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• Best on both worlds - Rory says Ireland have filled the "void"

  26-11-2016 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory Best believes Ireland have filled the "void" between the northern and southern hemispheres with their historic autumn Test series.
  
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• Elite League: Manchester 5-1 Belfast Giants - BBC Sport - BBC News

  26-11-2016 22:33
  
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  Elite League: Manchester 5-1 Belfast Giants - BBC Sport
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  Belfast suffer a second Elite League defeat in two days after losing 5-1 to Manchester Storm in Altrincham.
  Corey Neilson 'excited' by Nottingham Panthers win over Belfast ...Nottingham Postall 7 news articles »
  
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• Elite League: Manchester 5-1 Belfast Giants

  26-11-2016 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast suffer a second Elite League defeat in two days after losing 5-1 to Manchester Storm in Altrincham.
  
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• XFactor's Honey G shaken by stage invasion

  26-11-2016 21:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  X Factor contestant Honey G was visibly shaken when a member of the audience ran on stage during her judges' feedback tonight.
  
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• Ireland v Australia - Story of the match

  26-11-2016 21:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Injury-ravaged Ireland became the first European team since 2003 to complete calendar-year victories over the southern hemisphere's big three by fending off Australia 27-24 in Dublin.
  
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• Ireland 27 - 24 Australia: They ran out of players but not spirit - Five talking points from Ireland's big win over Australia

  26-11-2016 21:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland beat Australia 27-24 in a cracker at the Aviva Stadium this evening. Here are five talking points from what was a compelling encounter.
  
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• Ireland player ratings v Australia

  26-11-2016 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  ROB KEARNEY: Little opportunity to influence the game after being forced off inside 12 minutes for a head injury assessment. 5/10
  
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• Belfast Christmas Market forced to implement 'crowd control' measures due to huge numbers - Belfast Live

  26-11-2016 21:13
  
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  Belfast Christmas Market forced to implement 'crowd control' measures due to huge numbers
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  Belfast Christmas Market was forced to implement crowd control measures on Saturday night because of huge crowds. The continental market at city hall opened on November 19 , and has already proven popular. On Saturday night, in a statement, the market ...
  
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• Ireland 27 - 24 Australia: Rory Best celebrates Australia win in 100th Test appearance

  26-11-2016 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland have claimed a famous triple crown of Southern Hemisphere scalps in the most unlikely of circumstances.
  
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• Autumn internationals: Ireland 27-24 Australia

  26-11-2016 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland beat Australia to secure victories over the 'big three' southern hemisphere teams in the same year for the first time ever.
  
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• Family of pet dog killed by burglars left 'devastated' - Belfast Live

  26-11-2016 20:35
  
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  Family of pet dog killed by burglars left 'devastated'
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  The family of the little pet dog killed and brutally left on a child's bed during a break-in have spoken of their distress. Sid the Jack Russell was found dead when the shocked family returned to their home in Bessbrook on Friday evening. Their house ...and more »
  
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• Irish Hockey League: Monkstown defeat UCD to move top

  26-11-2016 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Monkstown move to the top of the men's Irish Hockey League after a 3-1 victory at UCD on Saturday.
  
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• Klopp optimistic about scan on Coutinho ankle injury

  26-11-2016 19:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp remains optimistic about Philippe Coutinho's ankle injury after the influential playmaker was carried off on a stretcher in the 2-0 win over Sunderland.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Cushley strike clinches Crues victory

  26-11-2016 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crusaders stay seven points clear at the Premiership summit thanks to David Cushley's late free-kick against Dungannon Swift.
  
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• 'PSNI informers' leaflets left on cars in east Belfast - BBC News - BBC News

  26-11-2016 18:51
  
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  'PSNI informers' leaflets left on cars in east Belfast - BBC News
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  Leaflets threatening 'PSNI informers' in east Belfast are condemned.
  Threatening flyers against 'PSNI informers' posted in east Belfast ...ITV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• 'PSNI informers' leaflets left on cars in east Belfast

  26-11-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leaflets threatening 'PSNI informers' in east Belfast are condemned.
  
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• TUV leader dismisses suggestions he is planning to retire

  26-11-2016 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) dismisses suggestions he is preparing to retire.
  
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• Ireland v Australia: Injured Sean O'Brien replaced by Josh van der Flier

  26-11-2016 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sean O'Brien is ruled out of Saturday's Test against Australia through injury, with Josh van der Flier coming in to replace him.
  
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• Brian Keenan among ex-Beirut hostages at literary festival

  26-11-2016 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three former hostages, held in Lebanon in the 1980s, talk about their ordeals at a new literary festival in County Down.
  
