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• Firefighters tackling major blaze at Dublin hotel and apartment block building

  21-03-2018 23:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A major fire has broken out in the upper floors of a hotel and apartment block building in Dublin.
  
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• Snow Patrol confirm Northern Ireland dates for May

  21-03-2018 23:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Snow Patrol have confirmed they will be touring in the province later this year.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes over Cambridge Analytica scandal

  21-03-2018 22:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the social media giant “made mistakes” over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Pope Francis will not be visiting Northern Ireland this summer

  21-03-2018 22:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis will not visit Northern Ireland during a summer visit to the island of Ireland, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Hotel near Dublin Airport hit by blaze

  21-03-2018 22:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fire has broken out in the upper floors of a hotel in Dublin.
  
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• Fire Service deal with blaze at recycling plant in Belfast

  21-03-2018 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland Fire Service crew has tackled a fire at a recycling plant in north Belfast.
  
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• Would McGuinness have helped bring back Stormont?

  21-03-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  One year after his death, Gareth Gordon asks would the political situation be different if Martin McGuinness was still alive.
  
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• Pope Francis to visit Ireland in August

  21-03-2018 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The trip will be the first papal visit to Ireland for 40 years, but the Pope will not be visiting NI.
  
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• Thieves use forklift to rip ATM from wall in Co Armagh village

  21-03-2018 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for the public's help after thieves in a Co Armagh village used a forklift to rip an ATM from a wall.
  
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• TV presenter Ant McPartlin charged with drink-driving

  21-03-2018 19:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TV presenter Ant McPartlin has been charged with drink-driving following his arrest on Sunday, and will appear in court next month.
  
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• Finest cuts

  21-03-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The World Butchers' Challenge is held in Northern Ireland for the first time.
  
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• Paisley calls for RHI Inquiry apology

  21-03-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A DUP MP accuses the chairman of the RHI Inquiry of "putting words in the mouth of a witness".
  
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• Taxi Employment Academy

  21-03-2018 18:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Hotel Employment Academy

  21-03-2018 18:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Construction Employment Academy

  21-03-2018 17:56 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Belfast Employment Academies

  21-03-2018 17:53 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Sinn Fein election poster used for machine gun practice- court hears

  21-03-2018 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A machine gun was allegedly test fired at a Sinn Fein election poster for potential future terrorist use, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Parents and toddlers take over City Hall

  21-03-2018 17:28 via youtube.com
  
  
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• PM’s deal with DUP harming UK national interest in Brexit talks – Sir Nick Clegg

  21-03-2018 17:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May’s “marriage of convenience” with the Democratic Unionists is preventing her taking courageous decisions on the long-term future of the UK post-Brexit, Sir Nick Clegg has said.
  
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• All paedophile hunting groups in Northern Ireland have halted activities- court told

  21-03-2018 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All self-styled paedophile-hunting groups in Northern Ireland have halted their activities, the High Court was told.
  
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• Ex-deputy PMs: SF in Westminster seats against Brexit would be counterproductive

  21-03-2018 16:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein taking its seats in Westminster to vote against Brexit would be counterproductive for the Remain cause, two former deputy prime ministers have claimed.
  
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• MLAs will not get pay rise, says Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley

  21-03-2018 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley has said she will bring forward legislation to allow her to vary the rates of pay of MLAs when there is no Executive.
  
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• DUP's Foster says a border in Irish Sea after Brexit would be 'catastrophic' for Northern Ireland's economy

  21-03-2018 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said a border in the Irish Sea after Brexit would be "catastrophic" for Northern Ireland's economy.
  
