Belfast news

• Irish horse Tiger Roll wins Grand National

  14-04-2018 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Tiger Roll wins the Grand National in a photo finish from fellow Irish challenger Pleasant Company after a dramatic late rally from the runner-up.
  
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• Unstoppable Salah makes it 40 for the season as Reds sweep aside Bournemouth

  14-04-2018 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Salah became just the third Liverpool player in history to score 40 goals in a single season by netting once more in a 3-0 win over Bournemouth.
  
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• Grand National result, winner and places: Meath-trained Tiger Roll holds off Pleasant Company charge to earn dramatic win

  14-04-2018 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Roll has won the 2018 Grand National.
  
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• IRFU and Ulster Rugby joint statement in full

  14-04-2018 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Rugby and the IRFU have taken the decision to sack Patrick Jackson and Stuart Olding with immediate effect following an internal review.
  
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• Suspect in Maine pharmacy robbery escapes police

  14-04-2018 12:25
  The Waldo County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in its search for a Brooks man suspected of robbing a pharmacy in Unity earlier this week. Officers approached Sousa in Brooks on Monday evening, hours after the robbery , but he ran into the woods and escaped.
  
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• Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding sacked by IRFU and Ulster Rugby following internal review

  14-04-2018 12:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The IRFU and Ulster Rugby have confirmed the departure of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding following an internal review.
  
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• New scheme allows busy shoppers to 'wee for free'

  14-04-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A council is stepping in to stop shoppers having to shell out when they need to spend a penny.
  
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• Armagh teen wins in the style stakes at Aintree

  14-04-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Armagh teenager took the fashion crown at Aintree on Ladies Day.
  
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• £5m upgrade plan for Gosford Forest Park

  14-04-2018 11:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland beauty spot is set to be transformed by a multi-million pound upgrade.
  
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• Restaurant review: Bia Rebel, Al Gelato, and Root & Branch

  14-04-2018 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We are determined to bring our readers value for money, so this week I'm reviewing three places for the price of one. All three are within a few yards of each other, which means I am able for the first time to enact the Belfast Fantasy Menu I publish each week on Twitter: pick a dish from each of three restaurants and cafes and build your own perfect three course lunch or dinner.
  
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• DUP backs Theresa May's decision to authorise air strikes in Syria

  14-04-2018 11:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has backed Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to authorise air strikes in Syria.
  
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• O’Connell Tower reopens in Dublin after 47 years

  14-04-2018 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The monument had been closed to the public since 1971 when it was badly damaged by a loyalist bomb.
  
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• A #MeToo moment?

  14-04-2018 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Intense public debate around the acquittal of two Ireland rugby players prompts cultural questions.
  
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• Man accused of murdering OAP couple to stand trial

  14-04-2018 10:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A trial date has been set for a Co Down man charged with stabbing to death an elderly couple in their home last year.
  
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• Judge issues warning as pair jailed for cocaine possession

  14-04-2018 10:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men who were caught by police exchanging a package containing five kilos of high-purity cocaine were jailed yesterday.
  
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• Family appeals for justice over shooting of taxi man 16 years on

  14-04-2018 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a Catholic taxi driver who was gunned down in Co Tyrone on a bogus call-out are still seeking justice 16 years on.
  
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• Woman escapes injury following blaze at Co Antrim house

  14-04-2018 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young woman has escaped serious injury after her Co Antrim home went up in flames yesterday.
  
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• Good Friday Agreement is dead and the Secretary of State must bring in direct rule now, says TUV leader

  14-04-2018 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Agreement is dead and the parties need to move on, TUV leader Jim Allister is set to tell his party conference today.
  
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• Shooting which left man (20) injured condemned as work of ‘vigilante thugs’

  14-04-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A brutal paramilitary shooting in which a young man was wounded in both legs has been condemned as the work of self-styled vigilantes.
  
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• Derrylin blaze victims' remains released to family- six weeks after tragedy

  14-04-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Coroner has released the remains of four members of the same family who died in the Derrylin fire tragedy, more than six weeks after the horrific incident.
  
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• Mum killed in freak accident a 'blessing' to everyone she knew, priest tells funeral

  14-04-2018 09:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone woman killed in a freak accident was a blessing to all who knew her, mourners heard yesterday.
  
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• Embattled Ulster rugby chiefs face protest rally outside stadium

  14-04-2018 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just hours before news broke that rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were to leave Ulster Rugby, more than 200 protesters gathered outside the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast to protest against the "silence" of officials on the two mens' futures in the sport.
  
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• Giant Maine indoor salmon farm approaches first obstacle

  14-04-2018 07:46
  A Norwegian company planning one of the world's largest indoor fish farms in Belfast faces its first significant hurdle on Tuesday, as city councilors decide whether to change the zoning at its proposed site. That hurdle must be cleared before the company, Nordic Aquafarms, can start lining up required permits and approvals from federal and state agencies.
  
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• Midcoast artists for Sunday Salon

  14-04-2018 03:06
  The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., invites the public for a Sunday Salon discussion between Midcoast painters John Moore and Sam Cady April 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. Moore's work is featured in the current exhibition "John Moore: Resonance." Cady's work was the subject of the exhibition "Sam Cady: Parts of the Whole," presented at CMCA in spring 2017.
  
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• Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding 'to leave Ulster' - announcement imminent

  14-04-2018 00:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Press Association is reporting Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding are to leave Ulster.
  
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• Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding 'to leave Ulster' - announcement expected within hours

  14-04-2018 00:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Rugby is expected to announced Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding are to leave Ulster within hours.
  
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