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Subscribe              I N S I D E R           Sep 9, 2023             Ben Lowry Editor My uncle does not share my sense that Septembers in Northern Ireland were always grim. He remembers them as often sunny, and having been born in the 1930s he has been through more of them than me.   But even if he is right, this is exceptional weather. Yesterday it hit 30C, our hottest ever September day    Last weekend naturists got good weather to bare all in the sea    The wife of the tycoon, newspaper owner and rugby player Tony O'Reilly, the Greek shipping heiress and equestrian owner Chryss Goulandris has sadly died at only 73    In opinion, here is Owen Polley on the appeasement of Sinn Fein and an editorial saying Hilary Benn might not be as bad as some unionists would fear    This week Wallace Thompson said that an all Ireland was inevitable and we debated it on radio. Here is my follow-up article to that debate    At the wonderful Camerata concert recently I was sitting beside a Russian couple. She was also Estonian and, extraordinarily, had seen Barry Douglas win the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986    And here is an interview with singer songwriter Paul Brady who has collaborated with a wealth of musical big hitters -- Ben Lowry Editor             Ben Lowry: Northern Ireland faces big challenges but is not on its way out of the United Kingdom   Read more +     Owen Polley: It is not only Simon Byrne who feels the need to appease Sinn Fein, but the government too   ​​The news that the PSNI chief constable not only intends to continue in his job, but may appeal a shattering court decision against the force, was greeted with incredulity last week.   Read more +           Soaring Northern Ireland temperatures break 120 year old record, says Met Office                     The Met Office says that temperatures in Northern Ireland appear to have broken a record which has stood for almost 120 years.           Read more +     Subscribe today             Full access   Subscribe for unlimited access to all our articles, 70% fewer ads, daily puzzles and our desktop & mobile app. Your first month free . Cancel anytime.     Find out more     Gift access   Give someone a subscription for a year's unlimited access to all our articles, 70% fewer ads, daily puzzles and our desktop and mobile app. From just £94.90 for 12 months.    Find out more

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