A personal letter from News Letter editor Ben Lowry
View email online | | | | | | | | | | | Feb 19, 2022 | | | | | | | | Have we passed the height of winter? Storms are not just a wintry thing, they can run from autumn to spring, yet the most striking feature of Eunice in Northern Ireland was not the wind, but snowfall in places. https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/transport/ni-escapes-the-worst-of-eunice-as-gb-battered-3576111 Snowy conditions did not deter a large turnout in Markethill against the Irish Sea border https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/loyalist-protest-rally-hears-of-grave-treat-posed-by-ni-protocol-3575906 The DUP will be troubled that even Sammy Wilson, traditionally seen as being on the more blunt and tough wing of the party, was booed by some of the crowd https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/senior-dup-mp-booed-at-rally-against-northern-ireland-protocol-3576177 Earlier in the day, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had been keen to emphasise that his party was not reducing its opposition to the NI Protocol https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/dup-dismiss-suggestion-of-softening-on-ni-protocol-3575743 Meanwhile, our front page today refers to a political-sporting row, in this story on Larne FC owner Kenny Bruce's reaction to the decision not to fund football stadium upgrades https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/football-funding-row-legal-action-still-a-possibility-3575187 And as a lifelong Cliftonville fan, our political editor Henry McDonald points out that the dismay at the Sinn Fein minister's decision on stadiums is shared across the community divide https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/henry-mcdonald-fans-on-both-sides-agree-football-stadiums-are-a-disgrace-3576022 In other sport, Ulster's Eric O’Sullivan is keen to keep developing. Gone are the days in rugby when a prop was just picked for the weight he’d bring to pushing in the scrum https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/eric-osullivan-keen-to-keep-developing-3573961 From Farming Life, meet Vicky and Beau - two of the dogs looking for new homes in Northern Ireland https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/meet-vicky-and-beau-two-of-the-dogs-looking-for-new-homes-in-northern-ireland-3574955 An MLA says Treasury inaction on red diesel issue is 'shameful' https://www.farminglife.com/news/environment/treasury-inaction-on-red-diesel-issue-shameful-mcaleer-3574687 And a councillor shocked at gruesome discovery of dead sheep https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/councillor-shocked-at-gruesome-discovery-of-dead-sheep-3574497 This week is the 25th anniversary of the last soldier to die in the pre 1998 Troubles. Stephen Restorick is remembered by his mother https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/mother-speaks-out-25-years-after-her-son-became-last-soldier-to-die-in-troubles-3575758 Back to politics. It strikes me about President Higgins is that when he freely criticises Britain for historical wrongs it seems not to occur to him that such high mindedness would be met with contempt in Ireland if displayed by a British person. I write about this, after his comments on integrated education in NI, here https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/ben-lowry-surprise-us-president-higgins-say-something-nice-about-britain-3576027 As always there is so much more, either via a subscription or in our 152 bumper News Letter and Farming Life, which is in the shops until tomorrow.
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