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• Northern Ireland customers understood to be hit by Ticketmaster data breach

  27-06-2018 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Customers who recently purchased tickets for events in Northern Ireland have been impacted by a major security breach at Ticketmaster.
  
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• Asylum seekers in Ireland to be allowed to work

  27-06-2018 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The new scheme will apply those waiting more than nine months on an application for refugee status.
  
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• Derry City u-turn over ticket prices

  27-06-2018 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Derry City cut the price of some tickets after an angry reaction from fans.
  
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• Belfast Marathon to run on a Sunday - BBC News

  27-06-2018 22:55
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  Belfast City Marathon will have a new look in 2019 after councillors agreed to changes to the route and race day. The marathon normally takes place on a bank holiday Monday, but next year will be held on a Sunday morning. Areas not previously on the ...
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• Love Island viewers turn on Megan for hooking up with Wes

  27-06-2018 22:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island viewers have savaged Megan Barton Hanson for hooking up with Wes Nelson straight after he split from Laura Anderson.
  
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• Delays and cancellations as hot weather hits Northern Ireland rail network

  27-06-2018 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has been disruption across Northern Ireland's railway network due to the hot weather.
  
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• Time running out for UK to reach withdrawal agreement by October – Varadkar

  27-06-2018 20:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Taoiseach has warned time is running out for Britain to seal a withdrawal agreement with the EU by October.
  
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• Medical cannabis prescriptions may be available within two weeks

  27-06-2018 20:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in exceptional cases could be available within a fortnight.
  
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• Children of Dunmurry care home staff coming home in tears, management claims

  27-06-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The children of staff at Dunmurry care home are coming home in tears after being told their mothers are "sex abusers", management of the facility has claimed.
  
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• Meet the 12 new Love Islanders - including Jack's ex

  27-06-2018 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former flame of Love Island star Jack Fincham is among the 12 new bombshells poised to join the ITV2 dating show.
  
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• Father Ted creator Graham Linehan reveals testicular cancer diagnosis

  27-06-2018 17:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has revealed he was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer.
  
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• Meeting John F Kennedy's Irish relatives

  27-06-2018 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch this footage of Alan Whicker talking to Irish relatives of US President John F Kennedy in 1963.
  
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• Life sentence for Lurgan man who murdered fiancée by cutting her throat

  27-06-2018 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lurgan father of three David Lyness was handed a life sentence after he was convicted of murdering his fiancée by cutting her throat.
  
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• Leo Varadkar defends appointment of Drew Harris

  27-06-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar accuses Sinn Féin of trying to undermine the PSNI's Drew Harris before he even takes office.
  
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• 'To listen to Mrs McDonald you wouldn’t know that the IRA existed' - Doug Beattie hits back at Sinn Fein's Drew Harris Comments

  27-06-2018 16:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UUP MLA Doug Beattie has hit back at Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald after she called for incoming Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to make a statement in response to the concerns expressed by victims of state collusion.
  
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• 8 ways to enjoy an artisan adventure in Bushmills

  27-06-2018 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Visit the picturesque gateway to the Giant’s Causeway and discover the local artisan producers who are creating more than just the world-famous whiskey for which Bushmills is globally renowned.
  
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• Jim Allister to challenge £20m hotel complex near North West 200 route

  27-06-2018 15:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TUV leader Jim Allister has secured the right to challenge planning approval for a new £20m hotel and leisure complex at the heart of the North West 200 motorbike race route.
  
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• Two PSNI officers disciplined for 'failings' over Damien McLaughlin's bail conditions

  27-06-2018 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two PSNI officers have been disciplined after a dissident republican skipped bail and absconded to the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Father-of-five Karol Kelly knifed to death after assaulting alleged killers at Londonderry party, court told

  27-06-2018 14:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father-of-five was chased and stabbed to death after he assaulted his alleged killers at a house party in Derry, the High Court heard today.
  
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• 'It's child abuse' - Mother of toddler racially abused in Belfast tells of shocking incident

  27-06-2018 14:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a toddler who was racially abused during an incident in west Belfast has spoken out.
  
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• Too hot to work?

  27-06-2018 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Can you be sent home if it's deemed too hot to work?
  
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• Ireland rugby great Gibson to receive damages over false claims of team selection manipulation

  27-06-2018 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Ireland's greatest ever rugby players is to receive "substantial" damages over false allegations that he manipulated team selection to ensure his position for the British and Irish Lions.
  
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• Firefighters dealing large gorse fire near Glenshane Pass

  27-06-2018 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are dealing with a large gorse fire in the Glenshane Pass area.
  
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• Brexit chaos: PSNI chief claims 'no-one in charge' of Ireland border preparations - and Paisley says 'sounds like a shambles'

  27-06-2018 13:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s police chief George Hamilton has revealed the level of chaos surrounding preparations for the border in Ireland after Brexit, claiming that no-one is in charge.
  
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• Q&A: Steve Angello talks Vital 2018 - 'Belfast has so much love for dance music'

  27-06-2018 13:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steve Angello is set to delight music fans in Belfast this summer as part of huge line-up for Vital 2018.
  
