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Denis Donoghue: President leads tributes to late scholar and literary critic Father of novelist Emma Donoghue held professorships at New York University and UCD about 5 hours ago Updated: 2 minutes ago Denis Donoghue: the academic and literary critic has died aged 92   President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Denis Donoghue, the scholar and literary critic, who has died at the age of 92. He published more than 30 books and held professorships at New York University and his alma...

Sadler’s Peaky Blinder Irish Cup: Revised first-round draw The revised draw for Round 1 of this season’s Sadler’s Peaky Blinder Irish Cup was confirmed today. The competition, which has been scaled back by the Irish FA Challenge Cup Committee due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is due to get under way on 27 April. The revised draw reflects the withdrawal of six NIFL Championship clubs from the competition in recent weeks.  The withdrawals mean Bangor, Dollingstown, St James’s Swifts, PSNI, L...

The Eurovision Song Contest held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin 50 years ago today was the moment Catholic Ireland switched from black and white to colour. Girls in hot pants were photographed walking down Grafton Street and disporting themselves in the River Club on Bachelors Walk; a riotous after-party went on until 4am in Dublin Castle; and the Cork-born drag queen Danny La Rue held court in the Shelbourne Hotel. In sharp contrast, the segment between the performances and the voting - the i...

The Eurovision Song Contest held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin 50 years ago today was the moment Catholic Ireland switched from black and white to colour. Girls in hot pants were photographed walking down Grafton Street and disporting themselves in the River Club on Bachelors Walk; a riotous after-party went on until 4am in Dublin Castle; and the Cork-born drag queen Danny La Rue held court in the Shelbourne Hotel. In sharp contrast, the segment between the performances and the voting - the i...

under the trees and bamboo enough for the birds Tsanka Shishkova’s uphill climb was fruitful, leading her to write this line: the scent of spring plums on the hill. Stephen Toft wrote this one-liner about whispering to cattle in Lancaster, U.K.: spring blossom i sing to the bull. Wade German made a pilgrimage in Delta, British Columbia. spring snow... to master’s shrine Vladislav Hristov bowed under an old, bent evergreen in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Realizing that Jesus of Nazareth may have been ...

Ronan Kerrs family shares their endless pain over his murder The PSNI say they are still investigating the bomb that killed the young police recruit 10 years ago Updated PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr is remembered 10 years after his brutal murder for which no one has yet been convicted (Image: Nuala Kerr) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the...

Paul Jellett, who died recently, was a former senior executive with the Belfast Telegraph. He was 82. The son of tobacconist Louis Jellett and his wife Hilda, he was educated at St Colmans College in Newry and worked for some time in England. Returning home, he joined the newspaper where he became classified advertising manager. In the 1970s he won the prize for his entry of Downtown in a competition to name a new commercial radio station. It is still going strong today. Former colleague Terry...

Warrenpoint Harbour Authority has been allocated £1.5m by Nichola Mallon, Northern Irelands Minister for Infrastructure. The funding will allow the Co.Down authority to take forward a programme of port infrastructure works. Minister Mallon said: “The Harbour Authority has identified a range of infrastructure works required at the port as a result of the challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding will therefore provide vital support following a difficult year for the port, an...

Live updates as Northern Ireland Executive agrees to relax some lockdown restrictions Stormont ministers are meeting today to discuss the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions which are due to end on April 1 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The NI Executive has agreed a number of easements to existing coronavirus restrictions this afternoon, it is understood. They include a relaxation of the numbers allowed to meet in a private garden from six people from two households on Ap...

The European Union is expected to formally launch legal action against the UK for unilaterally extending the post-Brexit grace periods to trade in Northern Ireland. In an escalation of tensions, the European Commission was preparing on Monday to take the move over the Government’s alleged breach of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The EU has suggested the UK may be in breach of international law for extending the light-touch regulatory periods, that were due end this month, until October. The g...