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• Belfast court told all extraditions from UK to Republic should be ... - Irish Times

  18-05-2018 23:07
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  Belfast court told all extraditions from UK to Republic should be ...
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  Case based on decision by Dublin Supreme Court to refer separate extradition request to European Court of Justice.and more »
  
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• Cannabis factory discovered in Belfast after residents 'smelt the drugs' - Belfast Live

  18-05-2018 22:57
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  Cannabis factory discovered in Belfast after residents 'smelt the drugs'
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  The police have raided a cannabis factory after locals smelt the drugs' distinctive odour wafting out onto the street. Officers discovered plants in the house in the Village area of South Belfast yesterday after being alerted by residents. One source ...
  
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• Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler sends condolences to family of Niall O'Hanlon

  18-05-2018 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Magheralin Village FC have spoken of their appreciation after Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler sent a letter of condolence to the family of Niall O'Hanlon.
  
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• Royal Wedding heartbreak for Belfast girl as mum breaks the news she's not invited - Belfast Live

  18-05-2018 22:34
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  Royal Wedding heartbreak for Belfast girl as mum breaks the news she's not invited
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  This is the heartbreaking moment a Belfast girl was told she wasn't attending Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. Lola Brown, from Finaghy in Belfast , asked her mum while she was making dinner when she was picking up her dress for the Royal ...
  
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• CMCA announces Biennial artists

  18-05-2018 22:33
  The Center for Maine Contemporary Art has announced the 43 artists and groups whose work will be included in the CMCA 2018 Biennial Exhibition, which will be mounted in November. CMCA will dedicate all 5,500 square feet of its 21 Winter St. display space to the exhibition.
  
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• Ed Sheeran distances himself from Irish anti-abortion campaign over use of song

  18-05-2018 22:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ed Sheeran has denounced anti-abortion campaigners after they used one of his tracks.
  
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• PSNI 'extremely concerned' for missing man

  18-05-2018 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Ballymena are appealing for the public's help in finding missing man David “Hubert” Junkin after becoming extremely concerned.
  
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• Belfast City Council to give community groups £400000 for “bonfire diversion” - Belfast Live

  18-05-2018 21:20
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  Belfast City Council to give community groups £400000 for “bonfire diversion”
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  Belfast City Council is to give community groups a combined £400,000 for “bonfire diversion”, it can be revealed. One group alone, the UDA-linked Belfast South Community Resources (BSCR), is getting £26,000. The controversial move was discussed at a ...and more »
  
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• Back to the basics

  18-05-2018 20:25
  Composer, multimedia artist, pianist and Midcoast Music Academy teacher Tom Luther sits in the MCMA piano studio on an early spring day, waiting for a scheduled student to arrive. When not in teaching mode, he's working on a new multimedia piece, a jazz improvisation that has musicians interacting with an electronic soundscape such that it grows and evolves.
  
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• Car found on fire in West Belfast after 'crashing into garden walls and other vehicles' - Belfast Live

  18-05-2018 19:59
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  Car found on fire in West Belfast after 'crashing into garden walls and other vehicles'
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  This is the dramatic moment a car was found in flames after 'crashing into garden walls and other vehicles'. Residents in West Belfast reported a car being driven erratically in the Springfield Road area on Friday afternoon, May 18. It is understood to ...
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• Appeal for information after car is found on fire in Belfast

  18-05-2018 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after a car was discovered on fire in the Ross Road area of Belfast on Friday afternoon.
  
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• 'I feel diminished by what's happened'

  18-05-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, Michael McBride, tells BBC News NI that neurology patients have been "let down".
  
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• Man who bit off and swallowed chunk of friend's ear in Belfast jailed

  18-05-2018 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 24-year old man who bit off then swallowed a chunk of his friend's ear during a drunken street fight was handed a 20-month sentence on Friday.
  
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• Former Northern Ireland DPP Director calls for end to all Troubles prosecutions

  18-05-2018 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Northern Ireland Director of Public Prosecutions Barra McGrory QC has called for an end to all criminal investigations relating to the Troubles.
  
