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• Rory McIlroy unable to mount Saturday charge at Northern Trust Open after 69

  26-08-2017 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Rory McIlroy is unable to move into contention on day three of the Northern Trust Open as a one-under-par 69 put him on level par overall.
  
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• All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Connolly not named in Dubs team for Tyrone game

  26-08-2017 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Dublin manager Jim Gavin opts not to recall Diarmuid Connolly for Sunday's All-Ireland Football semi-final against Tyrone.
  
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• Lurgan: Two escape injury as shots fired at house

  26-08-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  A man and woman are unhurt but very shocked after the attack.
  
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• Royal Black Institution parades take place across NI

  26-08-2017 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  About 17,000 members of the Royal Black Institution go on parade at six venues across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Woman drowns in Lough Erne incident

  26-08-2017 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A man, who was taken to hospital, had gone into the water after the woman, the Ambulance Service said.
  
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• Women's Rugby World Cup: Ireland coach Tom Tierney quits after hosts' failure

  26-08-2017 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland women's coach Tom Tierney steps down after the hosts' dismal World Cup finishes with a defeat by Wales
  
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• 'It was the biggest parade we've had' - Over 1,000 people celebrate Foyle Pride in Derry

  26-08-2017 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 1,000 people brought the streets of Londonderry to life with music and dancing to celebrate Foyle Pride in spectacular style on Saturday.
  
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• Lough Erne: Woman dies after falling from boat in Enniskillen

  26-08-2017 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has died after falling from a boat moored on the shore of Lower Lough Erne in Enniskillen.
  
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• Linfield forward Paul Smyth set to complete transfer to QPR

  26-08-2017 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield forward Paul Smyth will complete his move to Championship side Queen's Park Rangers on Monday, subject to a medical.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Linfield win to move top as Crusaders take victory in derby

  26-08-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield beat Ballymena United 1-0 to go top of the Premiership while Crusaders defeat Cliftonville 2-1 in the north Belfast derby.
  
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• Meet North Belfast's 'most eligible bachelor' who's looking for love - Belfast Live

  26-08-2017 18:33
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  Meet North Belfast's 'most eligible bachelor' who's looking for love
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  Meet, Paul, a 41-year-old businessman from North Belfast who is single and ready to mingle. Paul has been unlucky in love in the past, and now his friend David has stepped in to help him meet the one. David is hoping one lucky lady will take up his ...
  
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• Woman dies in Co Fermanagh boating tragedy - Belfast Live

  26-08-2017 18:03
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  Woman dies in Co Fermanagh boating tragedy
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  Police say she fell into the water in the early hours of Saturday morning along with a man. A member of the public raised the alarm and police launched a full search operation to locate the pair. A short time later they recovered a man and woman from ...and more »
  
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• All-Ireland Football semi-final replay: Mayo beat Kerry 2-16 to 0-17

  26-08-2017 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Mayo book their spot in the All-Ireland Football Final as they beat 2-16 to 0-17 over Kerry in the semi-final replay.
  
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• Omagh lose out to Belfast Harlequins - Highland Radio

  26-08-2017 17:36
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  Omagh lose out to Belfast Harlequins
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  It was a tough day for Omagh Academical today who lost out the Belfast Harlequins by a score of 14-36. Omagh lined out with a depleted squad due and struggled against the strong Belfast team, who ran in three tries each side of the halftime whistle.
  
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• Police release two men questioned over loyalist activity

  26-08-2017 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Police had detained two men, 21 and 44, under the Terrorism Act on Friday.
  
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• Ireland lose Women's Rugby World Cup place as tournament ends in defeat

  26-08-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland's disastrous home World Cup ended with catastrophic defeat to Wales at Kingspan Stadium.
  
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• Women's Rugby World Cup: Ireland 17-27 Wales

  26-08-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales win the battle in the seventh place play-off 27-17 at the Women's World Cup in Belfast with the prize a place in the 2021 tournament.
  
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• Royal Black Institution marches across Northern Ireland

  26-08-2017 16:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Upwards of 17,000 members of the Royal Black Institution have taken part in parade at six locations across Northern Ireland for the traditional 'Last Saturday' demonstrations.
  
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• Last Saturday parades 2017 - Belfast Live

  26-08-2017 16:10
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  Last Saturday parades 2017
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  PressEye-Northern Ireland- 26th August 2017-Picture by Brian Little/ PressEye Members of South Belfast Young Conquerors at The Royal Black Institution 'Last Saturday' City of Belfast Black Chapter demonstration held in Lisburn. Picture by Brian ...and more »
  
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• Linfield and QPR side agree fee for Paul Smyth: reports

  26-08-2017 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fee has been agreed between Linfield and QPR for the transfer of Paul Smyth, according to reports.
  
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• Corbyn woos pensioners with pledge to protect triple lock on pensions

  26-08-2017 15:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said that Labour is ready and able to win an election as he met pensioners on the latest leg of his tour of Scotland.
  
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• £270k emergency cash approved for Northern Ireland flash flood victims

  26-08-2017 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emergency funding of more than £270k has been released to deal with the clean-up operation following extensive flooding in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Sinn Fein slams DUP call for Direct Rule

  26-08-2017 14:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has rounded on the DUP following MLA Sammy Wilson's call for direct rule to be introduced in Northern Ireland.
  
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• North West floods: £270,000 approved to help people affected by storms

  26-08-2017 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The council says it has received 560 requests for assistance from people affected by the storms.
  
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• Eight killed as two lorries and minibus crash on M1 in England

  26-08-2017 13:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eight people have died after a motorway crash in England involving two lorries and a minibus.
  
