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• Man and four children escape injury in Northern Ireland shooting attack

  31-07-2017 23:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and four children escaped injury in a shooting attack on a Londonderry home.
  
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• Could Rory McIlroy's best mate Harry Diamond be his next caddie?

  31-07-2017 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlory has turned to his best friend and amateur golfer Harry Diamond to caddie for him, it has been rumoured.
  
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• Rory Gallagher resigns as Donegal senior football manager

  31-07-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Donegal announce that Rory Gallagher has stood down as manager of the county's senior football squad.
  
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• Season for chowder parties, Mark Twain cruises coast, Col. Roosevelt...

  31-07-2017 21:35
  We are glad to welcome the return of our fellow citizen, William Quimby, who has been absent for over a year in New Jersey. Mr. Quimby is one of our oldest inhabitants, but his memory and faculties have been so far preserved, that he would hardly be regarded as more than fifty years old.
  
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• Pictured: Linfield hate-chant supporter Scott Colville banned over Celtic singing

  31-07-2017 21:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the cowardly bigot slapped with a lifetime ban by Linfield for singing a sectarian song at their recent clash with Celtic.
  
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• Fruit and nut: The Linfield hate-chant fan banned over Celtic singing

  31-07-2017 21:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the cowardly bigot slapped with a lifetime ban by Linfield for singing a sectarian song at their recent clash with Celtic.
  
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• Non-NI firms sought over bonfire material

  31-07-2017 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Fears of intimidation forces council to seek contractors from outside NI to remove bonfire material.
  
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• SDLP sells its Belfast headquarters

  31-07-2017 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The building on the Ormeau Road has been home to the party for more than 20 years.
  
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• White House communications chief Scaramucci sacked

  31-07-2017 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been sacked - just 10 days after taking on the job.
  
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• DUP rejects Sinn Fein claim it accepts Brexit will be 'economic disaster' as fantasy

  31-07-2017 20:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has rubbished a claim that it privately accepts Brexit will be an economic disaster for Ireland.
  
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• DUP 'politically impotent' over Brexit, says Fine Gael senator

  31-07-2017 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A senator from the same party as the Irish PM says the DUP has not influenced Tory Brexit policy.
  
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• Don't say what you're thinking out loud: Ex-DUP Spad tells Taoiseach Varadkar over Brexit outburst

  31-07-2017 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP Spad Richard Bullick has advised new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar not to say what he thinks out loud.
  
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• Rory McIlroy splits from caddie JP Fitzgerald

  31-07-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Rory McIlroy splits from caddie JP Fitzgerald after a nine-year partnership which included winning four majors, the golfer's management confirms.
  
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• Horsemeat scandal: Two businessmen jailed for conspiracy

  31-07-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The plot was exposed after horse identification chips were found in supermarket ready meals by inspectors.
  
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• Sinister threats made against contractors after bonfire wood removal

  31-07-2017 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast councillor has condemned those who made threats against contractors who removed bonfire wood.
  
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• Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard dies aged 73

  31-07-2017 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard has died.
  
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• 'Nothing new' from Brokenshire to help break Stormont deadlock, Sinn Fein claims

  31-07-2017 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK Government has offered no new suggestions on how to break Stormont's political deadlock, Sinn Fein has said.
  
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• Young athletes face road danger without proper crossing, Sinn Fein MLA warns

  31-07-2017 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's Mairtin O Muilleoir has warned that young athletes in south Belfast are facing danger each time they cross a busy road due to the lack of a proper pedestrian crossing.
  
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• The rogue marine

  31-07-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  How did Ciarán Maxwell infiltrate an elite unit of the military and evade detection for so long?
  
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• Ciarán Maxwell: Royal Marine bomb maker given 18 years

  31-07-2017 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ciarán Maxwell admitted a series of terror charges connected to dissident republicans.
  
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• Northern Ireland's politicians urged to end 'absurd' veto on marriage equality

  31-07-2017 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A leading campaigner for Irish marriage equality has called on Northern Ireland politicians to support similar change north of the border.
  
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• 7 health and fitness myths that could disrupt your training goals

  31-07-2017 16:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fitness industry really is full of a lot of bad information, and it makes it harder and harder for us to make informed choices about what we should and shouldn't do to help us work towards our goals.
  
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• Love Island reality star Chris Hughes coming to Northern Ireland

  31-07-2017 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island heartthrob, Chris Hughes, is coming to Northern Ireland.
  
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• Restrictions placed on 'controversial' Belfast weekend parades

  31-07-2017 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Restrictions have been placed on three events in Belfast city centre this weekend by the Parades Commission.
  
