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• Irish Coast Guard helicopter crash: Tail of Rescue 116 'made contact with rocky surfaces'

  20-03-2017 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Air accident investigators have confirmed for the first time that there are marks on wreckage recovered from downed Rescue 116 consistent with the Coast Guard aircraft striking rocks.
  
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• Mayo helicopter crash: Recovered wreckage is from 'tail area'

  20-03-2017 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Air accident investigators say recovered wreckage is primarily from the tail area of the helicopter.
  
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• Danske Bank Irish Premiership: Crusaders 3-1 Ballinamallard

  20-03-2017 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A quality brace from Paul Heatley helps sink 'Mallards as Crusaders move seven points clear of Linfield at the top of the Irish Premiership.
  
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• Small Maine produce farmers press on even in the winter months

  20-03-2017 22:32
  As the farm-to-table and buy local movements continue to heat up in the state of Maine, the winter months create a challenge for restaurants, consumers, and farmers who are trying to make a living and uphold a lifestyle that revolves around healthy, locally grown food. As someone who is very much a believer in eating locally, I had recently begun to wonder how small farmers were getting by during the long winter that Maine so kindly bestows upon its people.
  
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• Cork hurler caught bringing over €750k of cocaine into Dublin Airport from Brazil

  20-03-2017 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Cork hurler caught bringing over €750,000 of cocaine into Dublin Airport from Brazil has been jailed for five years.
  
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• Ryan McBride's coffin carried home

  20-03-2017 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill leads the tributes to Derry City captain Ryan McBride, who has died at the age of 27.
  
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• Caf Italia benefit for Habitat set for April 1

  20-03-2017 20:17
  Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County's fundraiser event that has sold out for six consecutive years, CafA© Italia, will take place at the Waldo County Shrine Club Saturday, April 1, sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, Belfast Bay Inn, Jam Brook Builders and Penobscot Bay Dentistry. The event begins at 5 p.m. with appetizers being passed to guests as they peruse the raffle baskets filled with items and gift certificates from local businesses.
  
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• Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies aged 101

  20-03-2017 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  US billionaire David Rockefeller, who was the last of his generation in the famously philanthropic family, has died aged 101.
  
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• Adams urges Kenny to stand up for Ireland over Brexit

  20-03-2017 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams calls on the Taoiseach to stand up for Ireland's "national interests" in the Brexit process.
  
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• Police Federation hits out at PSNI office closure plans

  20-03-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has hit out at plans to close some police enquiry offices.
  
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• Ireland women: Seven rookies in squad for England series in April

  20-03-2017 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland unveil a new-look women's squad for a three-match series against an England XI in April.
  
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• Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process next week

  20-03-2017 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will notify the EU on 29 March under the Article 50 process that the UK is leaving.
  
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• Hundreds line streets as teammates carry coffin of Ryan McBride

  20-03-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of mourners lined the streets as Northern Irish football club captain Ryan McBride was carried home by his teammates.
  
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• Irish prisoner Ibrahim Halawa 'now using wheelchair'

  20-03-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Irishman on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail is so weak he is using a wheelchair, says his lawyer.
  
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• Fund for murdered Danielle McLaughlin reaches 39k euros

  20-03-2017 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An appeal for funds to help bring home the body of murdered Danielle McLaughlin from Goa raises 40,000 euros.
  
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• Sinn Fein to spell out Brexit opposition to Theresa May

  20-03-2017 17:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will receive a very clear message that Northern Ireland opposes Brexit when she visits before triggering Article 50, Sinn Fein has said.
  
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• Lack of community care packages delays hospital releases

  20-03-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 120 people every day in Northern Ireland are in hospital unnecessarily due to lack of suitable care packages.
  
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• 'F*** the IRA' graffiti daubed at iconic dark hedges made famous by Game of Thrones

  20-03-2017 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Graffiti has been daubed near the iconic dark hedges in Co Antrim made famous by Game of Thrones.
  
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• Buncrana pier tragedy: 'Everyone felt it personally'

  20-03-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Buncrana pier tragedy, in which three children and two adults drowned, is remembered a year on.
  
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• Hutchings in court for Cunningham shooting enquiry

  20-03-2017 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ex-soldier appears in court in Armagh charged over the killing of a man with learning difficulties in 1974.
  
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• Police enquiry offices closures 'inevitable step on road to further cuts' as PSNI encourage online reporting of crimes

  20-03-2017 15:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Planned closures of six PSNI enquiry offices and reduced opening hours across stations in Northern Ireland have been described as the "first inevitable step on the road to further cuts".
  
