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• Fire breaks out at 'Flame' restaurant in Belfast

  23-10-2018 22:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fire has broken out at Flame restaurant in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Westlife announce third tour date for Belfast due to fan demand

  23-10-2018 21:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A reformed Westlife have announced they will be playing an additional date in Belfast next summer due to fan demand.
  
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• Western Building Systems: Two Dublin schools shut down

  23-10-2018 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  According to RTÉ, 30 schools are being assessed after "significant structural issues" were found at one in County Dublin.
  
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• Tuam babies: Remains of children to be exhumed from mass grave

  23-10-2018 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish government says it will try to identify the remains and arrange "respectful reburials".
  
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• Tuam babies excavation will be forensic, says minister

  23-10-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish Children Minister Katherine Zappone outlines how remains of babies at Tuam will be exhumed, identified and reburied.
  
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• Men with baseball bats attempt to stop cars in Newtownards

  23-10-2018 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men with baseball bats allegedly assaulted a man and attempted to stop cars in Newtownards at the weekend.
  
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• Lakeland and LacPatrick merger approved by shareholders

  23-10-2018 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Lakeland Dairies, the newly formed co-operative, will be the second largest in Ireland.
  
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• Pig cruelty farmer gets ban and suspended jail term

  23-10-2018 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A Northern Ireland farmer has been banned from keeping animals for life after admitting animal cruelty.
  
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• Undelivered Irish Belfast letter not correctly addressed

  23-10-2018 16:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An undelivered letter, written in Irish and returned to its sender, was incorrectly addressed.
  
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• Controversial Irish language letter 'not delivered because of incorrect address'

  23-10-2018 16:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An undelivered letter - which drew controversy due to a belief it had not been delivered because it was addressed in Irish - actually carried the wrong house number, it has emerged.
  
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• Coleraine Rugby Club fined £5k over female referee abuse

  23-10-2018 16:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rugby club in Northern Ireland has been fined £5,000 over the abuse of a female referee.
  
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• Ulster Rugby Round Up podcast S2E11: Tommy Bowe and Louis Ludik visit to discuss Zebo, Lowry and Rugby Rising

  23-10-2018 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Rugby Round Up has finally nailed it - not one, but two Ulster players on the podcast.
  
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• Church service remembers victims of Shankill bomb 25 years on

  23-10-2018 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people from across the communities of Northern Ireland have come together for a church service to mark the 25th anniversary of the Shankill bomb.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches Reach programme at Duncairn Centre

  23-10-2018 14:53 via youtube.com
  
  
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• MPs vote in favour of axing Northern Ireland abortion law - bill progresses to second reading

  23-10-2018 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have voted in favour of scraping Northern Ireland's abortion laws.
  
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• Baby dies after outbreak of MRSA at Northern Ireland hospital

  23-10-2018 14:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A baby has died after an outbreak of MRSA at the neo-natal unit of the Royal Jubilee Maternity hospital in Belfast.
  
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• In Pictures: Belfast Zoo's photographic competition winners 2018

  23-10-2018 13:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The winners of Belfast Zoo’s annual photographic competition have now been announced.
  
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• Fresh appeal to help trace Belfast man Robert Holmes

  23-10-2018 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find missing Belfast man Robert Holmes.
  
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• Legal battle fails to block apartments along River Faughan

  23-10-2018 13:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Northern Ireland environmental campaigner has lost a legal challenge to the planned building of a new fishing tourism facility near Derry.
  
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• Men with chain and knife try to hijack car in Belfast

  23-10-2018 12:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating reports of an attempted hijacking in north Belfast.
  
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• Boy (14) beaten with knuckledusters and hammer attack in Belfast attack

  23-10-2018 12:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy was left covered in his own blood after a savage attack in Belfast in which he was beaten with knuckledusters and hammers.
  
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• Paramilitary convictions ‘may not be taken into account by adoption chiefs’

  23-10-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Official but unimplemented proposals surrounding the adoption of children could mean paramilitary convictions will not be taken into account by adoption authorities in Northern Ireland.
  
