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22 hours ago | irishnews.com | Allan Preston

The owner of the Let’s Go Hydro aquapark has rejected a statement by a Parkrun group which he believes implies he is a “greedy landlord.”Knockbracken Reservoir Parkrun group, which said that after four years of weekly 5k runs they would no longer be granted access to the Carryduff reservoir site after this month. “We’ve been in discussions with our landlord, Let’s Go Hydro, to find a way forward,” the statement read. “Sadly, a compromise hasn’t been reached yet.

22 hours ago | irishnews.com | Maggie Lange |Amanda Hess

Book review:Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital AgeBy Amanda HessPublished by Abacus, £20About 450 years ago, a French surgeon-barber (two commonly overlapping professions at the time) published an astonishingly incorrect encyclopaedic volume, On Monsters and Marvels, to explain why some babies were born with abnormalities. The author, Ambroise Paré, listed five causes. The first four were twinned concepts; the final stood alone.

22 hours ago | irishnews.com | Andy Watters

DOWN have been starved of Sam Maguire football for three seasons and Mourne county mentor Mickey Donnelly says the county are preparing for Sunday’s clash with Clare like “it’s our All-Ireland final”. It’s not exactly win or bust for Down in Ennis, but with Leinster champions Louth and Division Two champs Monaghan to come, the losers at Cusack Park will probably struggle to get out of the group stage.

1 day ago | irishnews.com | Francis Mooney

Tyrone’s legendary team of the noughties are to come together at the weekend for a special exhibition match to mark the official opening of spectacular new facilities at Stewartstown Harps GAC. Two floodlit pitches and a uniquely designed covered stand will set the Harps club apart as the county’s most progressive and ambitious unit.

1 day ago | irishnews.com | Connla Young

A PSNI snooping review has excluded submissions in four cases because they are already being investigated by a powerful spy tribunal. The McCullough Review was established last year after it emerged that police were spying on journalists. The review, headed by London based barrister Angus McCullough KC, is focused on journalists, lawyers and non-governmental organisations. The Policing Board and Police Ombudsman also fall under its terms of reference.