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Connolly’s of Moy Tyrone SFC quarter-final replay Donaghmore 2-20 Carrickmore 0-10 Dazzling Donaghmore produced the performance of the championship to rout Carrickmore in a one-sided Tyrone SFC quarter-final replay at O’Neill Park in Dungannon.

Derry SFC Kilrea 1-12 Steelstown 0-9 KILREA booked their place in Sunday’s Derry Senior Championship quarter-final draw with a comfortable victory over Steelstown on Thursday night.

The Republic of Ireland slipped to a 1-0 defeat away to Kosovo in their Nations League opener in Pristina.

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas – known to his supporters as Danny Tommo – has been charged with criminal damage after he was filmed slashing a boat in the English Channel with an emergency responder on board.

Wales fell to an opening 1-0 Nations League defeat to Portugal as Cristiano Ronaldo drew a blank in Lisbon.

The family of a Scottish singer whose album has posthumously been longlisted for a coveted award say she would be “dancing with delight”.

A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the murder of Robert Lawlor in 2020.

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scor…

News Northern Ireland Secretary tells Stormont leaders there’s no more money as £1.5 billion over three years offer made Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has told Stormont party leaders there will be no improvement on the current financial offer

Dakota Johnson has said it was “absolutely glorious” starring in Taylor Swift’s new music video.

Dakota Johnson has admitted she felt a level of “pressure” starring in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Verity.

What does Richie Murphy’s Ulster have in common with a baseball team from Oakland that changed the way sport thought about recruitment?

THE fella in front of me boarding the flight from Dublin to Luton on Tuesday wore a denim jacket with the slogan ‘MAKE MONEY NOT FRIENDS’ on the back.

Ulster back row David McCann remains in the no excuse mentality, as Ulster seek to start their season with a bang against Edinburgh on Friday night.

It took Newcastle man Patrick Sheridan just little over four minutes to write his name into Irish athletics history last weekend.

BOYLE Sports Premiership: Coleraine v Linfield (Friday, 7.45pm) It’s tough at the top and that’s a reality that may be slowly dawning on early BOYLE Sports Premiership leaders Coleraine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders that attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the UN General Assembly when he took to the po…

A woman has died following a three-vehicle crash in Co Antrim, while five people including a child remain in hospital.

A large sum of cash, suspected to amount to hundreds of thousands of pounds, has been seized from a vehicle coming off an overnight ferry.

The former DUP MLA Gary Middleton has announced his return to university after stepping down over mental health challenges.

Pressure to cut the number of prisoners on remand has led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” being granted bail, the country’s most senior police officer said after a paedophile was allowed to return to his flat, which overlooked a children’s playgroun…

Italy’s government has passed a decree to place an upper limit on the number of students in each school classroom who have only limited Italian language skills, and to ban face-covering Islamic veils in schools.

MOVING up to a new weight after being out of the ring for 10 months proved no problem to Lisa O’Rourke as she swept to European championship gold in Sofia on Thursday.

Former Belfast councillor Jolene Bunting has won a new legal battle over the decision to impose a three-year ban on her seeking re-election.

US singer-songwriter Noah Kahan has said he is “so honoured” to be releasing the lead single for the upcoming Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping album.

Reporters from three news outlets banned from the White House by President Donald Trump were back on the grounds on Thursday afternoon, hours after a federal judge ordered the administration to reinstate their access.

US rapper Macklemore has announced a European tour named Free Palestine after being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the US denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has told Stormont party leaders there will be no improvement on the current financial offer to assist with setting a budget.

North Belfast hotel The Lansdowne is under new ownership following a multi-million pound deal.

Jon Burrows believes the Ulster Unionist Party has already transformed in the eight months since he became leader.

U2’s first studio album in nine years will feature a duet with the late Dolly Parton, her last recorded vocals.

Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall has hailed “real machine” Dejan Kulusevski and believes his team-mate is making strides to close in on a long-awaited return.

Garvaghy Road residents have said they will “mobilise” and “come together” if an Orange Order parade is allowed to march through their community.

A man has been jailed for spitting in the face of a female member of staff at a music festival in Belfast.

Well known Co Tyrone hotel the Mellon Country Inn is set to be placed on the market following the appointment of a liquidator.

Man who lost wife in Omagh bombing ‘finished’ with inquiry

Jamie Chadwick has joined an elite group of British women to drive a Formula One car after she took part in a test for Williams – a day the 28-year-old hailed as the “best of my life”.

US President Donald Trump hailed the “truly great friendship” he has forged with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his highly-anticipated state visit.

The Irish Minister for Culture has called on the UK to help end sports geo-blocking for Northern Ireland audiences.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has warned the BBC risks becoming trapped in an “inescapable doom spiral” if it continues to cut more jobs.

Actor Warwick Davis has said he based his Harry Potter character Professor Filius Flitwick on some of his own teachers, as he described the “huge honour” of getting to play the wizard again.

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has called Brexit a “unmitigated disaster” as a think tank led by Sir Tony Blair said Britain should rejoin the EU within a decade.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the seco…

Prog keyboardist Rick Wakeman has said he is “incredibly honoured” after performing a concert to more than 150 “music loving” rescue bears.

Prog keyboardist Rick Wakeman has said he is “incredibly honoured” after performing a concert to more than 150 “music loving” rescue bears.

George Russell has vowed to keep fighting for the world championship until it is “mathematically impossible” after his fading hopes of a maiden crown were dealt an encouraging boost in Azerbaijan.

The Republic of Ireland kick off a new Nations League campaign on Thursday night in Pristina.

A Co Antrim man has been jailed in England and added to the Sex Offender Register for the sexual assault of two teenage girls.

Plans to cut 55 jobs at a Co Armagh packaging manufacturer are totally unjustified, a union has said.