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• John Cooney's 27-point haul illuminates a cold Belfast night - Irish Times

  15-12-2017 23:11
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  John Cooney's 27-point haul illuminates a cold Belfast night
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  Ulster 52 Harlequins 24. The score-line provided a slight misnomer not in denying that Ulster thoroughly merited their victory but in that their six-try, bonus-point success was less facile than the final margin suggests. A silly yellow card for ...
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• European Champions Cup: Ulster 52-24 Harlequins

  15-12-2017 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster secure a bonus-point 52-24 win over Harlequins to stay in contention for a place in the European Champions Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Elderly Irishman and carer 'marrying to avoid inheritance tax'

  15-12-2017 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  An elderly Dubliner plans to marry his best friend and carer so he can avoid an inheritance tax on a house he plans to leave to him.
  
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• There's now a dog friendly pub tour in Belfast - Belfast Live

  15-12-2017 20:57
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  There's now a dog friendly pub tour in Belfast
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  Jo Crossley has launched the Belfast Dog Friendly Pub Tour after the success of her dog friendly pub tour in Portrush which launched in July. Now dog lovers in Belfast can enjoy the tour around their city which starts at the Dirty Onion and includes ...
  
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• Brexit: EU leaders agree to move talks to next stage

  15-12-2017 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May welcomes "important step" and calls for "rapid progress" on transition discussions.
  
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• Man arrested following raids in connection with West Belfast UDA

  15-12-2017 19:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI have arrested a 24-year-old man following a number of raids in connection with the activity of the West Belfast UDA.
  
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• Ryanair in union offer to avoid Christmas strikes

  15-12-2017 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The airline says it will recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid industrial action at Christmas.
  
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• Paddy Jackson attends court for preliminary hearing ahead of rape trial

  15-12-2017 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland and Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson has attended court in Belfast for a preliminary hearing ahead of his rape trial.
  
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• Sir William Hastings, NI's leading hotelier, dies at 89

  15-12-2017 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir William Hastings was one of the best known figures in Northern Ireland's tourism industry.
  
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• NI politicians eye life after Stormont

  15-12-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Some MLAs disillusioned with the political deadlock are preparing for work away from Stormont, the BBC learns.
  
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• Decision due on whether to close school attempting integration swap, court hears

  15-12-2017 17:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department of Education is to take a new decision on whether to close the first Catholic school in Northern Ireland attempting a transformation to integrated status, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Northern Ireland hotelier Sir William Hastings dies - family pay tribute to 'lasting legacy'

  15-12-2017 16:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland hotelier Sir William Hastings has died age 89.
  
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• SDLP leader welcomes nationalists letter to Taoiseach but says there needs to be a 'better strategy'

  15-12-2017 16:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has welcomed the letter signed by 200 nationalists to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over Brexit - but said there needs to be a "better strategy" as he placed blame on the Stormont impasse.
  
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• Michael O'Neill: Northern Ireland manager indicates he will remain in job

  15-12-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill hopes to take the team to Euro 2020 after revealing he has not spoken to any other national teams.
  
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• Oisín McGrath death: Francis McDermott avoids jail

  15-12-2017 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Francis McDermott admitted unlawfully killing 13-year-old Oisín McGrath during a fight over a ball.
  
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• Che Kane given suspended sentence for crash deaths

  15-12-2017 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The father of one of two teenagers killed in the crash describes the sentence as a "joke".
  
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• Rostrevor crash victim's father brands sentence 'a joke'

  15-12-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The father of one of two teenagers killed in a car crash criticises the driver's suspended sentence.
  
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• Grandmother taking legal action over Raymond McCreesh park remains 'concerned new process will not guarantee name goes', court hears

  15-12-2017 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A grandmother taking legal action over a playground being called after an IRA hunger striker remains concerned a new process will not guarantee its name goes, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Everywhere we go: GAWA spotted in Australia for the Ashes

  15-12-2017 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  You just never know where the green and white army might pop up.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reveal date for special day

  15-12-2017 14:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is to take place on Saturday May 19, Kensington Palace has announced.
  
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• Oisin McGrath death: Student Francis McDermott handed suspended sentence

  15-12-2017 14:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young university student, who as a schoolboy caused the untimely and tragic death of fellow pupil Oisin McGrath, was freed on Friday when his 18-month prison term was suspended for three years.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches the 'My Journey, My Voice' exhibition

  15-12-2017 13:55 via youtube.com
  
  
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• PSNI boss calls for government action on Troubles cases

  15-12-2017 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  George Hamilton calls on the government to accelerate stalled proposals to deal with Troubles' legacy.
  
