‘I reached out to God while sleeping in a half-dug Afghan grave’

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Subscribe              May 23, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           'I reached out to God while sleeping in a half-dug Afghan grave'           UUP leader Doug Beattie talks to JOANNE SAVAGE about heavy combat, personal belief and reaching out to both sides of the divide in order to build a more inclusive Northern Ireland                 Sam McBride: A curious episode shows that the NI protocol is now too confusing for even the EU to understand   Almost 2,500 years ago, the Greek tragedian Sophocles observed that "no one loves the messenger who brings bad news".           DUP support slumps to new low as poll predicts Sinn Fein could take first minister post   A new poll has seen support for the DUP slump to just 16%, posing a major challenge for incoming leader Edwin Poots.           Media reports of Ballymurphy inquest have been stripped of the historical context, of near civil war in Northern Ireland   A letter from Dr William Beattie Smith:           Ben Lowry: Instead of 'moving on' from the IRA funeral, we still need proper answers into the scandal   Remember from childhood those drawings of impossible triangles or impossible staircases?           Ben Lowry: If Joel Keys, aged 19, wants to help unionism, he should get a law degree   On BBC Nolan radio show yesterday I dismissed the appearance of the loyalist Joel Keys before a Westminster committee as that of a "kid".           Well-known veterinary surgeon Wilson Kennedy killed in road crash   Police have named the man who died in a road traffic collision in the outskirts of Ballyclare yesterday evening (Friday) as a well-known local veterinary surgeon.           Edwin Poots's officials said public Irish Sea border stance differed from what they were told – and wanted it in writing   A civil servant felt deeply uncomfortable about a decision by Edwin Poots's department to abandon the recruitment of Irish Sea border inspectors, saying that it did not reflect what they were verbally told, the News Letter can reveal.           Shock and sadness at tragic loss of 'truly brilliant vet' Wilson Kennedy   Tributes have been paid to a "brilliant vet" who had "a lovely kind and quiet way with animals" following his death in a tragic road collision.                 View more news

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