trouble/Trioblóid sa Domhan Eile' exhibition of paintings has a strange and gentle charm.

GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world

IT has been a very busy and eventful couple of weeks for all of those who speak and enjoy the Irish language and who have campaigned for decades against government policies of institutionalised exclusion, inequality and discrimination.

DANNY BAKER MLA: It's time to let more young people vote

EVERY day on the hill at Stormont we make decisions that affect the lives of children and young people, all without them having a direct role in playing their part in this change.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Orangemen and the DUP should be careful what they wish for

ARLENE Foster's had enough of the glorification of terrorism. Speaking recently in the House of Lords after members had risen from their afternoon nap, the former First Minister said Sinn Féin First Minister Michelle O'Neill's appearance at a Magherafelt commemoration in January for three IRA volunteers “should be a matter the Security Minister should delve into.” She went on: “A change in the law is required to deal with those in authority who continue to exalt and deify terrorists who caused so much hurt and pain.”

Now DUP doesn't want residents asked about Irish language signs

THE leader of the DUP group on Belfast City Council has come out against the surveying of streets in the city on the issue of dual English/Irish street signage.

EYE ON THE PAST: March 1984 – Maguire 7 injustice brought to light

WE look at the stories that were making the headlines this week in 1984

Rangers: The Banter Years continue, but for how long can Celtic fans enjoy the Ibrox misery?

WITH nine games remaining in the Scottish Premier League, it’s unlikely that Celtic will equal or beat their 2016/17 record-setting margin of 30 points, set in Brendan Rodgers’ first season in his first spell as manager.

HEALTHWISE: Cholesterol isn’t all bad but caution is needed

CHOLESTEROL has a bad reputation thanks to its well-known role as a risk factor for heart disease. But it’s often overlooked that it is an essential part of our bodies as it makes up our cells, helps produce Vitamin D, testosterone, oestrogen, cortisol and bile acids.

Dúlra stalks his elusive quarry in... a quarry

IT’S like the land that time forgot – and it’s right at the edge of West Belfast.

NIFL Premiership: Cliftonville face several cup finals in bid to secure top-half finish

Boxing: Nottingham holds no fear for Cacace as May 10 fight with Wood confirmed

NIFL Premiership: Reds lose ground in race for top six

Allianz Hurling League: Antrim's away woes continue with Offaly defeat

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Trump told us who he was and we didn't believe him

SQUINTER: Battle lines are drawn in the war of the football pitch paint

GERRY ADAMS: Simon Harris is stating the bleedin' obvious

DÚLRA: Our Aaron’s hooked on a new natural high

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