Leading medics back Robin Swann amid threats as top doctor warns abuse could ‘tip over into something more sinister’

NI Protocol: 'What we need is a mass rally with our leaders together onstage'

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Subscribe              Oct 1, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good afternoon A further eight patients who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died. Another 1,039 cases of the virus were also notified by the Department of Health. On Friday morning, there were 342 Covid-positive patients in hospital, of whom 33 were in intensive care. A total of 2,526,802 vaccines have been administered in total. Meanwhile a further 38 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the latest weekly update from NISRA. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) collated the number of fatalities in the week from September 18 to 24. They take the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths recorded by Nisra to 3,443, higher than the 2,538 reported by the Department of Health to the same date. In other news:  * A prominent Troubles victims campaigner has declared that this week's report by the Police Ombudsman into the murder of a young RUC constable should lead to light being shone on the work of An Garda Siochana.  The ombudsman's report into the 1992 Newry horizontal mortar attack which killed officer Colleen McMurray (and wounded Paul Slaine) found there had been shortcomings in the RUC's investigation into the IRA attack, but that police could not have predicted the explosion. * An ex-DUP MLA has said this week's statement of a multi-party united front against the Protocol must be followed by tangible action like a mass rally.  Paul Berry, who was a DUP member for about 18 years before quitting in 2006, said he had recently been to peaceful street protests over the Protocol, and that grassroots loyalists are craving some kind of political direction - adding that unionists have been "too nice" up 'til now. Subscribe today and save 50% on your first 6 months Check out using promo code ATMN50 For six months, you'll get all of this from just 13p per day. Unlimited access to the website. 70% fewer ads and an improved experience. Interactive daily puzzles. Access to the newspaper edition app on mobile, tablet and desktop. Perfect for staying in the know with Northern Ireland news comment           Leading medics back Robin Swann amid threats as top doctor warns abuse could 'tip over into something more sinister'           Leading medics have weighed in to offer support to Health Minister Robin Swann following the latest threats made against him.                 Covid NI: What are the current Covid restrictions in Northern Ireland?   From Monday, October 4, travel restrictions will ease across Northern Ireland the UK with the end of the traffic light system.           Another 38 deaths linked to Covid in Northern Ireland in latest weekly statistics   A further 38 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the latest weekly update.           NI Protocol: 'What we need is a mass rally with our leaders together onstage'   An ex-DUP MLA has said this week's statement of a multi-party united front against the Protocol must be followed by tangible action like a mass rally.           RUC murder report 'should mean light is shone upon Irish authorities'   A prominent Troubles victims campaigner has declared that this week's report by the Police Ombudsman into the murder of a young RUC constable should lead to light being shone on the work of An Garda Siochana.           Eddie Harper, the Northern Ireland golf coach who mentored a young Rory McIlroy and Tom McKibbin, receives BEM from Queen   If grown men accosting you in the street and telling you you're a legend keeps happening, the odds are they can't all be mad. It's never happened to me, despite being a serial author with a (modest) public profile. But it's a fairly regular occurrence for my dad, Eddie Harper – a long-retired civil servant and limelight-avoiding grafter, for decades, in the engine room of youth golf in Northern Ireland.           Colleen McMurray murder: 'The state was in collusion with the IRA' says family   The family of RUC officer Colleen McMurray has called for a judge-led inquiry into her death, saying there was IRA/state collusion.                 View more news

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