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• Irish Premiership: Linfield return to top of the table with big win over Warrenpoint

  07-09-2018 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield thrash bottom-placed Warrenpoint 5-0 at Milltown to move back to the top of the Irish Premiership.
  
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• Pro14: Ulster 30-29 Edinburgh

  07-09-2018 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  John Cooney's injury-time penalty caps a dramatic Ulster recovery as they earn a 30-29 win over Edinburgh in their Pro14 battle at Kingspan Stadium.
  
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• Deal agreed for Frampton's title bout against Josh Warrington

  07-09-2018 22:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton will face IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington on December 22 at the Manchester Arena.
  
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• Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington set for IBF world title showdown in December

  07-09-2018 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton agree terms for an IBF world featherweight title fight in December, BBC Sport NI understands.
  
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• Donegal crash: Man dies after two-car collision

  07-09-2018 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The other driver ran from the scene but was later arrested.
  
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• Primark fire: Chamber of Commerce suggests temporary pathway

  07-09-2018 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Chamber of Commerce members suggest building a temporary pedestrian structure to help retailers.
  
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• European Heritage Open Days: History opens up to Northern Ireland public

  07-09-2018 20:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From historical houses to treasure troves of intriguing artefacts and fascinating connections to people and history, Tourism NI is encouraging people to explore local cultural heritage with the European Heritage Open Days taking place this weekend.
  
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• Secrecy over bonfire costs is criticised by Alliance

  07-09-2018 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The Alliance Party calls for transparency after public bodies refuse to say how much they spent.
  
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• Leo Varadkar rejects reports of preparations for border checks

  07-09-2018 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s premier has rejected any suggestion that preparations were being made for border checks between Northern Ireland and Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Translink: App company says there is no quick-fix

  07-09-2018 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The mobile payments app has been causing problems for commuters for a fifth consecutive day.
  
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• 'They don't give a damn about us': Belfast reacts to Karen Bradley remarks

  07-09-2018 18:52
  Northern Ireland secretary’s lack of knowledge of region prompts anger and bafflementKaren Bradley admits ignorance of Northern Ireland politics
  Karen Bradley’s incomprehension regarding Northern Ireland has met its match on the streets of Belfast, where people cannot comprehend how she got the job to run the place.What mysterious currents flowing through Westminster, what enigmas of policymaking and riddles of Conservative party dynamics, they asked on Friday, could produce a secret
  
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• Suspended sentence for man who built illegal fuel plant in Tyrone shed

  07-09-2018 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone man who built a fuel laundering plant in a shed had been handed a suspended prison sentence for excise fraud.
  
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• RHI: Jonathan Bell opposed extension 'to protect public funds'

  07-09-2018 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Jonathan Bell denies opposing extension to the closure of the RHI scheme because it made him look foolish.
  
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• Bill Clinton urges politicians to take a breath and work on powersharing

  07-09-2018 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bill Clinton has urged politicians in Northern Ireland to “take a breath” and keep working towards restoring the devolved powersharing Assembly.
  
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• Ireland wants Brexit agreement by November, says Varadkar

  07-09-2018 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has also given more details to MPs about border controls.
  
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• Belfast man Meneice (41) who had sex with girl (14) he met at bonfire fails in appeal

  07-09-2018 17:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man jailed for having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met at an Eleventh Night bonfire has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction.
  
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• Belfast man Meneice (41) who had sex with girl (14) at bonfire fails in appeal

  07-09-2018 17:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man jailed for having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met at an Eleventh Night bonfire has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction.
  
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• Northern Ireland family forced from flat flooded by running tap offered alternative accommodation

  07-09-2018 15:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim family forced from their flat after it was flooded amid a neighbour dispute have been offered alternative accommodation.
  
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• Poll: Who should replace Oran Kearney as Coleraine manager?

  07-09-2018 15:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's an upheaval no Coleraine supporter wanted, but one every fan is bound to understand.
  
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• Who's a good boy?

  07-09-2018 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The biggest event in the trialling calendar draws competitors from as far away as Australia and Canada.
  
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• Trial of soldiers accused of shooting Belfast IRA man delayed ahead of Supreme Court ruling

  07-09-2018 15:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The trial of two former paratroopers accused of shooting an Official IRA man in Belfast in 1972 has been put back in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling connected to another Troubles-related death.
  
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• Karen Bradley breaching obligation to call fresh Northern Ireland elections, High Court told

  07-09-2018 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is close to a dystopian state of governance, the High Court heard.
  
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• PSNI raid an 'attempt to intimidate journalists'

  07-09-2018 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Lawyers for a film company behind a Loughinisland documentary say the PSNI acted illegally in a search.
  
