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Editors Viewpoint
Editor's Viewpoint: Courageous Kate inspiration to all
The tumultuous standing ovation given to murdered policeman's widow Kate
Carroll when she rose to collect her deserved award of BT Woman of the Year
showed the regard felt for this very courageous woman.
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Editor's Viewpoint: A landmark game
Friday, 6 November 2009
Long experience of treading carefully through the minefield of local politics
has made Belfast people masters of diplomacy.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Unlikely icons
Thursday, 5 November 2009
They are unlikely stars but Plasticine figures Wallace and Gromit have become
icons.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Our MPs must take heed of new rules
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Sir Christopher Kelly, in his call for an end to double-jobbing - the practice
of taking seats at both Westminster and Stormont - makes it clear that the
practice should end sooner rather than later.
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Editor's Viewpoint: DoE must come clean on pollution
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
The refusal by the Department of the Environment to divulge why one of
Northern Ireland's premier beaches failed a European quality test is
governmental arrogance of the worst kind.
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Editor's Viewpoint: A starring role
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Northern Ireland is no stranger to film crews, but, in the past, they invariably came to the province to record its real life violence and the picture they painted was unflattering in the extreme.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Victims of abuse deserve justice
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Campaigners have gone some way towards their aim of having a full scale
inquiry into the extent of child abuse in Catholic and state-run homes in
Northern Ireland.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Twins make mark
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The terrible twins of X Factor, John and Edward Grimes, will always have one
claim to fame, giving English language a new word, Jedward.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Victims deserve some recompense
Monday, 2 November 2009
A delegation from Westminster has been lobbying officials in Libya at the
weekend about compensation for innocent victims of the Provisional IRA.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Festival a success
Monday, 2 November 2009
Another Belfast Festival at Queen’s has come and gone, but although the
collective stage is now empty, the warm memories linger on.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Key to good health is being sensible
Friday, 30 October 2009
The way we lead our lives in modern society is coming under more and more
scrutiny by health professionals faced with rising incidences of largely
preventable conditions.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Dressed to thrill
Friday, 30 October 2009
Not so long ago fashion shows in Belfast usually meant end-of-term displays of their work by students from the former Art College. Anyone serious about the business had to leave for one of the world's fashion capitals to make a living.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Kids online: what parents must do
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Does your child log onto social networking sites like Bebo, Facebook or
MySpace? How often do they use those sites? Who are they talking to online?
Those are the questions every parent of young or teenage children should be
asking themselves.
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Editors Viewpoint: It's viva Aviva
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Rugby is coming home to Lansdowne Road in August next year, but the venue will
have a new, strange name, the Aviva Stadium - a testament to commerce as
opposed to the historic roots of the game.
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Editor's Viewpoint: A major victory in smuggling battle
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The scale of the cigarette smuggling operation smashed by police and customs
officials on both sides of the border yesterday is staggering.
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Editor's Viewpoint: An Indian summer
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The clocks have gone back, the leaves are falling off the trees and just as we
are preparing to wrap up for winter along come those lazy, hazy, crazy days
of ... October.
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Editor's Viewpoint: DUP alters course on double-jobbing
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Along with the generous expenses claimed by MPs, another bone of contention
has been the practice of many politicians to hold two, or even three, posts
simultaneously.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Not funny, Jimmy
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
It wasn't clever and it wasn't funny. Comic Jimmy Carr, who can be both, was
entirely out of order with his quip about soldier amputees.
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Editor's Viewpoint: One bright spot in a gloomy picture
Monday, 26 October 2009
The large influx of bank holiday shoppers from the Irish Republic today into
Northern Ireland is evidence that the recession can have benefits as well as
disadvantages.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Wildlife failures
Monday, 26 October 2009
The latest revelations about the state our wildlife are disturbing.
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Editor's Viewpoint: Turning off viewers?
Friday, 23 October 2009
Have I Got News For You and the Jonathan Ross Show occupy prime slots in the
BBC’s Friday night schedule for one simple reason — they are quality
productions attracting large audiences.
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