Belfast news

• Premier Division: Shamrock Rovers 6-1 Derry City

  09-03-2018 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Derry crumble in the second half as Graham Burke scores four goals to help rampant Rovers to victory in Tallaght.
  
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• Police arrest 'paedophile hunters' in Ballymena and Newtownabbey

  09-03-2018 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested three self-styled paedophile hunters.
  
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• 'Paedophile hunters' questioned by police

  09-03-2018 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  They are being questioned about alleged offences including false imprisonment, intimidation and attempted intimidation.
  
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• Loughinisland collusion report changes 'further blow to Police Ombudsman credibility,' says MLA Beattie

  09-03-2018 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie said it was a further blow to the credibility of the Police Ombudsman that it had to make amendments to its report into the Loughinisland massacre after it lost a court battle against a former policeman.
  
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• TV producer jailed for Leeds child sex offences

  09-03-2018 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Kieran Creaven flew from Ireland to Leeds to meet a girl but was confronted by paedophile hunters.
  
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• Six Nations 2018: Ireland face Scotland & can deny England third straight title

  09-03-2018 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland could win the Six Nations title this weekend but will "only be thinking about the Grand Slam", says their former captain Brian O'Driscoll.
  
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• Troops deployed to help police probe nerve agent spy attack amid attention on cemetery

  09-03-2018 19:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Troops have been deployed to help police probing the nerve agent poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter as attention turned to the cemetery where his wife and son were laid to rest.
  
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• Military help police probing nerve agent spy attack amid attention on cemetery

  09-03-2018 19:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Troops have been deployed to help police probing the nerve agent poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter as attention turned to the cemetery where his wife and son were laid to rest.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Blane McIlroy accused of providing 'preposterous account' of events to police

  09-03-2018 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A friend of Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding was accused of providing a "preposterous account" of events to police investigating a rape allegation.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: McIlroy denies telling 'pack of lies'

  09-03-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Blane McIlroy denies telling a "pack of lies" about the rape case in court.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Loughgall crash

  09-03-2018 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say no other vehicles were involved in Friday morning's crash in Loughgall.
  
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• 18-month term for TV producer tricked into travelling to meet ’13-year-old girl’

  09-03-2018 17:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish TV producer who was tricked by a paedophile-hunting group into travelling to the UK to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for 18 months.
  
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• Belfast city centre road closed during police 'incident' - rail services disrupted

  09-03-2018 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police closed a Belfast city centre street while officers dealt with an "incident" - it has now reopened to traffic.
  
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• MLA welcomes appeal of UVF supergrass Haggarty's 'get-out-of-jail-free card' murder sentencing

  09-03-2018 17:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An SDLP MLA has welcomed a decision to allow the Public Prosecution Service to appeal UVF killer Gary Haggarty's six-and-a-half year sentence, saying he felt it was a "get-out-of-jail-free card".
  
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• London Irish: Coaches Declan Kidney and Les Kiss join Premiership's bottom club

  09-03-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Ireland head coach Declan Kidney and Les Kiss, ex-Ulster director of rugby, join Premiership strugglers London Irish.
  
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• Hero police dog saves life of missing woman in Belfast

  09-03-2018 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hero police dog helped officers save the life of a woman missing on Cave Hill in freezing temperatures.
  
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• Colleague pays moving tribute to murdered PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll on anniversary

  09-03-2018 16:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The police officer who was with his colleague Stephen Carroll on the night he was murdered has paid a moving tribute to him on the ninth anniversary of his death.
  
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• Shiney Row burning car death accused had 'killed before'

  09-03-2018 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men accused of raping and murdering a Vietnamese woman are convicted murderers, a jury is told.
  
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• PPS can appeal sentence of UVF supergrass Gary Haggarty

  09-03-2018 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Gary Haggarty's lawyers said deadline was missed by 25 minutes, but judges reject his challenge.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Blane McIlroy denies 'walking into bedroom naked'

  09-03-2018 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A friend of Irish and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding has denied meeting his co-defendants "to concoct a lying account" of what happened following allegations they were involved in a sex attack.
  
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• Photos: Royal Reception as 2 Rifles Battalion return home from Iraq

  09-03-2018 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large crowd turned out in Lisburn City Centre on Friday for the Homecoming Parade of the 2 Rifles.
  