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• Austin Plevy's UMass Hockey Belfast Journal – Game Day - GazetteNET

  26-11-2016 16:35
  Austin Plevy's UMass Hockey Belfast Journal – Game Day
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  Note: UMass sophomore Austin Plevy agreed to do a journal from the hockey team's tournament in Belfast,Northern Ireland. Here's entry No. 3: Day 4: Friday, November 25. Game day was finally here! Obviously, we have been having lots of fun this week in ...
  
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• Abortion 'difficult issue' for Republic's Citizens' Assembly

  26-11-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Republic of Ireland's Citizens' Assembly is told monthly sessions between now and March would be their most difficult as they discuss abortion.
  
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• Ireland v Australia live updates: Everything you need to know about Aviva Stadium clash

  26-11-2016 15:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland will bring the curtain down on their Autumn International Series with a mouth-watering clash against Australia at the Aviva Stadium.
  
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• Fidel Castro's legacy will echo long beyond his death

  26-11-2016 15:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For opponents, Fidel Castro was a tyrant who locked his people in a socialist prison and threw away the key.
  
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• Fidel Castro quotes: 'A revolution is not a bed of roses' - the Cuban leader in his own words

  26-11-2016 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fidel Castro, leader of the revolution in Cuba, has died at the age of 90.
  
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• Seven dead, one missing in New Zealand boat accident

  26-11-2016 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Seven people were killed and another person was missing in a boating accident near Auckland, New Zealand, police said.
  
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• Five dead, three missing in New Zealand boat accident

  26-11-2016 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Five people are dead and three others are missing after a boating accident in New Zealand, police said.
  
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• Belfast off licence hit by early morning armed robbery - BBC News - BBC News

  26-11-2016 14:30
  
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  Belfast off licence hit by early morning armed robbery - BBC News
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  Detectives are investigating an early morning armed robbery at a Belfast off licence in which a member of staff was threatened at knifepoint.
  Woman threatened with knife by robber at off-licence in south Belfast ...the Irish News
  Woman 'badly shaken' after off-license robbery - Belfast NewsletterBelfast Newsletterall 4 news articles »
  
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• Belfast off licence hit by early morning armed robbery

  26-11-2016 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives are investigating an early morning armed robbery at a Belfast off licence in which a member of staff was threatened at knifepoint.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn praises 'heroism' of revolutionary Fidel Castro

  26-11-2016 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has hailed Fidel Castro as "a massive figure in the history of the whole planet", following news of the former Cuban leader's death.
  
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• Belfast in grip of heroin epidemic, court told - Belfast Telegraph

  26-11-2016 12:10
  
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  Belfast in grip of heroin epidemic, court told
  Belfast Telegraph
  A senior drugs counsellor has said there's a heroin epidemic in Belfast, and that Mexican cartels are trying to import the Class A drug into Northern Ireland. The social worker and drugs outreach counsellor also revealed that relevant organisations and ...and more »
  
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• MLAs fuming at unpaid rates of more than £140m as crackdown on evaders promised by O Muilleoir

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than £140m in rates is unpaid in Northern Ireland, new figures reveal.
  
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• Head-shaving thug back in jail following fresh assault

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who was sent to prison after a gang made a mobile phone video of the head-shaving of an unconscious woman has had his release licence revoked after pleading guilty to assaulting another female.
  
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• Fears grow for patients as death a day in NI hospitals linked to 'serious incidents'

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 1,000 deaths linked to serious incidents in Northern Ireland's hospitals were recorded in the last five years.
  
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• Family of man paralysed in fall mount appeal to fund specialist treatment in US

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The girlfriend and family of a man left paralysed from the chest down after a mountain biking accident have launched a fundraising campaign for special treatment.
  
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• Dad celebrates love for Down Syndrome son Ben with a tattoo across his heart

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland dad has spoken of how he was tattooed to show his pride for his son who has Down Syndrome.
  
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• Controversial Stormont aide Stephen Brimstone quits £92,000 post for job in private sector

  26-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Stormont special adviser (Spad) who was at the centre of a political storm has quit his job, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90

  26-11-2016 07:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former president Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his half century rule, has died aged 90.
  
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• Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied the US for 50 years, dies aged 90

  26-11-2016 07:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former president Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his half-century rule, has died at the age of 90.
  
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• Belfast grapples with state over welfare program overhauls

  26-11-2016 00:50
  Belfast officials are wrangling with the state after the Maine Department of Health and Human Services cracked down on the city's administration of welfare benefits. City Manager Joe Slocum said he's working closely with DHHS to fix the problems, but that some of the requirements state officials have asked Belfast to meet aren't realistic.
  
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