Belfast news

• Michael D Higgins: PSNI reject security claim from Irish president

  20-10-2018 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  PSNI dispute claims from Michael D Higgins of insufficient resources during a recent trip to NI.
  
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• Irish League round-up: Shock as leaders Linfield lose unbeaten record

  20-10-2018 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was a big upset in the Irish League on Saturday as leaders Linfield lost their unbeaten record to lowly Ards.
  
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• Rare Titanic poster sold

  20-10-2018 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The poster advertised the liner's return voyage from New York to Europe.
  
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• Tory MP launches bid to stop Northern Ireland Brexit backstop

  20-10-2018 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Tory MP has launched a bid to scupper plans for Northern Ireland to have a backstop in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Tory MP launches bid to kill Northern Ireland Brexit backstop

  20-10-2018 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Tory MP has launched a bid to scupper plans for Northern Ireland to have a backstop in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Thousands gather in Belfast to protest against Brexit

  20-10-2018 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Europe is a force for peace in Northern Ireland and around the world, a pro-Remain rally was told.
  
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• 'Europe a force for peace in Northern Ireland' - Anti-Brexit rally held in Belfast

  20-10-2018 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Europe is a force for peace in Northern Ireland and around the world, a pro-Remain rally was told.
  
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• ‘More than 500,000’ anti-Brexit protesters march through London

  20-10-2018 14:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Organisers claim more than 500,000 anti-Brexit campaigners have joined a central London protest calling for a fresh referendum.
  
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• Former Irish President backs Varadkar's warning on border violence

  20-10-2018 13:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mischief-makers may be lying in wait to cause trouble if a hard border is imposed on the island of Ireland, the country's former president has said.
  
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• UUP leader issues warning to Irish government over backstop - 'Tread carefully'

  20-10-2018 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The backstop would make Northern Ireland a protectorate of an unaccountable EU, the Ulster Unionist leader has said.
  
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• UUP leader: Backstop would turn Northern Ireland into EU protectorate

  20-10-2018 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The backstop would make Northern Ireland a protectorate of an unaccountable EU, the Ulster Unionist leader has said.
  
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• Derry City have 'lost identity'

  20-10-2018 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Derry City striker Liam Coyle says the club is not moving forward and questions the philosophy of team manager Kenny Shiels.
  
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• Appeal after wedding ring stolen during Co Londonderry burglary

  20-10-2018 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have issued an appeal for witnesses and information after a wedding ring was stolen in a burglary in Co Londonderry on Friday.
  
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• Derry's Peter Casey tells 'Indian' Varadkar to 'shut your trap' over Irish presidential election comments

  20-10-2018 12:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Presidential candidate Peter Casey has accused the Taoiseach of unfairly intervening in the election, saying Leo Varadkar should "shut his trap".
  
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• Belfast Fashion Week kicks off with bittersweet runway show

  20-10-2018 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Fashion Week kicked off with a runway show in St Anne’s Cathedral on Friday, showcasing the best of high-street and designer brands.
  
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• Belfast arrest in connection with running brothel

  20-10-2018 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Belfast on Friday night on suspicion of a number of offences related to running a brothel.
  
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• Restaurant review: Mourne Seafood Bar still producing the goods despite Bank Buildings cordon

  20-10-2018 11:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We become blind to the familiar. No-one had much to say about Primark and the Bank Buildings until they were engulfed in flames which now leave a legacy of economic scorched earth all around them.
  
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• Man Booker winner Anna Burns on her own extraordinary story from mitching school, the Troubles and giving up alcohol

  20-10-2018 09:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  She laughs when I tell her the INLA joke. It’s what the initials stand for: I Never Leave Ardoyne. “Fantastic,” she says. Anna Burns says that her book Milkman is not specifically about life in Ardoyne. It creates, perhaps, a parallel Ardoyne, not quite the real world. This one is unnamed — like the characters in her book.
  
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• Co Tyrone sister of ex soldier killed in motorway crash in England tells of family's grief

  20-10-2018 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a man who was killed when his car was involved in an horrific crash on the M40 in England says her family is heartbroken.
  
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• Public spending watchdog lambasts incompetency of Civil Service at RHI Inquiry

  20-10-2018 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of Northern Ireland's public spending watchdog has blasted the Civil Service for a culture of shortcuts and a failure to manage taxpayers' money.
  
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• Victims of IRA accuse Taoiseach of hyping up hard border violence fears

  20-10-2018 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The son of a Methodist preacher killed in an IRA attack has hit out at Leo Varadkar after he claimed a hard border posed a "real risk" of a return to violence.
  
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• Primark blaze to cost Belfast's economy up to '£3m every month'

  20-10-2018 09:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast city centre is set to lose up to £3m a month as a result of the Primark fire, economic experts say.
  
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• Get help if you are struggling, priest pleads at funeral of model Mairead O'Neill

  20-10-2018 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mourners at the funeral of model Mairead O’Neill have heard how she had struggled to get her life back on track after the death of her mother last year.
  
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• President Higgins travelled by jet to Belfast because PSNI 'could not provide security'

  20-10-2018 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish President Michael D Higgins has admitted he flew to an event in Belfast last May while a car drove from Dublin to pick him up at the airport.
  
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• President Higgins says he travelled by jet to Belfast because PSNI 'could not provide security'

  20-10-2018 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish President Michael D Higgins has admitted he flew to an event in Belfast last May while a car drove from Dublin to pick him up at the airport.
  
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• King of Tory Island dies aged 74

  20-10-2018 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Patsy Dan Rodgers lived on Tory Island from the age of four.
  
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• Unruly teens and staff-less jobs

  20-10-2018 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's weeklies bring us the full spectrum of local life
  
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• RHI: Five key moments

  20-10-2018 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The biggest revelations from the inquiry into NI's flawed green energy scheme over the past week.
  
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• Why being anti-abortion in Northern Ireland unites us

  20-10-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Politics in Northern Ireland can be divisive, but there's one issue creating unlikely alliances.
  
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• The blasphemy vote

  20-10-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Will the offence of blasphemy be removed from the Irish constitution?
  
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• Abortion in Northern Ireland: Christian and pro-choice

  20-10-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Young Christians explain how they reconcile their pro-choice stance on abortion with their religion.
  
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• Mapped: Every defibrillator in Northern Ireland - find your nearest life-saving device

  20-10-2018 00:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has mapped the location of every Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) in Northern Ireland.
  
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