Sam McBride: Things fall apart: Stormont’s dark week reveals melancholic truth even its spin cannot hide

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Subscribe              Nov 15, 2020           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Sam McBride: Things fall apart: Stormont's dark week reveals melancholic truth even its spin cannot hide           The roots of Stormont's almost drunkenly incompetent lurches over recent days lie in events several weeks ago, but also in a perplexing development seven days ago.                 'Incredibly lenient' sentences of Continuity IRA men are slammed – PPS has 28 days to consider appeal   Calls have been made for an overhaul of sentencing after what police called "one of the most significant terrorism cases in recent times" saw seven Continuity IRA members jailed - but with several due to walk free in only three or three-and-a-half years.           Robin Swann asked by DUP after his cancer deaths warning: What preparations did you make for winter pressures?   The DUP has challenged Health Minister Robin Swann to explain what preparations his department made for winter pressures, after he said that cancer patients might die because no hospital would turn away a Covid patient.           Ben Lowry: The DUP got no credit for trying to get businesses back to normal   All week there has been fierce criticism of the stalemate at Stormont, over Covid restrictions.           NI poultry businesses urged to step up precautions after avian flu case detected in swan   A case of avian flu has been detected in a swan in Co Londonderry.           Frustration as grassroots competitive sport on hold for further two weeks   All regular football training and competitive fixtures will remain suspended for a further two weeks in line with the latest Covid restrictions, the Irish Football Association (IFA) has announced.           'Warning signals flashing' that Stormont could collapse   One of the key negotiators behind the Good Friday Agreement has warned that the divisions between Sinn Fein and the DUP could "run the Executive into the ground again".           Prosecutors have duty to appeal these woefully inadequate prison terms given to dangerous dissident republican terrorists   Jail terms given to seven terrorists yesterday were described in some reports as totalling 33 years.           Memoir is a reminder that unionism has only itself to blame for not integrating itself more with UK politics   It is fascinating reading the memoirs of retired civil servant Sinclair Duncan in the News Letter.                 View more news

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