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• Town to hold information meeting on solar initiatives April 4

  20-03-2017 15:36
  The Waldoboro Renewable Energy Group, a subcommittee of the town's Economic Development Committee, will host an information meeting on the potential for solar energy as a renewable source to power the town's buildings, residences and commercial enterprises Tuesday, April 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the meeting room at the Town Hall.. Sadie Lloyd, assistant planner with the city of Belfast, which has installed a municipal solar array, along with Tim Schneider, of the Public Utilities Commission's Offi
  
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• Woman accused of defrauding Northern Ireland school of funds

  20-03-2017 15:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman is to stand trial accused of defrauding a west Belfast school of funds, a judge ordered today.
  
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• Fearless number five

  20-03-2017 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryan McBride fulfilled a boyhood dream on his way to becoming a hero to Derry City's fans.
  
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• Ryan McBride: 'A perfect example to any young player'

  20-03-2017 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Derry City Football Club captain Ryan McBride was "a perfect example to any young player" the team's manager Kenny Shiels says.
  
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• Hoolahan, Clark and Arter join Republic of Ireland's growing injury list

  20-03-2017 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill faces several injury problems before Friday's World Cup qualifier with Wales.
  
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• Allen Clarke: Ulster forwards coach to join Ospreys for 2017-18 season

  20-03-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster forwards coach Allen Clarke will join Ospreys at the end of the season, replacing Chris Gibbes.
  
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• British soldier fired three times at unarmed man as he ran away, court told

  20-03-2017 14:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A British soldier fired his gun three times at an innocent, unarmed man who was killed as he ran away from an Army patrol in Northern Ireland in 1974, a court has heard.
  
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• Syria terror accused Eamon Bradley to face new trial

  20-03-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Derry man acquitted of offences in Syria faces a retrial on charges on which the jury failed to reach verdicts.
  
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• Three places in Northern Ireland among UK's 20 wettest towns and cities - do you live in one of them?

  20-03-2017 13:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is no stranger to rain - but which cities are the wettest in the UK?
  
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• Energy firm LCC buys Cloghan Point oil terminal

  20-03-2017 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cookstown energy firm buys the Cloghan Point oil terminal near Carrickfergus in a multi-million pound deal.
  
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• Derry man Bradley faces second trial on Syria terror camp charges

  20-03-2017 13:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man acquitted of possessing hand grenades in Syria is to stand trial again on the charges a jury failed to reach any verdict.
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May to trigger Article 50 on March 29

  20-03-2017 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will trigger EU withdrawal talks under Article 50 on March 29, Downing Street has announced.
  
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• Foy Vance set for biggest ever show at Custom House Square Belfast

  20-03-2017 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Foy Vance is set to headline his largest ever show at Custom House Square in Belfast.
  
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• Grand Tour's Richard Hammond says he is 'fine' after falling off motorbike 'many times'

  20-03-2017 10:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Richard Hammond has assured fans he is “fine” after falling off a motorbike “many times” while filming for The Grand Tour.
  
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• Footballer mourned

  20-03-2017 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The death of Derry City captain Ryan McBride is reflected in Monday's front pages.
  
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• Man United's Mourinho's all smiles after Valdes' blunder

  20-03-2017 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If there's anything Jose Mourinho enjoys more than being proved right, it's being proved right amid the thought that the world is against him.
  
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• Mayo helicopter crash: Agencies meet to discuss search operation

  20-03-2017 09:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Agencies involved in search for three Irish coastguard members off County Mayo coast will discuss next stage of operation.
  
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• Buncrana recalls pier tragedy familes one year after horror deaths

  20-03-2017 09:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Heart-breaking memories of the drownings of five members of one Northern Irish family at Buncrana pier will be recalled at a first anniversary Mass this evening.
  
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• Allow women to abort babies of 'wrong sex', argues BMA professor

  20-03-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Forcing pregnant women who do not want a child of a particular sex to give birth could harm both the baby and the mother's mental health, a leading doctors' union member has said.
  
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• Patients can wait over three years to see consultant in Northern Ireland, claims GP

  20-03-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Patients with conditions such as incontinence and kidney stones are waiting more than three years to see a consultant, it has been claimed.
  
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• Eamonn Holmes and Gloria Hunniford pay tribute as Dame Vera chalks up her centenary

  20-03-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland broadcasters Eamonn Holmes and Gloria Hunniford have joined celebrity well-wishers in congratulating "living legend" Dame Vera Lynn as she celebrates her 100th birthday.
  
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• Northern Ireland roads claim lives of Reginald Diamond and Dean Weir in separate crashes over weekend

  20-03-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two communities have been plunged into mourning after two men died in separate road crashes at the weekend.
  
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• 'Perfect storm' of Brexit and Stormont chaos give consumer confidence in Northern Ireland a battering

  20-03-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Political uncertainty is hitting consumer confidence in Northern Ireland, a retail body has warned.
  
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• Stadium plans hit by political logjam, warns Glentoran Glens chief

  20-03-2017 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sport has become an "unwitting victim" of the collapse of Stormont's power-sharing Executive, the chairman of Glentoran FC has said.
  
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