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The High Street voucher scheme has opened for NI shoppers.

Northern Ireland

NI High Street voucher scheme opens with public urged ‘don’t rush’ as system swamped with demand

Keen shoppers eager to apply for the £100 High Street voucher scheme have reported difficulties accessing the application site.

Latest News

Ryan Butler has been a fan of Man United since he was a child.

Northern Ireland Premium

Man United apologises to NI fan wrongly accused of posting racist abuse

Police boarded an Easyjet plane at Belfast International Airport on Sunday evening.

Northern Ireland

No phones and stay put: Easyjet passengers kept on plane for two hours in security operation at Belfast International Airport

Tragic: Friends and family of Iris Hull after she returned from hospital after a long illness last year. Credit: Stephen Hamilton

Coronavirus Premium

exclusive Family demand inquest into mum’s death after Belfast care home probe uncovers mistakes and raises questions over Covid diagnosis

The narrowboat on Lough Erne

Northern Ireland Premium

Our 6ft-wide home: Armagh couple’s mortgage-free life on a Lough Erne barge

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Controversial: DUP councillor Paul Hamill, a former mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Council. The father-of-two died earlier this month after contracting Covid

Sam McBride Premium

Sam McBride Opinion A good man died after too much Covid misinformation – while his hero, lockdown sceptic Ivor Cummins, goes on making money from devotees

On the day that Paul Hamill died, the man whose undermining of public health advice had profoundly impacted the 46-year-old father-of-two made a typically self-assured post on Twitter.

Barry’s Amusements in Portrush

Northern Ireland

Barry’s Portrush: Could big dipper run again as owner hunts for leisure operator?

Faith: Rev Steve Stockman with his wife Janice and daughters Jasmine and Caitlin

Northern Ireland Premium

Steve Stockman on crossing divides, friends in high places, United to City and that decade of atheism

Rory McIlroy said he loved his team in his post-match interview with Sky Sports. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Ryder Cup

Watch: Rory McIlroy tears up after ‘tough week’ at Ryder Cup

Headlines

Christopher Robinson.

Courts Premium

West Belfast man jailed for murdering prison officer Adrian Ismay to try and overturn conviction

Cineworld is to open at Belfast's Odyssey Pavilion in November

Northern Ireland

Cineworld in recruitment drive ahead of Belfast cinema opening in November

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons at the announcement of the High Street Voucher Scheme

Coronavirus

NI voucher scheme: How to apply as scheme opened

Paul Givan and Michelle O'Neill. Image: NI Executive

Northern Ireland

Stormont leaders make fresh push to appoint new Victims’ Commissioner

Service: The prolonged trial period has frustrated Green Party’s Anthony Flynn

Northern Ireland Premium

Belfast City Council’s eight-year long glass recycling trial ‘has to end’

TUV leader Jim Allister. Credit: Liam McBurney

Northern Ireland

Unionists won’t say if they are willing to take up deputy first minister post

Martin Ferris

Northern Ireland

IRA men killed during Troubles ‘not criminals’

Traffic lights at the road leading to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (Michael Probst/AP)

World

Social Democrats beat Angela Merkel’s Union bloc in Germany’s national election

Michelle McIlveen. Credit: Liam McBurney

Northern Ireland Premium

Panel to oversee NI education review set to be announced

Change: a review is to be launched into the education system in Northern Ireland

Education Premium

Mark Bain Opinion Failure to reform now will mean it’s too late to fix broken system

Experience: Former UTV political editor Ken Reid. Credit: Kevin Scott

Features Premium

Why three of TV’s political heavyweights are teaming up in retirement

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Opinion & Analysis

Stunt: James Brown on the BA flight

Comment Premium

Eamonn McCann Opinion Why we won’t save the planet by just following the rules

The promos tell us that Northern Ireland is a beautiful place to come and see, and so it is. The world is only on the cusp of learning that Gortin Glen puts the Lakes of Killarney in the ha’penny place.

Mary Kenny

Youthful ideals are often admirable, but growing up means dealing with reality

Mary Kenny

Suzanne Breen

Eugene Reavey and his brothers still deserve justice

Suzanne Breen

Ivan Little

Between hospital pressures, petrol shortages and rising prices, it’s going to be a long, hard winter

Ivan Little

Lindy McDowell

NI’s record on LGBT+ rights would be like Father Ted if it wasn’t so serious

Lindy McDowell

Sport

Disappointed Rory McIlroy with his friend Shane Lowry last night on the 16th green at Whistling Straits as the USA blew Europe away to reclaim the Ryder Cup. Credit: Getty Images

Ryder Cup

Resurgent Rory can’t stop humbling defeat

A rejuvenated Rory McIlroy gave Europe the perfect start in their Ryder Cup mission impossible last night but his 3&2 singles victory over Xander Schauffele did little to stop the red tide washing over the scoreboard as USA won the famous trophy in emphatic style.

