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He said he was proud of Amare but insisted the real victory came months ago on that first day back to a regular high school.

But he insisted the "difficult" decision was required to repair the public finances.

The minister has also insisted the Northern Ireland Executive will fulfil a previous financial pledge to support the Casement Park development.

However, he insisted Lidl’s investment plans in the UK would not change, with 18 more stores due to open in the next few months followed by 40 in the next financial year.

They also insisted we flew into the island while it was being pummeled by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which had knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people.