Belfast news

• Mark Allen through to first Masters final after beating John Higgins

  20-01-2018 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mark Allen is through to his first ever Dafabet Masters final.
  
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• Murder probe launched after man shot dead in Dublin

  20-01-2018 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gardai have launched a murder investigation after a 27-year-old man was shot dead in Dublin.
  
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• Mary Lou McDonald set to be new Sinn Féin president

  20-01-2018 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Mary Lou McDonald says no-one will fill the shoes of Gerry Adams, but that she has brought her own.
  
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• Man is shot dead at halting site in Dublin

  20-01-2018 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The man was sitting in a car at Bridgeview halting site in Ronanstown when the attack happened.
  
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• Irish League Round Up: McCauley seals a point as Coleraine punish ten-man Crusaders while Glenavon down Linfield at Windsor

  20-01-2018 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleraine came from behind to deny Crusaders a win in the top two clash.
  
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• Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald brought 'her own shoes to fill'

  20-01-2018 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald has said nobody will fill Gerry Adam's shoes as leader but that she had "brought her own".
  
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• Murder investigation launched after death of man at Belfast flat - two arrested

  20-01-2018 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation has been launched following the death of man at a flat in east Belfast.
  
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• East Belfast murder victim named - two arrested

  20-01-2018 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 53-year-old man at a flat in east Belfast.
  
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• Woman (19) found with stab wounds after assault - man arrested

  20-01-2018 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old woman is being treated in hospital after suffering stab wounds to her arm, body and neck in an assault in Newtownards.
  
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• Man suffers 'potentially life-changing' injuries after west Belfast shooting

  20-01-2018 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 24-year-old man has suffered "serious and potentially life-changing" injuries in a Belfast shooting.
  
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• Rory McIlroy in contention ahead of final round at Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

  20-01-2018 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy will begin the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship one shot behind co-leaders Thomas Pieters and Ross Fisher after producing a sensational 65 on Saturday.
  
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• Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire discharged from hospital after lung surgery

  20-01-2018 14:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire has been discharged from hospital after lung surgery.
  
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• Trump labels shutdown a ‘present’ from Democrats

  20-01-2018 13:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for the government shutdown — tweeting that they wanted to give him “a nice present” to mark the one-year anniversary of his inauguration.
  
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• North Korea to have 22 athletes in five Olympic sports, IOC says

  20-01-2018 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The IOC says that 22 North Korean athletes will compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics next month and both Korean teams will march together in the opening ceremony.
  
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• Mary Lou McDonald nominated to succeed Gerry Adams as Sinn Fein president

  20-01-2018 12:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mary Lou McDonald has been confirmed as the only candidate nominated to take over from outgoing Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
  
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• Weekly papers

  20-01-2018 10:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A botched paedophile sting, a "hellish" night in A&E and some shady recycling feature in the weeklies.
  
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• Woman (19) dies and man (21) in serious condition in hospital after being struck by van in Toome

  20-01-2018 10:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old woman has died and a 21-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital after being struck by a van near Toome..
  
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• Restaurant review: Indus Valley

  20-01-2018 09:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Belfast's top curry restaurant owners, Ali Askir also happens to be the founder of the Irish Curry Awards, the only food awards on the island of Ireland to have received international Asian broadcast attention thanks to the TV station ATM Bangla and its global audience. (As head judge of these awards, my co-judges and I are unexpectedly big in Bangladesh.)
  
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• Pool staff hailed for saving life of OAP who had a heart attack

  20-01-2018 09:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a pensioner who suffered a heart attack while swimming at a County Down leisure centre has praised its staff for "saving his life".
  
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• QUB boffin helps solve mystery of Kazakh antelope decimation

  20-01-2018 09:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland academic has helped to answer the riddle of the death of more than 200,000 antelopes in the remote grassland of central Asia.
  
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• Man accused of storing £100k drugs denied bail

  20-01-2018 09:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Romanian accused of being in possession of £100,000 worth of cocaine has claimed he was in debt to drug lords who allegedly trafficked him to Northern Ireland six years ago.
  
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• Heartache as family prepares to bid farewell to Alexandra Johnston

  20-01-2018 09:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of an "inspirational" teenager who lost a five-year battle with cancer will take place tomorrow.
  
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• Anxious time for relatives as separate searches go on for two Northern Ireland men and Strabane mum-of-three

  20-01-2018 09:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An appeal has been made to find a missing Northern Ireland man who was last seen in Belgium.
  
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• £45k to play for as Windsor Park public art plan unveiled

  20-01-2018 09:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Football chiefs in Belfast have set their sights on a new signing who is better with their hands than with their feet.
  
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• Hundreds still owed refunds after organiser of 'disastrous' Winter Wonderland goes bust

  20-01-2018 09:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of customers still awaiting refunds following a disastrous Winter Wonderland experience before Christmas have been further outraged after the organiser went bankrupt.
  
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• With talks just days away, DUP MP pessimistic deal can be done

  20-01-2018 09:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Gregory Campbell has said the chances of his party reaching a deal with Sinn Fein when next week's talks process begins "aren't great".
  
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