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• Belfast City Council and Translink partnering to build a skilled workforce for Belfast

  21-03-2018 13:38 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Northern Ireland bakers break record for world's largest scone

  21-03-2018 12:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland bakery has officially broken the Guinness World Record for baking the world’s largest scone.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Stuart Olding 'telling the truth...warts and all' says defence barrister

  21-03-2018 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A barrister for Ireland and Ulster rugby player Stuart Olding told a jury that his client was "undoubtedly" telling the truth - "warts and all."
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Evidence 'does not come close' to proving Stuart Olding's guilt- defence barrister tells court

  21-03-2018 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Evidence presented in the rape trial of two Ireland and Ulster rugby players does not come close to proving the guilt of Stuart Olding, his defence barrister has told a court.
  
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• Campaigner warns of protests over child abuse during Pope’s visit to Ireland

  21-03-2018 12:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis will face protests about child abuse when he visits Ireland, a campaigner said.
  
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• Northern Ireland unemployment rate continues to fall

  21-03-2018 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  There was also a drop in economic inactivity and a rise in the number of people in work.
  
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• Northern Ireland unemployment hits lowest level on record

  21-03-2018 11:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland is at its lowest rate on record, new figures reveal.
  
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• Pope Francis confirms trip to Ireland in August 2018 - first papal visit in 40 years

  21-03-2018 11:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis has said he will make the first papal visit to Ireland in near 40 years.
  
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• Sinn Fein and Alliance get engaged on St Patrick's Day

  21-03-2018 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  They may be on opposite sides of the political spectrum but two Northern Ireland politicians have been united through love.
  
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• Assumption head rules out all-girl grammar merger with St Colman's and St Colmcille's

  21-03-2018 10:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Principal of an all-girl Catholic grammar school in County Down has rejected rumours that the school may be about to merge with two others in the area.
  
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• The Rolling Stones' Dublin Croke Park gig gets green light

  21-03-2018 10:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Rolling Stones have been given the green light to perform at Croke Park in Dublin later this year.
  
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• Northern Ireland man found shot in head in car still critical - police make fresh appeal

  21-03-2018 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI have issued a fresh appeal for information following an incident in Moneymore on Friday, March 9 where a man was found slumped inside a vehicle after being shot in the head.
  
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• Warrington remembers boys whose deaths in 1993 IRA bomb became a catalyst for peace

  21-03-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The families of two children who died when IRA bombs exploded in a sleepy Cheshire town have spoken of how their deaths remain a "symbol for peace", 25 years after the atrocity.
  
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• Sinn Fein demands a probe into DUP links to Canadian firm AggregateIQ

  21-03-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is calling for an investigation into the DUP’s links with a Canadian company embroiled in a global data harvesting row.
  
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• Plan to divide Northern Ireland town into three constituencies

  21-03-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Proposals to split a town into three constituencies are being fiercely challenged ahead of next Monday's public consultation deadline.
  
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• Historical abuse payouts up to Northern Ireland Executive: Bradley

  21-03-2018 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It would be "constitutionally inappropriate" if the Government stepped in to approve compensation payments to victims of historical abuse in Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley has reiterated.
  
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• DUP are not a barrier to Stormont: Dodds

  21-03-2018 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP "stands ready" to get back into Stormont without any preconditions or red lines to tackle the issues which matter to the people of Northern Ireland, the party's Westminster leader has said.
  
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• Masked man attacks bus lane cam car in Belfast with hammer

  21-03-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man wielding a hammer smashed the windows of a car used to monitor bus lanes on the Falls Road yesterday.
  
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• Hooded men: 'While there's breath in my body I'll fight to prove it was torture. This makes me very, very angry'

  21-03-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of the so-called Hooded Men has spoken of his anger after a European court rejected an Irish request to find that he and 13 others suffered torture while they were interned.
  
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• Martin McGuinness 'missed by some unionists' as Sinn Fein man's portrait set to be unveiled at Stormont

  21-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Unionist and nationalist politicians will attend the official unveiling of a portrait of former Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at Stormont tomorrow.
  
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• Bulimia sufferer Sophie Bridges (21) dies of heart attack - mum slams Northern Ireland mental health services

  21-03-2018 07:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Co Down woman who died after struggling with bulimia has hit out over the lack of mental health services available for young people in Northern Ireland.
  
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