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• Dublin's Ace Ventura called in to find west Belfast cat - BBC News

  15-12-2017 13:47
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  Dublin's Ace Ventura called in to find west Belfast cat
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  A couple from west Belfast have enlisted the help of a pet detective in a bid to find their beloved cat Spencer, who went missing in November. Marta Larkin, 36 and her fiancé Michael McGrath, 47, hired a pet sleuth from Dublin to help locate the ginger ...
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• Dublin's Ace Ventura called in to find west Belfast cat

  15-12-2017 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A Belfast couple spend £1,000 on advertising and a pet detective in a bid to find their cat Spencer.
  
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• Ace Ventura?

  15-12-2017 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A Belfast couple spend £1,000 on advertising and a pet detective in a bid to find their cat Spencer.
  
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• Police appeal after Irish man dies after bursting into flames on London street

  15-12-2017 13:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after a pensioner originally from Ireland died after bursting into flames on a London street.
  
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• Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court

  15-12-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour.
  
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• Britain First deputy head Jayda Fransen released on bail over comments on Islam

  15-12-2017 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been released on bail after appearing in court in Belfast charged over comments about Islam made in a social media posting.
  
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• Northern Ireland historical abuse victims 'will not receive compensation while Stormont deadlock continues'

  15-12-2017 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland historical abuse victims in residential homes will not receive interim compensation until the Stormont impasse is resolved, it has been learned.
  
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• EU leaders approve moving to second stage of Brexit negotiations, Tusk announces

  15-12-2017 12:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  European leaders have given the go-ahead for Brexit talks to move on to their second phase, dealing with the transition to a new relationship after the UK's withdrawal.
  
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• Police chief delivers stark message over stalled Stormont House Agreement

  15-12-2017 10:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's police chief has delivered a stark message to the Government on stalled proposals to deal with the legacy of the Troubles - "stop prevaricating and get on with it".
  
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• DUP walk out of council meeting because of Trump motion

  15-12-2017 10:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The motion criticising the US president was passed by 28 votes to three after the DUP councillors left.
  
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• SDLP have let us down badly over play park vote, say relatives of Kingsmill dead

  15-12-2017 10:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Families who lost loved ones in the 1976 Kingsmill massacre have said they feel "betrayed" after SDLP councillors declined to back a name change to a Newry play park dedicated to an IRA man.
  
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• HIA victims 'cannot be paid without ministers'

  15-12-2017 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Civil service boss says payments would be open to legal challenge without ministerial approval.
  
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• 6% pay hike for some in Civil Service, but vast majority given just 1%

  15-12-2017 08:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some civil servants received an inflation-busting pay hike of 6% last year, it has emerged.
  
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• 'Trump' walkout

  15-12-2017 08:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A council row and the Gaelic footballer given the 'all clear' to fly from the US makes headlines.
  
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• Belfast couple spend £1,000 in frantic hunt for cat

  15-12-2017 08:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A west Belfast couple have spent £1,000 in a desperate bid to find their beloved cat who went missing last month.
  
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• Dodds warns Varadkar not to interfere in Northern Ireland politics

  15-12-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has accused Leo Varadkar of "politicking" after the Taoiseach said Brexiteers need to acknowledge that they created the difficulties surrounding Northern Ireland's border.
  
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• Antrim church donations collector stole £30k from congregation, court told

  15-12-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who counted the collections at a Co Antrim Presbyterian church has been accused of stealing £30,000 from its congregation and Sunday school.
  
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• Antrim church donations collector stole £30k from congregation, court hears

  15-12-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who counted the collections at a Co Antrim Presbyterian church has been accused of stealing £30,000 from its congregation and Sunday school.
  
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• Our decision was influenced by a sincere desire to heal, says SDLP

  15-12-2017 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has defended declining to change the name of the Raymond McCreesh play park.
  
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• Stolen by IRA and infamous Dublin gangster, the painting that the Ulster Museum will be keeping a very close eye on

  15-12-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A painting by a Dutch master that was stolen three times in the Republic - including by the IRA and by notorious Dublin gangster 'The General' - has turned up in Belfast, and this time it is all above board.
  
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• Family's devastation as Northern Ireland mum is knocked down by car and killed in Scotland

  15-12-2017 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman described as a "feisty, beautiful mum" has died after she was struck by a car in Scotland.
  
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• Puppy smuggling trade warning in Wales' ferry ports

  15-12-2017 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The plight of Hugo the beagle highlights the illegal trade in dogs smuggled through Welsh ports.
  
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• May ‘well on road’ to Brexit delivery after EU state heads agree to next stage

  15-12-2017 07:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has declared she is “well on the road” to delivering Brexit after leaders of the 27 remaining member states agreed to allow negotiations to proceed to their second phase.
  
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• Masterpiece on display

  15-12-2017 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Van Ruisdael's The Cornfield was once stolen by notorious Dublin criminal Martin Cahill.
  
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