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• We won't celebrate moment unionists secured 'their wee statelet,' says Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald of Northern Ireland centenary

  23-10-2018 11:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said her party will not be part of celebrations to mark the centenary of the creation of Northern Ireland saying it was the moment unionists secured their "wee statelet".
  
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• Irish President shares concerns over hard border violence risk

  23-10-2018 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish President Michael D Higgins has said he shares the concerns of the country’s premier Leo Varadkar that there is a risk of a return to violence if a hard border is imposed post-Brexit.
  
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• T.R.E.E - Local Investment Fund 2018

  23-10-2018 10:59 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Khashoggi murder planned days in advance, says Turkey’s President Erdogan

  23-10-2018 10:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Saudi officials planned to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi days before his death in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate.
  
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• We can't win: Police say 'we are human' after officer drops gun magazine and bullet

  23-10-2018 10:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have responded after an officer was captured on video dropping his gun's magazine and a bullet while police held a cordon at a sudden death in Lurgan saying they are only human.
  
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• IRFU's five-year plan targets World Cup semis and two Six Nations crowns

  23-10-2018 10:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The IRFU have targeted semi-final places at the next two World Cups as part of their new five-year strategic plan.
  
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• Defy republicans seeking to re-write history, Sammy Wilson tells PM over Troubles soldiers prosecutions

  23-10-2018 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has been told to stand by the armed forces and defy "republicans who are trying to re-write Northern Ireland history" as dozens of MPs write to the Prime Minister calling on her to drop plans to investigate military veterans accused of Troubles crimes.
  
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• Watch: Arsenal score goal of the season contender as Ozil inspires Gunners to reach a perfect 10

  23-10-2018 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A sublime display from captain Mesut Ozil inspired Arsenal as they came from behind to beat Leicester 3-1 and extend their winning run to 10 games.
  
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• Watch: Arsenal score goal of the season contender as Mesut Ozil inspires Gunners to reach a perfect 10

  23-10-2018 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A sublime display from captain Mesut Ozil inspired Arsenal as they came from behind to beat Leicester 3-1 and extend their winning run to 10 games.
  
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• Snow Patrol join appeal to help find missing Belfast man Robert Holmes

  23-10-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rock band Snow Patrol have backed efforts to find missing Belfast man Robert Holmes.
  
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• 'Incredible' Belfast bin men help dislodge ball from pet dog's throat

  23-10-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three Belfast bin men have been labelled heroes after they used the Heimlich manoeuvre to save a dog's life after a small rubber ball got lodged in its throat.
  
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• Donaldson slams DUP ‘antichrist’ jibes over unionist’s papal meeting

  23-10-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has described as "unacceptable" the mocking of an Ulster Unionist MLA over his attendance at a reception for Pope Francis.
  
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• Belfast boat builder behind inspirational 'community currach' honoured by Theresa May

  23-10-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast woman has been honoured by the Prime Minister after she brought a community together to build a traditional Irish boat.
  
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• Sinn Fein and DUP ministers were at loggerheads over tackling RHI crisis

  23-10-2018 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Simon Hamilton has said that distrust was "probably mutual" with Mairtin O Muilleoir when the two ministers were trying to find a solution to the RHI crisis.
  
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• President Higgins backtracks on claim that lack of PSNI security led him to take jet to Belfast

  23-10-2018 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish President Michael D Higgins is to face more questions over a culture of "extravagance" in Aras an Uachtarain after shifting the blame for flying to Belfast from the PSNI to his own officials.
  
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• Pain still lingers a generation after Shankill bomb attack

  23-10-2018 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle Williamson, who lost her parents in the Shankill bomb, spoke of her enduring pain last night as she joined a poignant ceremony at the scene of the blast.
  
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• I hope McClenaghan burns in hell, says Marion’s friend on death of laundrette killer

  23-10-2018 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The best friend of murdered Co Londonderry laundrette worker Marion Millican says she hopes that Fred McClenaghan "burns in hell" after the self-confessed murderer died in hospital on Sunday.
  
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• Theresa May set to brief Cabinet on Brexit negotiations

  23-10-2018 00:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will brief the Cabinet on the progress of the Brexit negotiations after last week’s Brussels summit failed to achieve the hoped-for breakthrough.
  
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