Belfast news

• 'We can achieve so much together'

  27-10-2018 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  As Michael D Higgins wins a second term as Irish President, watch his acceptance speech at Dublin Castle on Saturday.
  
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• Ireland’s blasphemy referendum ‘small step towards 21st century constitution’

  27-10-2018 23:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has hailed Ireland’s blasphemy referendum as a small step towards creating a 21st century constitution.
  
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• Holywood Halloween fireworks cancelled at last minute

  27-10-2018 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The fireworks were to be set off from a pontoon on Belfast Lough but a low tide prevented the council from getting to them.
  
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• 'Poet president'

  27-10-2018 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  What might a second seven year term for Michael D Higgins as Irish President look like?
  
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• Michael D Higgins hails re-election as a vote for hope over fear

  27-10-2018 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael D Higgins has welcomed his re-election as president of Ireland as a vote for hope over fear.
  
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• Varadkar: We always need to listen to a protest vote

  27-10-2018 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s Taoiseach has promised to listen to a protest vote which saw a relatively unknown businessman take around a fifth of the presidential vote.
  
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• Higgins set for second term as Irish president

  27-10-2018 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael D Higgins is leading in the presidential election results with only a few constituencies left to complete their first counts.
  
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• Sinn Fein blames ‘personalised’ campaign for poor showing

  27-10-2018 18:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has blamed the personalised nature of the brief Irish presidential campaign for its disappointing showing.
  
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• Video: Sean Kelly in tribute to Thomas Begley and apology for Shankill bombing loss of life

  27-10-2018 16:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A commemoration has been held in Belfast for Shankill bomber Thomas Begley.
  
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• Suspect in custody in fatal Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

  27-10-2018 16:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A suspect is in custody after a shooting caused “multiple casualties” at a Pittsburgh synagogue, police have said.
  
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• Kenny Shiels dismissed as Derry City manager

  27-10-2018 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Kenny Shiels is sacked as manager of Derry City after the club's eighth-place finish in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
  
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• IRA killer in apology to Shankill victims at controversial memorial

  27-10-2018 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An IRA killer said sorry to those bereaved by the Shankill bomb as he paid tribute to his fellow bomber who died alongside the nine victims of their attack.
  
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• Travellers comment did not boost my support, insists Peter Casey

  27-10-2018 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Controversial businessman Peter Casey has denied his apparent vote surge in the presidential election was prompted by his criticism of Travellers.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp and footballers donate to assaulted fan Sean Cox

  27-10-2018 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Jurgen Klopp and two Republic of Ireland footballers donate 5,000 euros each towards Sean Cox's care.
  
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• Higgins looks set for second term as Irish president

  27-10-2018 14:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael D Higgins has topped the poll in Galway East as the first official election result was announced.
  
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• Landslide victory looms for the poet-turned-president

  27-10-2018 13:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael D Higgins is set for a resounding victory after running a popular campaign.
  
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• Ballyclare cash machine theft used stolen digger

  27-10-2018 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are appealing for information after an ATM was removed from a service station in Ballyclare.
  
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• Pictured: Stolen digger rammed into Northern Ireland petrol station

  27-10-2018 13:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stolen digger has been rammed into a petrol station in Co Antrim.
  
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• Man beaten around head with hammers in Belfast burglary

  27-10-2018 13:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was beaten around the head with hammer in a Belfast burglary.
  
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• 'You should speak to everybody if it means peace'

  27-10-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The one major constant of my grandfather Paddy Devlin's political career was dialogue: with opponents and militants, as well as colleagues. Born in the Pound Loney area of the Falls, he joined Na Fianna Eireann as a boy and graduated into the ranks of the IRA as a teenager. He was interned for these activities in 1942 and would spend three years in Crumlin Road jail.
  
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• Peter Casey dismisses Travellers comment as reason for vote surge

  27-10-2018 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Controversial businessman Peter Casey has denied his apparent vote surge in the presidential election was prompted by his criticism of Travellers.
  
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• Bomb discovered in garden of Belfast home

  27-10-2018 10:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have said a device found in the garden of a home in Belfast was a bomb.
  
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• Wife of Northern Ireland road racing champ must come up with £18k for prosthetic leg

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Co Fermanagh wife of an Irish motorcycle road racing champion is facing a £17,700 (€20,000) bill to buy her own prosthetic leg after the health service in the Republic refused to provide her with one.
  
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• Stolen mayo spreads discontent at BBC Belfast hq

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A row over a stolen jar of mayonnaise has exposed the poor kitchen habits of BBC NI staff.
  
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• Shankill bomber's dad in U-turn over tribute at IRA plot

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In a dramatic U-turn, the father of Shankill Road bomber Thomas Begley has said he will now be attending today's commemoration to his son.
  
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• RHI Inquiry has cost taxpayer £4.6m so far

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has cost around £4.6m so far, the Belfast Telegraph understands.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Sagart - 'Be of good faith, this bistro is heading in right direction'

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The reason for banging on relentlessly about the restaurants of the cordon in recent weeks is because some of the very good ones merit the extra effort by customers to support them. So far, we have visited Pizza Boutique in Castle Street and Mourne Seafood Bar. This week it's the Sagart on Bank Square, next to and part of the popular Havana restaurant.
  
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• Reece is with our little brother in Heaven now, says sister of Northern Ireland crash victim

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a Co Londonderry man who died in a one-vehicle car accident has said she believes he is "up in Heaven" with their six-year-old brother who passed away just three months ago.
  
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• Primark could have two Belfast stores in time for Christmas

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Primark branches could open in Belfast City centre before Christmas in the wake of a fire that gutted its flagship store.
  
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• Northern Ireland weather warning as Arctic winds sweep in

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arctic winds will cause temperatures to fall and bring ice as they sweep across most parts of Northern Ireland over the weekend.
  
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• Northern Ireland gears up for mega Halloween celebrations - send us your fancy dress pics

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people are expected to visit Londonderry for this year's Halloween festivities, which have already begun.
  
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• Halloween and historic tree

  27-10-2018 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The weekly papers report on carnival preparations and Northern Ireland's 'tree of the year'.
  
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• Fugitive prisoner taunts PSNI with post on Facebook

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prisoner who who went on the run after being released for three hours on Monday taunted the police on Facebook last night.
  
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• Fianna Fail rage over Northern Ireland 'candidate'

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fianna Fail bosses are considering whether to discipline former minister Eamon O Cuiv and Senator Mark Daly for bringing the party into disrepute.
  
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• Eilis O'Hanlon: IRA bomber's family tribute snub a moment of moral courage that was all too fleeting

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's hard not to raise an eyebrow at the latest statement issued by the father of Shankill Road bomber Thomas Begley, in which he dramatically went back on his earlier decision not to attend the 25th anniversary commemoration to his IRA bomber son, who killed himself, along with nine innocent victims, that terrible Saturday afternoon in 1993.
  
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• 'Bizarre, rambling, full of grievances'... Paisley recalls late night chat with 'Walter Mitty' Bell

  27-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Ian Paisley has branded Jonathan Bell "Walter Mitty in the flesh" over claims the former Stormont minister made just days before going public on the RHI scandal.
  
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• RHI latest

  27-10-2018 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The biggest revelations from the inquiry into NI's flawed green energy scheme over its final week.
  
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• Could it be loved?

  27-10-2018 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  An Irish club's reggae-inspired kit is sought by fans and inspires slew of online parodies.
  
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