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Michelle O'Neill says she is not calling on the its chief to quit over the memorial event's handling.

BBC News By Mark Simpson image captionA 12ft statue of Sir Edward Carson was unveiled at Stormont in 1933 The course of Irish history changed 100 years ago with the decision of Sir Edward Carson to stand down from the unionist leadership and relinquish the chance to become Northern Irelands first prime minister. A century on, his great-grandson believes it was a mixture of personal and political factors which led to Carsons momentous decision, announced on 4 February 1921. A large statue of Car...

Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier, has reported a net loss of $369 million (306 million euros) for the quarter ending December. Ryanair forecasts this fiscal year to be “the most challenging” in its 35 year-history, as airlines grapple with pandemic-induced losses and further restrictions on air travel as new variants of COVID-19 make an appearance. The budget airline is expecting a net loss of between $1.03 billion (850 million euros) and $1.14 billion (950 million euros) for i...

Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector Douglas County District Court Judge Mark Simpsons temporary orders to keep residency of four children with an "emotionally damaging" mother has drawn criticism from activists and supporters of the father. Simpson said the decision between the mother and father, convicted of domestic battery in 2016, did not offer a perfect solution. TOPEKA — A district judge’s ruling in an ongoing Lawrence custody case to keep four chil...

Lawrence Municipal Airport is pictured in this aerial photo from summer 2019. The City of Lawrence has agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a longtime pilot who claimed the city hadn’t properly kept up some airport infrastructure, causing damage to an airplane. Great Planes Inc., which operates an airplane hangar and offices at the airport on space leased from the city, filed the lawsuit in spring 2019 in Douglas County District Court. The lawsuit alleged that disrepair of the r...

BBC News By Mark Simpson image captionThe new stadium has a proposed capacity of 34,186 The Ulster Unionist Party has called on the GAA to increase its contribution to the building of a new stadium at Casement Park in west Belfast. No agreement has yet been reached on the payment plan for the project, which is expected to cost at least £110m. The initial cost of the project was estimated at £77.5m, with the GAA agreeing to pay £15m of the total. However, a series of delays has led to an inc...

4 ways to fix the office and avoid business as usual Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 12:31 Analysis: the current crisis caused by the pandemic is an ideal opportunity to reform the way work is performed in most offices Never let a good crisis go to waste: this saying is variously attributed to Rahm Emanuel,Winston Churchill and M.H. Weiner. We are certainly in the middle of a crisis now, so how can we take advantage of the woeful state of affairs? My modest proposal is that we take the curre...

Man Recovering after Falling Through Lake Ice, Oxford, Maine An Oxford man is recovering after falling through the ice in the middle of a lake. The Maine Warden Service reports 56-year-old Mark Simpson apparently had been skating on Thompson Lake when he went through thin ice late yesterday afternoon. A neighbor heard cries for help and called 9-1-1.Oxford Fire & Rescue was first on the scene and found Simpson alone in the frigid water. Other teams responded to help get the man safely to sho...

Rescuers pull ice skater out of Thompson Lake in Oxford Mark Simpson of Oxford was rescued and taken to a Norway hospital. Share OXFORD — Rescuers from several departments plucked a man out of Thompson Lake late Wednesday afternoon after it was reported the victim had fallen through the ice while skating near Briggs Lane. Officials from the Maine Department of Wildlife and Inland Fisheries said that at about 4 p.m., Mark Simpson, 56, of Pine Point Road in Oxford, went through the ice in the ...

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