Jim Allister: No-one should be above the law on Covid restrictions, particularly those who set the law

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Subscribe              Nov 22, 2020           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Jim Allister: No-one should be above the law on Covid restrictions, particularly those who set the law           In early July, Michelle O'Neill told the public that she was willing to cooperate with the PSNI investigation into the Storey funeral.                 Ben Lowry: Just imagine if the Holylands was 94% Protestant   We reported this week that 94% of students residing in the Holylands area near Queen's University, Belfast, come from a Catholic background.           Dachau liberator Teddy Dixon has died aged 100 in Belfast   The US Consulate in Belfast has led the tributes to Belfast war hero and Dachau liberator Teddy Dixon who has died aged 100.           Holylands segregation: 'I thought we were past all of this' says DUP councillor for area   A DUP councillor has lamented the sharp segregation in Belfast's Holylands student district, after the News Letter revealed that Catholic students outnumber Protestant ones in the area by 19 to one.           Sam McBride: Even Arlene Foster's internal explanation to the DUP doesn't stack up – so what really explains her abrupt U-turn?   So what was it all about?           Minister of Ian Paisley's old church lashes out at 'horrendous' government handling of pandemic fight   The minister of Martyrs' Memorial church has decried the government's decision to shut down Sunday worship, while leaving businesses like off-licences free to operate.           Billy Hutchinson: The day I confronted Martin McGuiness over his new friendship with Ian Paisley   During his tenure as Minister of Education, I had some run-ins with Martin McGuinness. Whereas we were both previously commanders of paramilitary groupings (McGuinness was a one-time PIRA commander and leader), we were now parliamentary colleagues with a range of differences on certain issues.           Ben Lowry: Like Scotland, Northern Ireland is becoming a place apart that is addicted to UK cash   The broadcaster Andrew Neil this week wrote a damning appraisal of devolution in Scotland.           Now that many businesses are being closed and greatly damaged, education needs to be protected from harm by keeping schools open   It is far from clear whether it was appropriate for the Stormont executive to order another lockdown.                 View more news

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