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• Paddy Jackson has 'no offers of employment' following rape trial acquittal

  18-05-2018 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ireland and Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson is "without employment ... and without an offer of employment" following the high profile trial held in Belfast, a court heard on Friday.
  
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• Twenty four Northern Ireland doctors criticised in hyponatraemia inquiry self-refer to regulator

  18-05-2018 17:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twenty four doctors criticised by the hyponatraemia inquiry in Northern Ireland have referred themselves to the General Medical Council (GMC).
  
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• Case against Lord Kilclooney for failing to cut hedges withdrawn

  18-05-2018 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Charges accusing life peer Lord Kilclooney of failing to comply with a remedial notice by failing to cut hedges at his Mullinure home were withdrawn on Friday.
  
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• Video: First look inside Belfast's newest hotel, the Maldron

  18-05-2018 16:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From 'college of knowledge' to hotel of dreams, the ribbon was cut on the city's newest landmark, The Maldron.
  
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• Tickets on sale for MCC spring concert

  18-05-2018 15:58
  To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Midcoast Community Chorus will present the annual spring concert, titled this year A Time in Song, Saturday, June 16, at 7 p.m. in the Strom Auditorium of Camden Hills Regional High School, Keelson Drive off Route 90. Under the direction of Steve Weston with accompanist Sean Fleming, the chorus will sing a selection of popular songs from decades past, as well as favorites of previous concerts. MCC's mission is to sing as a community for the community, and at ev
  
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• Two women seriously injured in Co Fermanagh road crash

  18-05-2018 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two women are in a serious condition in hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Co Fermanagh.
  
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• Councillors vote against extending Sunday opening hours

  18-05-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast councillors reject plans to extend Sunday opening hours for second year running.
  
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• Video: Woman's miraculous escape as lump of metal smacks into car windscreen

  18-05-2018 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Armagh woman was left shocked and stunned when a lump of metal smashed through her car windscreen stopping just inches short of her head.
  
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• Belfast City Council hands UDA-linked community group £26,000 for 'bonfire diversion'

  18-05-2018 15:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council is to give community groups a combined £400,000 for “bonfire diversion,” it can be revealed.
  
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• Attacks on homes of Indian and Pakistani families in Banbridge 'racist hate crimes'

  18-05-2018 14:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Incidents which saw windows smashed at two houses in Banbridge occupied by families from India and Pakistan are being treated by police as racist hate crimes.
  
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• Police take six hours to respond to bomb call - 'I could have been burying my daughter,' says Belfast dad

  18-05-2018 13:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father expressed his disgust after it took police six hours to respond to a report of a "pipe bomb" found in the garden of a family home in north Belfast.
  
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• Compensation scheme being drawn up following neurology patients recall

  18-05-2018 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A compensation scheme is being drawn up for those identified by the most complex ever patient recall in Northern Ireland, a senior civil servant said.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Travel latest

  18-05-2018 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: 'Significant delays' after crash near Belfast City Airport

  18-05-2018 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Bushmills road blocked by collision

  18-05-2018 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Complaints over anti-abortion sign on Ben Bulben

  18-05-2018 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Anti-abortion activists are criticised over a plastic 'no' sign on Ben Bulben ahead of referendum.
  
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• Belfast court hears Paddy Jackson has paid 'enormous' cost despite ... - Irish Times

  18-05-2018 11:44
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  Belfast court hears Paddy Jackson has paid 'enormous' cost despite ...
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  Former Ireland and Ulster Rugby player Paddy Jackson has paid an “enormous” cost despite being acquitted of rape in March, a Belfast court has been told.
  Decision on Paddy Jackson's legal costs put back in BelfastNewstalk 106-108 fmall 2 news articles »
  
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• Government's Sinn Fein fears stopping devolution of powers across UK: MSP Mike Russell

  18-05-2018 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The British Government is resisting devolving powers to the devolved regions over fears of what Sinn Fein might do in any future Northern Ireland Assembly.
  
