Belfast news

• Oisin McGrath death: Judge to pass sentence on to student accused of schoolboy manslaughter

  07-12-2017 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A schoolyard prank which involved a football, a chase and ultimately a slap or punch about the head, resulted in the untimely and tragic death of Belcoo schoolboy Oisin McGrath three days later.
  
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• Snow and ice warning issued as temperatures plunge

  07-12-2017 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A snow and ice warning has been issued across Ireland with temperatures expected to plunge below zero overnight.
  
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• Michael Conlan: Belfast fighter scouting for the future on big New York bill

  07-12-2017 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Conlan is scouting for the future as he prepares to box on the support bill of Vasyl Lomachenko's bout with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
  
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• Remains exhumation date in search for missing Pauline Finlay

  07-12-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Remains buried on Anglesey could be those of a woman who went missing in Ireland 23 years ago.
  
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• Father and son accused of jumping on Czech mans head in a 'wanton, unprovoked attack' refused bail

  07-12-2017 18:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father and son allegedly jumped on a Czech national's head in a "wanton, unprovoked attack" outside his Co Down home, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Elite League: Belfast Giants sign Ashley Tait for weekend games

  07-12-2017 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast Giants bring in forward Ashley Tait as cover for this weekend's matches against Manchester Storm and Sheffield Steelers.
  
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• Norbrook pharmaceutical firm profits up by a third

  07-12-2017 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Norbrook Holdings, the Newry-based pharmaceutical firm, increased its pre-tax profit by 36% to £49m in 2017.
  
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• Northern Ireland businesses 'in the dark' over Brexit

  07-12-2017 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  CBI Northern Ireland members are "becoming increasingly impatient" with the Brexit talks.
  
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• 'Sinn Fein are deliberately misleading people about the DUP's position,' says DUP's Diane Dodds

  07-12-2017 17:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MEP Diane Dodds has said "Sinn Fein are deliberately misleading people about the DUP's position" in relation to negotiations.
  
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• Northern Ireland 'facing crucial 48 hours,' says Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill

  07-12-2017 17:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The next 48 hours are crucial for Northern Ireland in the Brexit negotiations, Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill has said.
  
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• Boris Johnson explains 'EU can go whistle' remark

  07-12-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Foreign secretary says he was talking about "very extortionate sums" he had seen reported in the summer.
  
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• RHI Inquiry: Missed flaw 'unfortunate', says official

  07-12-2017 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The senior civil servant responsible for the botched RHI scheme says a basic error that led to a vast overspend wasn't picked up.
  
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• PSNI officers arrested in Police Ombudsman drugs probe

  07-12-2017 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two PSNI officers have been arrested by Police Ombudsman investigators.
  
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• Loughinisland: Police Ombudsman legally entitled to publish report which found collusion, court hears

  07-12-2017 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman was legally entitled to publish a report which found collusion between some RUC officers and loyalists who massacred six Catholic men, the High Court heard on Thursday.
  
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• Coveney stands firm on Irish Brexit position

  07-12-2017 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Sensitive negotiations continue, says Simon Coveney, but the Irish government will not budge on key issues.
  
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• Catch yourself on: Channel 4 issues 'local lingo' guide ahead of Derry Girls premiere - how many do you know?

  07-12-2017 14:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Channel 4's new comedy Derry Girls is set to premiere in January - and to prepare audiences for the local lingo, the broadcaster has issued a 'Derry glossary'.
  
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• Hard post-Brexit border 'obvious target for dissident republican terrorists'

  07-12-2017 14:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Senior police officers in Northern Ireland have warned MPs that a hard post-Brexit border would be an obvious area of attack by dissident republican terrorists.
  
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• Storm Caroline to bring gales, snow and ice to Ireland

  07-12-2017 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Yellow warnings for snow and ice across NI could be upgraded to amber later on Thursday.
  
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• Anger as Larne war memorial attacked - police treating incident as hate crime

  07-12-2017 13:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An attack on a Co Antrim town's war memorial has been branded "absolutely disgusting".
  
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• Northern Ireland A&Es worst performers in UK and it's not likely to improve soon, health officials warn

  07-12-2017 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials have warned accident and emergency waiting times in Northern Ireland are likely to get worse.
  
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• Prince Charles bomb plot: Real IRA leader jailed

  07-12-2017 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Dissident republican jailed for more than 11 years for plotting attack during prince's visit to Ireland.
  
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• May still battling to reach agreement on post-Brexit plan for Irish border

  07-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has not yet reached an agreement on a post-Brexit plan for the Irish border to push negotiations forward which satisfies the European Union, Ireland and the Democratic Unionist Party.
  
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• May holds late-night Brexit talks as hopes raised of deal on Irish border

  07-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is engaged in a flurry of diplomacy which could continue through the night and has fuelled speculation that a Brexit agreement on maintaining a soft Irish border could be edging closer.
  
