Devotion to local community cost UDR major his life

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Subscribe              Jan 17, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Devotion to local community cost UDR major his life           The son of a part-time UDR major set up for murder by a Customs service work colleague said his father's devotion to his local community ultimately cost him his life.                 Jim Allister: Stormont is still a failure, one year on from its return   A statement from Jim Allister:           'Unionists take heart: gold-standard polls show 22% back Irish unity'   Paying close attention to exactly how opinion polls about Irish re-unification are carried out is "of constitutional importance" says a leading academic – adding that the best available evidence should soothe fears of unionists.           Arlene Foster: We are trying to fix this trade barrier with the rest of the UK, which was created by London   The trading barrier with the rest of the UK was created by the UK government, despite DUP warnings, writes ARLENE FOSTER           Welcome increase to terrorist jail term but Stormont still needs to bring in tougher sentencing   News Letter editorial on Saturday January 16 2021:           Lough Neagh dredgers get permission to suck up 1.5m tonnes from bed annually   A long-running battle over dredging in Lough Neagh has been resolved in favour of the dredgers, with the government giving the go-ahead for 1.5 million tonnes of material to be lifted from the lake bed every year.           Brexit: Republic of Ireland faces 'empty shelves, job losses and rising prices'   Representatives of the freight and farming sectors in the Republic of Ireland have warned of huge pending disruption as the impact of Britain leaving the EU takes hold on the south.           Ben Lowry: The Irish Sea border was imposed because UK knew unionists would take it   Recently I wrote that most current Irish nationalist goals had some unionist support.           Dr Michael McBride deserves a gong   A letter by David Barbour:                 View more news

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