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• Graveside service to commemorate War of 1812 chaplain May 27

  18-05-2018 11:29
  Citizens will gather at the graveside of Elder Samuel Baker in the Village Cemetery, Dublin Road, Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. and pay their long-overdue respects for his patriotic service as a chaplain during the War of 1812 and his contributions as a 19th-century theologian and utopian. The Wessaweskeag Historical Society, in association with the Randall Collins Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3108 and the Elder Samuel Baker Circle, have coordinated this community event.
  
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• Jamie Dornan's father Professor Jim says he'd vote for united Ireland if 'good deal' for unionists

  18-05-2018 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Professor James Dornan the father of Northern Ireland actor Jamie has said he would vote for a united Ireland if it offered unionists "a better deal".
  
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• Murder investigation after Anastasia Kriegel found in farmhouse

  18-05-2018 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Gardai are treating the discovery of Anastasia Kriegel's body in a farmhouse as a murder investigation.
  
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• We have let patients down, admits senior Northern Ireland civil servant

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior Northern Ireland civil servant has apologised after hundreds of neurology patients were recalled for further testing.
  
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• Shock as number of sexual offences reported to PSNI is highest in two decades

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of sex offences reported to police in Northern Ireland has reached a 20-year high.
  
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• Northern Ireland health trust keeps Dr Watt patient recall report secret

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Health Trust has refused to release a copy of the report which sparked the recall of over 2,500 neurology patients - on the grounds that it is "personal" to the doctor at the centre of the incident.
  
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• North West 200: Bikes, barbecues and ice-cream as race fans flock to circuit

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There's a queue of leather-clad bikers in Morelli's Ice Cream shop in Portrush that is stretching out the door. It's lunchtime on a warm, sunny North West 200 Thursday and these men, dressed in black trousers, boots and thick padded jackets stand in stark contrast to the blistering heat outside.
  
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• MLA in police complaint over drill attack 'misinformation'

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An SDLP MLA has lodged a complaint against the PSNI claiming he was left embarrassed after a police officer gave him "wholly inaccurate" information about a drill attack on a woman in Co Tyrone.
  
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• Biscuitgate: Crunch time for Derry council as solution found to biscuit problem

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A row over the number of biscuits provided to councillors at crunch meetings in Derry City and Strabane has been resolved.
  
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• Belfast GP puts north coast's best coffee shops on the map

  18-05-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast GP is launching a new guide mapping the best of independent coffee shops around the north coast.
  
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• Blurred lines: who's calling the shots on NI policy?

  18-05-2018 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  After the incinerator ruling, will civil servants be stymied on policy such as pay, buses and the NW 200.?
  
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• Royal wedding 2018: Who's going from Northern Ireland?

  18-05-2018 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Forget royalty, politicians and celebrities - who from Northern Ireland is going to the royal wedding?
  
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• Ulster University's 'secret' postcard exhibition

  18-05-2018 07:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The 'Secret Postcards' exhibition allows students to sell their work in an anonymised exhibition
  
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• Irish abortion referendum: Religious leaders' views

  18-05-2018 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Catholic, Protestant and Muslim leaders share their stance on the upcoming Irish abortion referendum.
  
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• Intern needed to study Leaf Fodder at 3 Streams Farm

  18-05-2018 07:16
  Shana Hanson of 3 Streams Farm in Belfast has been awarded a SARE Farmer Grant to study tree leaf fodder for livestock. Shana is seeking a tree-climbing goat-loving intern/contractee who especially wants to study the very old climate-friendly "air meadow" practice of feeding livestock with leafy branches from heavily pruned trees in a woodland.
  
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• Rural v urban: Ireland's abortion divide?

  18-05-2018 03:34 via bbc.co.uk
  With Ireland set to vote on legalising abortion, do people living in its cities and its countryside see the issue differently?
  
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