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• Loughinisland: Officer to be wiped from report

  09-03-2018 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The conclusion that there was collusion between police and the UVF killers will not be removed.
  
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• Appeal to UVF supergrass Haggarty sentence to go ahead after challenge dismissed

  09-03-2018 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An appeal against the six-and-a-half-year prison term imposed on a loyalist paramilitary chief turned state informer who admitted five murders can proceed, senior judges have ruled.
  
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• Kathleen Thompson: 'Not possible' to determine bullet size

  09-03-2018 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballistics expert says not possible to specifically determine the size of the bullet that killed a Londonderry woman in 1971
  
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• James Hughes death: West Belfast man to stand trial

  09-03-2018 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  James Brendan Patrick Devine, 43, formerly of Divis Tower, appeared in court to be formally arraigned on two charges.
  
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• UK wide powers must take account of border

  09-03-2018 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Some powers to be retained by Westminster post-Brexit
  
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• St Patrick's Day 2018: What's happening across Northern Ireland

  09-03-2018 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Here is your St Patrick's Day 2018 guide to all the musical, theatrical and cultural events happening on March 17.
  
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• New €7.6m cross-border project to tackle increase in mental health issues

  09-03-2018 13:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A €7.6 million EU-funded cross-border project has been launched in response to the increase in numbers of people with mental health problems.
  
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• Northern Ireland households to be hit with 4.5% spike in rates bill

  09-03-2018 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Households in Northern Ireland are set to hit with the largest increase on regional rates in more than a decade.
  
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• Men accused of killing Vietnamese woman are convicted murderers, jury told

  09-03-2018 13:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two maintenance men accused of torturing, raping and dumping a Vietnamese woman’s body in a burning car have previous convictions for murder, a court heard.
  
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• Boat vandalism 'puts lives at risk'

  09-03-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  A river rescue charity says it may have to review its security after one of their boats was vandalised
  
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• Man accused of murdering 'Good Samaritan' neighbour pleads not guilty

  09-03-2018 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A west Belfast man is to stand trial later this year accused of murdering his 'Good Samaritan' neighbour.
  
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• Police launch investigation after shots fired through front window of home

  09-03-2018 12:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Coleraine are appealing for information after shots were fired at a house in the Loughanhill Park area of the town on the evening of Thursday, March 8.
  
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• Pictured: Why Belfast Zoo's new mum Inca will be taking a break this Mother’s Day

  09-03-2018 11:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Zoo is celebrating the birth of a tiny red titi monkey.
  
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• £410m deal boost proves cynics wrong: DUP

  09-03-2018 11:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP says it has proved “the cynics” wrong with the Government’s announcement that £410m of its confidence and supply deal with the Tories will be included in a new Stormont budget.
  
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• Tayto and Moy Park fined over low wages

  09-03-2018 10:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The firms are among 179 UK companies fined for failing to pay workers the minimum wage.
  
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• Taxis to be allowed to drive in Belfast's bus and new BRT lanes

  09-03-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's private hire taxis will be allowed to drive in bus lanes for at least a year.
  
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• Poll: Should taxis be allowed to drive in Belfast's bus lanes?

  09-03-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's private hire taxis will be allowed to drive in bus lanes for at least a year.
  
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• Poll: Should taxis be allowed to drive in Belfast's bus and BRT lanes?

  09-03-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's private hire taxis will be allowed to drive in bus lanes for at least a year.
  
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• RHI boiler owners' case could end in Supreme Court

  09-03-2018 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The Department for the Economy effectively abandons trying to make owners liable for the full legal bill.
  
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• 'Direct rule budget' and trial evidence

  09-03-2018 09:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Rugby rape trial evidence, the budget and underpayment of workers make Friday's headlines.
  
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• Kingsmill families welcome police decision to quiz McElduff over video

  09-03-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Victims who felt they had been mocked by former Sinn Fein MP Barry McElduff have welcomed news that he has been questioned by police over the incident.
  
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• Earhart mystery 'may be solved'

  09-03-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mysterious fate of pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart - whose historic landing in Londonderry is still marked every year - may have been revealed in new analysis.
  
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