Simon Coveney urges the Northern Ireland parties to show leadership

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2 Jan, 2020 All the news, half the price. Save 50% on a digital subscription to the News Letter!    Find out more → Simon Coveney urges the Northern Ireland parties to show leadership Ireland's deputy premier has urged Stormont's rowing parties to show leadership and generosity when talks to restore powersharing resume. Latest News Apart from keeping IRA guns silent, Stormont has failed Protestants As a lapsed Presbyterian, I was appalled that the mainstream Protestant churches in Northern Ireland just before Christmas urged political parties to 'go the extra mile' to restore devolution. Clerics could face arrest if they speak out against gay marriage, Christian group fears Clerics who speak out against the introduction of same sex marriage in Northern Ireland could face arrest, a Christian organisation has warned. Declassified Files: Irish had 'pathological' concern that Trimble could cause talks to collapse Irish ministers and officials had an almost "pathological" concern that David Trimble could collapse talks just two years before he would lead unionism to signing the 1998 Belfast Agreement, according to British officials recorded in newly declassified files. Still strong 282 years after our founding, we look forward to 2020 As the On This Day column opposite notes, The Times newspaper was founded on January 1 1785, 235 years ago (albeit under another name). Sport Update Heroics from Institute's Rory Brown can't stop Linfield Linfield 3, Institute 0 Manchester United launch SHOCK move for £50m striker, defender to leave Old Trafford in January, and more Manchester United feature heavily in today's roundup of Premier League rumours, as the transfer window opens. Opinion: 2020 could prove to be a defining period for this Ulster squad The first packed Kingspan Stadium since May 2017 was rewarded by an Ulster performance of note in the Guinness PRO14 as they signed off 2019 with an impressive display in a 35-3 rout over Connacht on Friday night. And finally... Declassified Files: Protestant Irish speaker felt unaccepted after 300 years A Protestant Irish speaker whose family had lived in Ireland for 300 years told British ambassador to Dublin David Blatherwick that he still did not feel accepted as Irish. See all the day's news here

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