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Coaches and volunteers from Warrenpoint Town take part in Ahead of the Game workshop Coaches and volunteers from Warrenpoint Town FC took part in an online version of the Irish FA’s mental health awareness workshop, Ahead of the Game, on Thursday evening. Last nights webinar was delivered by Gavin Nelson, Club and Community Development Officer at the Irish FA Foundation, Joe Donnelly from TAMHI (Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues) and Kenny Greenhill an Irish FA Grassroots Leader. Th...

She said many grieving families felt their loved ones’ deaths could have been prevented. “It is very hard when you know you deserve to be protected, when you know a death could be prevented because of safety issues it is so hard to accept,” she told the BBC. “So I know they will probably be delighted it is going ahead, but again very sad that it takes so long for everything to be worked out.” A public inquiry into the scheme was held last March, as well as three public consultations. ...

Best way to secure the union is to treat Catholics as equals 27 January, 2021 00:59 Gavin Robinson’s call on the unionist parties to engage in some soul searching about a border poll is a welcome development. In the light of Sinn Féin’s decision to welcome the Brits back to the north, it may cause some embarrassment for republicans. Things have changed in Northern Ireland and there is no going back to what it was before. First, Catholics have reached a level of equality w...

Despite their territorial defeat, the extremists are striving to prove they still matter.

Police in Northern Ireland are probing a sinister graffiti threat made to Brexit port workers. The investigation was launched after the words all border post staff are targets appeared spray painted on a wall in Larne, County Antrim, on Thursday. It is not known who was behind the threat, but MPs have warned that dissident republican groups would see security checkpoints and customs bases in Northern Ireland as targets after Brexit. And, as checks at the newly-installed Border Control Post (BCP...

Serving and retired gardaí describe the ordeal of dealing with crashes, suicides and violent crimes

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Police are investigating an overnight fire at sheds containing gas cylinders in Banbridge which forced residents to be moved from their homes. The Scarva Road between Peggys Loaning and Grove Meadows was closed for several hours as firefighers tackled the blaze. It was reported at 3:10am that two sheds at the rear of a property were on fire. Police attended the scene where 27 NIFRS officers were dealing with the incident. The sheds contains acetylene cylinders and local residents were evacuat...

An infamous gangster facing charges of conspiracy to murder has complained about the effects on his mental health of Covid-19 isolation in prison. Michael OLoughlin said that he has to go into isolation in prison after interviews with police who are investigating a slew of criminal charges against him. The Galway man told a court hearing in Newry this week: "My mental health suffers very badly in isolation. Ive been in there twice already." OLoughlin is facing a litany of charges in the North ...

6 Read / Add Comments UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that w...