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• Women and children rescued from fire

  26-08-2017 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are treating a fire at flats in east Belfast as arson with intent to endanger life.
  
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• Reports of shots fired at house in Northern Ireland

  26-08-2017 13:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating reports of shots being fired at a house in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Reports of shots fired at house in Lurgan

  26-08-2017 13:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating reports of shots being fired at a house in Lurgan.
  
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• Eight dead and four taken to hospital after M1 crash

  26-08-2017 13:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eight people have died following a motorway collision between two lorries and a minibus. A further four were taken to hospital.
  
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• Police release man arrested in Derry paramilitary activity probe

  26-08-2017 13:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man arrested during an investigation into violent loyalist paramilitary activity in Londonderry has been released.
  
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• Belfast: Two women and two young children rescued from fire - BBC ... - BBC News

  26-08-2017 13:05
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  Belfast: Two women and two young children rescued from fire - BBC ...
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  Police are treating a fire at flats in east Belfast as arson with intent to endanger life.
  Belfast police appeal for witnesses after women and baby rescued ...Belfast Telegraph
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• Summer Organ Concert

  26-08-2017 12:26
  Organist Kevin Birch will perform with violinist Amanda Reynolds; and organ students Jacob Gould, Johan Halvorsen and Caleb Sension at the First Church UCC, 104 Church St., Belfast. Free/donations for Organ Maintenance Fund for the church's 1848 George Stevens organ.
  
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• McIlroy seven off lead in New York

  26-08-2017 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Rory McIlroy is seven shots off the lead in a tie for 47th place after the second round of the Northern Trust Open in New York.
  
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• Andrew Morton: Diana was fizzy, frothy and fun and I suppose, like many men, I was a little bit in love with her

  26-08-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Controversial biographer Andrew Morton, who's made a king's ransom out of his books about Princess Diana, has claimed she could have been Donald Trump's First Lady if she had lived, but he's also insisted that her love rival, Camilla Parker Bowles, will never be Queen.
  
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• Live scores: Man United v Leicester, Chelsea v Everton, Liverpool v Arsenal - fixtures, results, table

  26-08-2017 11:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is back! Follow all the action and all the twists and turns of the season ahead right here.
  
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• Live scores: Chelsea v Everton, Liverpool v Arsenal - fixtures, results, table

  26-08-2017 11:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is back! Follow all the action and all the twists and turns of the season ahead right here.
  
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• Ireland victory is a must to avoid World Cup humiliation

  26-08-2017 10:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  So this is it then. Beat Wales today (kick-off 2.00pm at the Kingspan Stadium) and seventh belongs to Ireland, lose and it's eighth and the ignominy of having to qualify for the next World Cup.
  
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• Several dead as two lorries and minibus crash on M1

  26-08-2017 10:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Several people have died after a motorway crash involving two lorries and a minibus.
  
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• One in five schools in NI cover lesbian, gay or bisexual issues

  26-08-2017 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Just over one in five schools say they cover lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) issues, a survey suggests.
  
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• Belfast police appeal for witnesses after women and baby rescued in suspected arson attack on flat

  26-08-2017 10:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three women and a baby girl have been rescued from a fire in an apartment block in east Belfast.
  
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• Declassified Files: West Belfast likened to the Forbidden City in China - Belfast Newsletter

  26-08-2017 09:54
  Declassified Files: West Belfast likened to the Forbidden City in China
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  A Government official felt like he had slipped into an “alternative universe” when he visited west Belfast, according to a memo in declassified NIO file. In a confidential memo from 1991, PN Bell of the NIO's Security Policy and Operations Division ...
  
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• Restaurant review: The Muddler's Club in Belfast

  26-08-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Muddlers Club is about to mark its second birthday. In the 24 months since it opened it has impressed a long list of fusspots and difficult diners to become so beloved and respected it is now considered by many as a sort of OX alternative.
  
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• Van Morrison takes swipe at 'absurd' media portrayal of him

  26-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast singer Sir Van Morrison has revealed how his open-air 70th birthday concerts in Cyprus Avenue two years ago filled him with delight.
  
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• Rostrevor's Aurora picture house to open for Cinema Day

  26-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Northern Ireland's most renowned cinemas is making a "comeback" next week.
  
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• Brexit: Controls on Irish border inevitable, warns Bruton

  26-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Checks on goods between Northern Ireland and the Republic will still have to happen - even if they are not exactly on the border, a former Taoiseach has warned.
  
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• Great-granddad Geoff Cartwright knocked down and killed in Newcastle

  26-08-2017 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a pensioner who died after being struck by a car as he made his way home from the pub have been left devastated by his loss.
  
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• Foyle Pride parade 'snub' to Derry police

  26-08-2017 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI will not be taking part in today's Foyle Pride Parade after not receiving an invire from organisers.
  
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• Things to do in Belfast and beyond this Bank Holiday weekend, August 26-28 - Belfast Live

  26-08-2017 09:14
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  Things to do in Belfast and beyond this Bank Holiday weekend, August 26-28
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  It's the last weekend of the month which for many of us means pay weekend, so why not treat yourself to one of these great events. Whether you fancy taking in a show or some music in Belfast or further afield there should be something to suit all tastes.and more »
  
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• Nairac buried in Louth forest after being shot by IRA, book claims

  26-08-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The remains of Captain Robert Nairac most likely lie in Ravensdale Forest, Co Louth, the author of a book on the undercover British soldier claims.
  
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• Fermanagh crash victim Luke Lynch (22) laid to rest

  26-08-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young man killed in a horror crash in Co Fermanagh had only passed his driving test two weeks earlier, mourners at his funeral heard.
  
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