Furious reaction from hospitality sector to new lockdown restrictions + NI drinkers are heading for shebeens and garden pubs says bar manager

Naomi Long says sorry after Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill fail to give media interviews

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Subscribe              Nov 20, 2020           Good morning In today's news: NI hospitality sector furious and accuses Executive of breaking promises over lockdown restrictions Chief Executive of industry group Hospitality Ulster, Colin Neill, gave his reaction to the confirmation that Northern Ireland's hospitality sector cannot reopen until December 11 at the earliest. Naomi Long says sorry after Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill fail to give media interviews over new lockdown Justice Minister Naomi Long has apologised for First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill not having given media interviews since sweeping new coronavirus restrictions were announced on Thursday night. Executive parties split over proposal to decriminalise terrorist groups to secure peace process, as raised by paramilitary watchdog IRC The Stormont Executive parties and the justice minister appear to be split over the idea of decriminalising paramilitary groups in order to support the peace process. 'Unconscious bias training': Conor Murphy's department blocks public from knowing how much it spent on programme for civil servants The Department of Finance is refusing to say how much public money has been spent on "unconscious bias training" for civil servants. Peter Robinson: Mandatory coalition was only ever a transitory fix at Stormont, and we now need to think about removing vetoes The national cross-community sport of criticising politicians is in full season.    You can read all of these stories and much more at www.newsletter.co.uk Digital subscriptions are available for only £1 per month for the first three months. Doing so means you will see fewer ads while you read our stories,  and access four free puzzle games every day - made just for subscribers. Have a good day   Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor             Naomi Long says sorry after Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill fail to give media interviews over new lockdown           Justice Minister Naomi Long has apologised for First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill not having given media interviews since sweeping new coronavirus restrictions were announced on Thursday night.                 People aged 75 and older account for 78% of all Covid-19 related deaths - NI death-toll up to 1,227 reports NISRA   People aged 75 and older account for 78 per cent of all Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland, according to Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).           'Decriminalise terrorist groups to secure peace' - backlash against paramilitary watchdog IRC's proposed idea   There has been wide-ranging opposition to the possibility of decriminalising terror groups as a means of advancing and securing the peace process.           NI drinkers are heading for shebeens and garden pubs says bar manager   Closing down pubs has driven drinking underground an NI bar manager has claimed.           Whopping 94.2% of students in Holylands are Catholic – with sectarian divide branded 'depressing'   Fresh figures from NI's universities paint a picture of extreme segregation in Belfast's Holylands district – showing 19 out of 20 students living there are Catholic.           Sammy Wilson: 'When I show bias there is nothing unconscious about it!'   Former finance minister Sammy Wilson has hit out at current post-holder Conor Murphy, after the latter refused to say how much public cash has been spent on "unconscious bias training" for NI civil servants.           Peter Robinson: Mandatory coalition was only ever a transitory fix at Stormont, and we now need to think about removing vetoes   The national cross-community sport of criticising politicians is in full season.               IN PICTURES: Through The Archives – looking back at October 1989   It's almost the weekend!! And what a week we have had.       THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: From the News Letter of November 1855   Chaplains for the Crimea War                             Irish League call for COVID-19 funding rapid release to protect clubs           Glentoran chairman Stephen Henderson has called for a rapid release of sport's £15m COVID-19 support package following the latest NI Executive lockdown extension.                   Next year's Isle of Man TT 'could be held later in summer 2021 or cancelled altogether'   Discussions have been held over the possibility of moving the 2021 Isle of Man TT until later in the year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.       Flashback: Eddie Jones takes charge of England on this day in 2015   Eddie Jones was confirmed as England's first overseas head coach in rugby union on this day in 2015.       Eddie Jones questions Ireland ability to bring dominant display   Eddie Jones has thrown down the gauntlet to Andy Farrell's Ireland by questioning whether they are capable of delivering another conclusive victory when they face England.                   View more news

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