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• Brexit talks could continue overnight as hopes raised of deal on Irish border

  07-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is engaged in a flurry of diplomacy which could continue through the night and has fuelled speculation that a Brexit agreement on plans to maintain a soft Irish border could be edging closer.
  
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• Bogus model agency asks women for intimate pics and cash in scam: Police issue warning

  07-12-2017 12:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Young people in Northern Ireland are being urged to be wary if they are contacted online by individuals or organisations purporting to be from a modelling agency and asking them to send personal photographs.
  
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• Demand withheld pay award for Northern Ireland nurses issued immediately as it's revealed civil servants can sign it off

  07-12-2017 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There is no need for a Stormont minister to be in place to issue a pay award for Northern Ireland nurses and other health workers, it has been revealed.
  
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• Dublin: Two men, including police officer, shot during search

  07-12-2017 10:36 via bbc.co.uk
  It is understood armed police officers were backing up a drugs unit when the incident happened.
  
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• North West 200: Alastair Seeley to compete for EHA Racing in 2018

  07-12-2017 10:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Seeley will aim to add to his record 21 wins at the NW200 with EHA Racing after signing for the team for next year's event.
  
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• Three arrested after garda shot during drugs raid

  07-12-2017 09:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three people have been arrested after a shooting in which a member of the Irish Garda was shot.
  
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• Garda officer and man shot during planned search operation

  07-12-2017 09:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A member of the Irish Garda and a man have been shot in Dublin.
  
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• Paper Review: Irish border deal or no deal?

  07-12-2017 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The papers bring hope for a new border offer but a DUP MP has a warning for the Irish taoiseach.
  
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• Northern Ireland obesity shock as report shows 40% of teens are overweight

  07-12-2017 09:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of overweight or obese teenagers in the UK, a study has found.
  
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• UK Snooker Championship 2017: Allen beaten by Perry in last 16

  07-12-2017 08:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Antrim player Mark Allen's hopes of a first UK Championship quarter-final since 2013 are dashed as he is beaten 6-4 by Joe Perry.
  
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• North coast to bear brunt as Storm Caroline brings wind and snow

  07-12-2017 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office as Storm Caroline prepares to batter Northern Ireland.
  
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• New road sign leaves motorists in a spin at busy Lurgan roundabout

  07-12-2017 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A "confusing and dangerous" road sign which conflicts with new road markings at a roundabout is putting drivers at risk of accidents, commuters claim.
  
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• Former Gallaher factory worker wins case over 'ageist' payout

  07-12-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man excluded from an enhanced severance package when the Gallaher tobacco factory in Ballymena closed was the victim of age discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.
  
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• PSNI officer cleared of assaulting prisoner

  07-12-2017 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A member of the PSNI who was accused of assaulting a man in custody has been cleared at Londonderry Magistrates Court.
  
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• People of Newry rally round so that family who lost home in gas blast enjoy a special Christmas

  07-12-2017 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A traumatised mother who was separated from her children after they were injured in a gas cooker explosion has been reunited with her family in time for Christmas.
  
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• Stormont department unqualified to operate RHI project, probe told

  07-12-2017 08:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A finance official has said her department at Stormont wasn't qualified to run the Renewable Heat Incentive.
  
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• Varadkar keeps open mind over May's redraft of border deal

  07-12-2017 08:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Government is to give Taoiseach Leo Varadkar a new text within 24 hours which it hopes will break the logjam in the Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Northern Ireland village in shock over death of native son and his US family in Co Wexford crash

  07-12-2017 08:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The nephew of a couple who lost their lives alongside their two sons in a horrific collision in Co Wexford has said the family are finding it hard to accept their loss.
  
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• DUP putting its own agenda ahead of the Northern Ireland people: Finucane

  07-12-2017 08:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's John Finucane has accused the DUP of "putting their own narrow interests" ahead of Northern Ireland following the breakdown of Brexit talks in Brussels.
  
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• Firm discriminated against 66-year-old

  07-12-2017 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Employee wins case after firm refused to offer him the same redundancy terms as younger staff.
  
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• Emergency departments among slowest

  07-12-2017 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Four of NI's five health trusts are among the 10 worst emergency department performers in the UK.
  
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• Bagel Caf closes; owner weighing spring return

  07-12-2017 03:48
  Bagel CafA© closed Dec. 4 with a sign on the door advertising plans to reopen in March. But whether that happens remains to be seen, according to co-owner Mark Senders.
  
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• Nearly 40% of NI youngsters 'obese'

  07-12-2017 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The highest rise in carrying excess weight occurs between the ages of seven and 11, data suggests.
  
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• Three charged over £600,000 Belfast cannabis factory raid

  07-12-2017 00:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Two guns and £5,000 of cash were also seized during searches in Dromore, Belfast and Lisburn.
  
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