Crues missile: Crusaders ace Ben Kennedy finds the back of Glentoran’s net at The Oval. Photo: Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press

Crusaders

Underdogs Crusaders will bite again after shocking Glentoran, says Ben Kennedy

Midfielder Ben Kennedy admits he’s playing with a smile on his face again.

Wise old head: Linfield defender Jimmy Callacher threatens the Glenavon goal at Mourneview Park

Glenavon

Gary Hamilton joy as his Glenavon boys smother Linfield’s fire

Dreamland: Nathan Doak (centre) is mobbed by his Ulster team-mates following his try in Friday’s win over Glasgow. Credit: INPHO/James Crombie

Ulster Premium

Living up to dad Neil's Ulster legacy all in a day's work for confident Nathan Doak

Facing a battle: Jonathan Rea (1) in action at Jerez yesterday as he ended the day in arrears in title race. Credit: Lee Marshall

Motorcycling

Jonathan Rea vows to fight on with World Superbike title ‘on the line’

Tiki-taka man: Michael O’Neill. Credit: Lewis Storey

John Laverty Premium

John Laverty Opinion Why Michael O’Neill would get a better tune out of Barca than clueless Koeman...

Business

An artists impression of the plans. Pic Translink

Business

Translink unveils plans to transform its car park into workplace facility

Armin Laschet and his wife Susanne cast their votes for the German parliament election in Aachen (Thilo Schmuelgen/Pool via AP)

UK and World

Belfast Telegraph owners Mediahuis in talks aimed at expansion into Germany

Shoppers could face a much reduced selection of Christmas goods this year. Credit: Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Northern Ireland Premium

Brexit and lack of workers combine to hit food supplies in coming months...with Christmas dinner plate set to suffer

Gilbert-Ash's new £5m office base in Belfast

Northern Ireland

NI construction firm Gilbert-Ash sees profits double to £10.9m

Live: Covid data updates for Northern Ireland

Coronavirus

How many NI people have had 1st and 2nd dose jabs?

Coronavirus

Mapping Covid cases and deaths in your area

Coronavirus

Death toll and confirmed new cases

Coronavirus

A year like no other... Life in the grip of Covid in NI

Videos of the day

Woman narrowly avoids oncoming train after ignoring closed barriers

Fight breaks out at fuel pumps as petrol stations run dry

Theresa May's former chief of staff says peace in Northern Ireland 'fragile'

Police investigate after car it toppled over in Holyland area of Belfast

Balmoral Show: Highlights from across the week

Sunday Life

INNOCENT: Lyra McKee was killed by a dissident bullet while observing rioting in the Creggan

exclusive Sunday Life Premium

Gallery New IRA on its knees after murder of Lyra McKee with more than a dozen dissidents facing charges

The new IRA’s murder of journalist Lyra McKee sounded the death knell for the terror gang, with more than a dozen Derry-based dissidents connected to it now facing criminal charges.

PREDATOR: Gary McNeill

‘Beast of Bangor’ paedophile Gary McNeill dies suddenly after jail release

Eamonn Holmes

Eamonn Holmes: ‘Back injury made me turn down Bake Off’

COUNTING THE COST: Liz Clayton

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exclusive Bangor gran loses £3,500 after getting knocked out by rack of floor mats in Poundstretcher shop

OPINIONATED: Eamonn Holmes inside the old Crumlin Road gaol

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Eamonn Holmes: This ‘woke’ thing terrifies me

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exclusive Bangor gran loses £3,500 after getting knocked out by rack of floor mats in Poundstretcher shop

Belfast British bulldog sheds the weight after owners put him on strict diet

Rusty Saddle: Wholesome hearty pub grub in Belfast city centre

Wild Wanderers NI: taking a walk on the wild side

Best of the weekend

Michael Condron, Valene Kane and Mary Moulds

Theatre and Arts Premium

Distortion: Controversial play about politics in Northern Ireland to cause speculation about who’s being portrayed

Liam Neeson in The Honest Thief

Northern Ireland Premium

Cinema fans and Netflix subscribers Taken with unlikely action man Liam

OX restaurant, Belfast

Food and Drink Premium

John Mulgrew Opinion NI High Street Voucher: how to spend £100 card on top food and drink

What we see on the outside is often not at all what is happening on the inside of someone’s life

Weekend Premium

Ask Louanne: My life isn’t moving as quickly as I wanted, and I feel stuck

Anto Finnegan along daughter Ava

Weekend Premium

Frank Mitchell Opinion If you’re ever asked to name an ideal sporting role model, it would be Anto Finnegan

Your choice of glass matters when it comes to beer

Food, Drink and Hospitality Premium

Gary Law Opinion A pint of our finest coming right up… and would you like that in a nonic or a pokal?

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