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• Independent review into failings at Dunmurry Manor care home

  27-06-2018 12:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department of Health have announced their plans to enhance standards and restore public confidence at care homes across Northern Ireland.
  
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• I believe Gerry Adams wasn't in IRA, says Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald

  27-06-2018 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald has said that she believes the claim from her predecessor Gerry Adams that he was never a member of the IRA.
  
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• Belfast Lansdowne Hotel 'sold in £1.25m deal' - reports

  27-06-2018 12:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's Lansdowne Hotel has been sold, it has been reported.
  
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• Carpetright floored by £8.7m loss as closures loom

  27-06-2018 11:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carpetright, which is planning to close five stores here with the potential loss of around 15 jobs, has swung to a loss as the retailer battled with rapidly declining sales.
  
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• BBC Proms in the Park returns to Belfast's Titanic Slipways - here's how to get tickets

  27-06-2018 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Proms in the Park - BBC Northern Ireland’s biggest classical music party of the year - is set to return to Belfast later this year.
  
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• 'Three years ago I missed sitting some A-levels because my dad died suddenly hours before and I feared I'd never get into Queen's... he'd be so proud to know I'm graduating next week'

  27-06-2018 11:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three years ago, I would never have believed I would be accepted by any university, never mind graduating with a 2:1 from Queen's University Belfast. Instead, I was engulfed by grief and turmoil, reeling from the sudden death of the dad I adored and confronted with the very real possibility that although I had been on course to get the grades for the university course I wanted, I might not now get accepted for my course because I'd missed two exams that fell hours after dad had died.
  
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• Hamilton warns that more top officers may leave PSNI over Northern Ireland political impasse

  27-06-2018 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI chief George Hamilton said his organisation is "vulnerable" to losing more senior staff because of the ongoing political vacuum in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Meet Northern Ireland's first openly gay MLA - David Ford Alliance replacement John Blair

  27-06-2018 10:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The replacement for the retiring David Ford will be Stormont's first openly gay MLA, the Alliance party has said.
  
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• Supreme Court victory for heterosexual couple in civil partnership fight

  27-06-2018 10:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A heterosexual couple fighting for the right to have a civil partnership have won a ruling at the UK’s highest court that they are being discriminated against.
  
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• Video: Irish border residents plead for deal over Brexit

  27-06-2018 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People living on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have urged European leaders not to desert them, saying that a deal over the UK’s departure from the EU must be struck.
  
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• Class dismissed

  27-06-2018 08:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A bittersweet farewell to a school that was the "hub and heart" of a small County Down community.
  
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• End of an era for Moneydarragh Primary School pupils

  27-06-2018 08:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Children at Moneydarragh Primary share their memories as the school closes for the last time.
  
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• DUP's Brexit campaign cash may have broken rules, BBC probe alleges

  27-06-2018 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has been accused of breaking the rules in the run-up to the 2016 EU referendum amid concerns that money could have illicit origins.
  
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• DUP councillor slams Arlene Foster for 'flouting Lord's Day' at GAA match

  27-06-2018 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor has written an open letter to Arlene Foster expressing his "deep sorrow and indignation" at her presence at the Ulster GAA Final "on the Lord's Day".
  
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• Toddler targeted in race hate incident in Belfast

  27-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A toddler has been targeted in a race-hate incident in Belfast.
  
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• Silent Valley restoration work pays homage to reservoir engineers

  27-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It is one of the houses which once accommodated the engineers who built the Silent Valley reservoir - and now it's been refurbished and reopened.
  
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• Drew Harris: Long career of ‘peeler’s peeler’ who’s not afraid of controversy

  27-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Drew Harris - the Ulsterman who's been picked to lead An Garda Siochana into what one observer in the Republic called "the new dawn of Irish policing" - isn't one to shy away from controversy or a battle, according to politicians and former colleagues in the PSNI north of the border.
  
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• Moneydarragh PS past pupil: 'I'd love to go back again'

  27-06-2018 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Mary Rooney, 89, a past pupil of Moneydarragh Primary School, says she loved her time there.
  
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• Weather: Northern Ireland heatwave could hit record high

  27-06-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Get ready to put your hat on and slap on the sun cream as Northern Ireland is set to bake in summer sunshine today with temperatures potentially reaching record levels.
  
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• Randalstown named Best Kept Town in Ireland

  27-06-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Randalstown has been named the Best Kept Town across the island of Ireland at the prestigious Ireland's Best Kept Town Awards 2018.
  
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• Queen's University of Belfast reviewing links to Presbyterian college as professor suspended

  27-06-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Queen's University has said it is reviewing "the nature of its relationship" with the Presbyterian-run Union Theological College, which teaches its degree courses in theology.
  
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• Nothing found after report suspect bomb left at republican memorial in Armagh

  27-06-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police were last night investigating reports that a suspect device had been left at a republican memorial in south Armagh.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Reports of accident on M2

  27-06-2018 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Rail service hit with disruption due to weather

  27-06-2018 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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