Sam McBride: Just weeks away, the Irish Sea border is going to hit our pockets – but also reshape the Union

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Subscribe              Oct 25, 2020           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Sam McBride: Just weeks away, the Irish Sea border is going to hit our pockets – but also reshape the Union           For many people in Northern Ireland, Brexit remains an amorphous concept removed from their daily lives, while the looming Irish Sea border seems at worst a bureaucratic problem for haulage companies and port operators.                 Obituary: Top RUC officer played crucial role in many key events of Troubles era   One of the most influential and widely admired senior police officers of the Troubles era has passed away in Co Down aged 92.           Widow of Stephen Carroll speaks out after Channel 4 News gives platform to his killer   The widow of PSNI man Stephen Carroll has spoken out after Channel 4 News broadcast a bulletin casting doubt on the conviction of paramilitary killer Brendan McConville.           Belfast should retreat from radical plan for Irish language signs   Belfast City Council yesterday moved towards a radical position on Irish language street signs.           Ben Lowry: Kirstie Allsopp is right — we should all imagine we face a 50% Covid pay cut   Last week I wrote that if lockdown was coming back then the pain of it needed to be more evenly spread.           Irish League outlook amid Covid crisis: 'A decade of good work may well have just evaporated'   A veteran Irish League figure has warned of the "massive" impact Covid restrictions are having upon the Province's clubs, as teams get ready to perform in front of vastly-fewer fans again today.           Ben Lowry: Just as Peter Robinson says, there is an urgent need to build arguments for the UK in case of a border poll   In 2018 Peter Robinson caused a stir when he suggested that unionists prepare for a border poll.           Covid-itis is coming and it won't be pretty   It's hard to keep motivated in these pandemic times.           Ben Lowry: Just as Peter Robinson says, there is an urgent need to build a case for the UK in case of a border poll   In 2018 Peter Robinson caused a stir when he suggested that unionists prepare for a border poll.                 View more news

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