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• Royal Marine bomb maker Ciaran Maxwell jailed for 18 years

  31-07-2017 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A terrorist who infiltrated the British military has been jailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident Irish republicans.
  
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• Darron Gibson: Sunderland midfielder faces action over video criticising team-mates

  31-07-2017 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Sunderland say Darron Gibson faces a disciplinary process after a video appearing to criticise team-mates appears online.
  
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• Man chased from his Belfast home and assaulted by masked gang in paramilitary-style attack

  31-07-2017 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after a man was chased from his house by four masked men and assaulted in a paramilitary-style attack in Belfast.
  
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• Four DUP MPs continue to employ relatives

  31-07-2017 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The practice of employing family members at taxpayers' expense is banned for new members of Parliament.
  
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• Newtownabbey man accused of 'one-day charity scam' for deaf children

  31-07-2017 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with dozens of fraud offences claimed to be collecting money for deaf children, a court heard on Monday.
  
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• PSNI invite uniformed Gardai to join them in Belfast Gay Pride parade

  31-07-2017 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has invited Gardai to join them in marching in Belfast's Gay Pride parade.
  
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• Women's Rugby World Cup: Ireland captain Niamh Briggs out of home tournament

  31-07-2017 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Women's World Cup hosts Ireland suffer a major blow after captain Niamh Briggs is ruled out of the tournament with an Achilles injury.
  
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• Mass brawl

  31-07-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Monday's papers are full of drama, with an angry mob, tales of treason and a "political storm".
  
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• Irish parliament bar bills to be written off

  31-07-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  There is "no realistic prospect" of outstanding bills at Ireland's parliament buildings being paid.
  
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• Sunday Times anti-Semitism row: Vanessa Feltz 'upset' over column

  31-07-2017 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC presenter questions how the "surprisingly hurtful" column made it into the Sunday Times.
  
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• Belfast Pride: Uniformed Gardaí invited to parade by PSNI

  31-07-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Invitation follows PSNI announcement that its officers will march in uniform at Saturday's parade.
  
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• PSNI warning after iTunes gift cards scam

  31-07-2017 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are warning members of the public to protect themselves against frauds who claim they are representing HMRC and are coaxing them into making bogus payments.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Linfield striker Andrew Waterworth to miss start of season

  31-07-2017 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield will begin their defence of the Premiership title without Andrew Waterworth after the forward suffers a knee injury.
  
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• Pen Bay must adapt to stop financial losses

  31-07-2017 12:17
  Pen Bay Medical Center needs to quickly move to focus more on out-patient services in order to heal its ailing financial condition. Dr. Mark Fourre, the president and chief executive officer of Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, discussed the hospital's financial woes as well as the changing nature of health care on July 28. Pen Bay had an operating loss of $7.4 million for the fiscal year that ended Sept.
  
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• Dale Farm profits up 16% on 2016

  31-07-2017 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  One of NI's largest agri-food businesses, the company made a pre-tax profit of £7.9m last year.
  
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• Vanessa Feltz brands Sunday Times column 'horrifying racism'

  31-07-2017 12:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC presenter Vanessa Feltz has described a Sunday Times column that suggested she and Claudia Winkleman are well paid because they are Jewish as "horrifying racism".
  
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• Max Sorensen retires from Ireland duty after 68 appearances

  31-07-2017 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland paceman Max Sorensen retires from international cricket after taking 95 wickets in 68 matches.
  
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• Man in 60s killed in County Tipperary hit-and-run

  31-07-2017 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The pedestrian is believed to have been struck near Thurles by a vehicle that did not stop.
  
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• Sectarian graffiti daubed on murals and doors in Londonderry

  31-07-2017 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Police investigate after "IRA" and "IRA GHOST" were painted on murals and doors in Londonderry.
  
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• Pictured: Police in Derry treating 'IRA' graffiti as a hate crime

  31-07-2017 10:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Londonderry are treating graffiti reading 'IRA' and 'IRA Ghost' daubed on murals in the Waterside area of the city as a hate crime.
  
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• Northern Ireland's segregated schooling system senseless and huge waste of cash, says Dunbar

  31-07-2017 10:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Actor Adrian Dunbar has hit out at Northern Ireland's divided education system, claiming it is squandering millions of pounds.
  
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• Cornerstone of grave thrown at Belfast police

  31-07-2017 10:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Parts of people's graves had been used by west Belfast youths to set a circle for a fire, police said.
  
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• Christine Frampton: Woman behind Carl who pulls no punches on Twitter

  31-07-2017 10:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fans have described her as the best thing on Twitter - and Christine Frampton rarely disappoints.
  
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