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IT would be difficult not to have some sympathy for Jayne Brady, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, who has been attempting to explain the invidious position that she and other senior officials find themselves in.

THERE are fact checks and reality checks and the Brexit debate has received a welcome dose of both in recent days.

DURING a visit to Belfast in 1998, Archbishop Desmond Tutu told an audience that while the journey to lasting peace would not be easy, people should never lose hope.

THE decision to extend the deadline to use £100 'Spend Local' cards offered to every adult in Northern Ireland will undoubtedly be welcomed by all those whose applications have faced delays.

THROUGHOUT his brave, bold and brilliant life, James Winston was so many things.

The staunchly pro-Remain Alliance Party has taken the north's first Westminster seat in a major upset for the DUP.

THAT great 20th century philosopher Homer Simpson once offered a warning to doctors tempted to abuse their position: "Remember your Hippopotamus Oath!" It's a long way from Springfield to Kos, but the enduring influence of Hippocrates – even when wrongly pronounced – has given the idyllic little Greek island a special place in history of medicine, philosophy and civilisation itself.

On Thursday June 20 1968 three men entered a house in Caledon, Co Tyrone, setting in motion a chain of events that would ultimately lead to the collapse of the Stormont regime.