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• Northern Ireland council's ban on Irish language street signs overturned in court

  07-09-2018 14:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A ban on Irish language street signs in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has been rescinded, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Rosemary Barton outraged by pink Free Derry Corner

  07-09-2018 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Rosemary Barton calls the Western Trust "abhorrent" after the mural was painted for Organ Donation Week.
  
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• Simon Coveney: Donald Trump's visit will be controversial

  07-09-2018 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president will meet with the Irish government in November as part of a European tour.
  
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• PM 'retains confidence' in Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley

  07-09-2018 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Karen Bradley described NI politics as a "very different world" to her experiences as an English MP.
  
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• Confirmed: Coleraine manager Oran Kearney makes 'right move' to join St Mirren

  07-09-2018 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Long-serving Coleraine manager Oran Kearney has joined Scottish top division side St Mirren on a three-year-deal.
  
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• Tanaiste Simon Coveney foresees controversy over Donald Trump visit

  07-09-2018 13:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s deputy premier has said US president Donald Trump’s visit to the country will cause controversy.
  
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• Tanaiste foresees controversy over Donald Trump visit

  07-09-2018 13:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s deputy premier has said US president Donald Trump’s visit to the country will cause controversy.
  
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• Antlers of extinct Irish Elk found in Lough Neagh

  07-09-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The antlers are thought to be more than 10,000 years old and have a span of more than 3 metres.
  
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• Drugs advertised for sale on Armagh Facebook trading page

  07-09-2018 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have issued a warning to 'budding importers' after illegal drugs were advertised for sale on an Armagh-based buying and selling Facebook page.
  
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• Belfast Local Development Plan - draft Plan Strategy

  07-09-2018 13:16 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Jonathan Bell: I was not told about spike in applications for RHI scheme

  07-09-2018 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Stormont minister has said his department did not tell him that costs for a renewable energy scheme were spiralling.
  
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• Three older people scammed out of almost £30k in one day

  07-09-2018 12:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three older people from Northern Ireland have been scammed out of almost £30k in a single day.
  
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• John Clifford: Gardaí help on-the-run killer search

  07-09-2018 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  John Clifford, who was convicted for murdering his niece, was last seen boarding a train in Belfast.
  
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• Prime Minister retains confidence in Karen Bradley despite lack of Northern Ireland electoral knowledge

  07-09-2018 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May retains confidence in Karen Bradley despite her admission that she initially did not understand Northern Ireland politics when she took on the Cabinet brief, No 10 has said.
  
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• Gardai join hunt for on-the-run child killer John Clifford

  07-09-2018 11:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gardai are assisting in the search for escaped child killer John Clifford, who absconded from custody last Sunday.
  
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• RHI inquiry: Foster ordered me to keep scheme open says Bell - 'I knew I'd have to sacrifice my political career'

  07-09-2018 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont minister Jonathan Bell has claimed then First Minister Arlene Foster ordered him to keep the RHI scheme open for an extra two weeks against his wishes.
  
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• Live RHI inquiry: 'Significant resistance' from DUP to closure of scheme to new entrants

  07-09-2018 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont minister Jonathan Bell returns to give evidence to the RHI inquiry on Friday.
  
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• Live RHI inquiry: Jonathan Bell returns after explosive first day of evidence

  07-09-2018 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont minister Jonathan Bell will return to the RHI inquiry to give evidence to the RHI inquiry on Friday.
  
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• Live RHI inquiry: DUP advisers withdrew approval of Bell's decision to close scheme to new entrants

  07-09-2018 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont minister Jonathan Bell returns to give evidence to the RHI inquiry on Friday.
  
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• Live RHI inquiry: Arlene Foster ordered Bell to delay closure of scheme, claims former Stormont minister

  07-09-2018 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont minister Jonathan Bell returns to give evidence to the RHI inquiry on Friday.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Ormeau Road cleared after two vehicle collision

  07-09-2018 09:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Tributes to Tyrone mum killed on way home from GAA final

  07-09-2018 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of mourners have bid an emotional farewell to a mother-of-three killed as she returned from the All-Ireland final.
  
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• 'Doctors say it's a miracle I'm still alive' says Fermanagh mother seriously injured in Bundoran crash

  07-09-2018 08:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young Co Fermanagh mother who was seriously injured in a Bundoran car crash says she has made a "miracle" recovery thanks to the power of prayer, and is determined to walk again for her beloved three-year-old son.
  
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• Debt agents target overseas rate debtors

  07-09-2018 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A private debt agency is being used to go after business owners living outside NI who owe rates.
  
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• Daughter hits back at claim that her mum wished to stay at under-fire care home

  07-09-2018 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The daughter of an 89-year-old woman injured at a Co Antrim care home has denied claims that the family wanted their mum to remain at the facility.
  
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