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• Waldo County Unified Court closed cases - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal

  12-06-2019 23:24
  Waldo County Unified Court closed cases - Belfast - Waldo  Republican JournalThe following cases were closed in Waldo County criminal courts between the dates of May 24 and June 6. Alexander L. Berry, 19, of Randolph, operating while ...
  
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• Paddy Barnes to fight on undercard of Michael Conlan's Belfast bill on 3 August - BBC Sport

  12-06-2019 21:46
  Paddy Barnes to fight on undercard of Michael Conlan's Belfast bill on 3 August  BBC SportPaddy Barnes will attempt to get his professional career back on track at flyweight on the undercard of Michael Conlan's Belfast bill on 3 August. Barnes has ...
  
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• PSNI investigate sudden death of elderly man in Portadown - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 21:42
  PSNI investigate sudden death of elderly man in Portadown  Belfast LiveEmergency services were called to the street shortly before 5pm on Wednesday and took an elderly woman to hospital.
  
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• Michael Bublé wowed by young girl singing Irish-language song at Belfast concert - IrishCentral

  12-06-2019 21:16
  Michael Bublé wowed by young girl singing Irish-language song at Belfast concert  IrishCentralThis Irish song amazed Michael Bublé when a young girl performed for the crooner at a recent Belfast concert.
  
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• VIDEO: Belfast's Cathy McAleer is ready to get her hands on the Commonwealth title on September 28 - Belfast Newsletter

  12-06-2019 20:53
  VIDEO: Belfast's Cathy McAleer is ready to get her hands on the Commonwealth title on September 28  Belfast NewsletterCathy McAleer will challenge Kristen Fraser for her Commonwealth title in the Europa Hotel on September 28.
  
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• Green light for £22m student digs over Belfast railway tracks - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 20:44
  Green light for £22m student digs over Belfast railway tracks  Belfast LiveA £22 million apartment block for 253 students is to be built on land created over railway lines in Belfast. Belfast City Council's planning committee waved ...
  
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• Tragedy in Portadown as police investigate sudden death of man- woman taken to hospital

  12-06-2019 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in his eighties at a house in Portadown.
  
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• Portadown pensioner dies and woman taken to hospital after devastating house tragedy

  12-06-2019 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in his eighties at a house in Portadown.
  
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• Police investigating sudden death of man in Portadown- woman in hospital

  12-06-2019 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 80s at a house in Portadown.
  
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• Belfast and Camden Law Firms join forces - Knox VillageSoup - Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald

  12-06-2019 19:30
  Belfast and Camden Law Firms join forces - Knox VillageSoup  Courier-Gazette & Camden HeraldCamden — The Law Office of Lee Woodward has joined forces with longtime colleagues Attorneys Christopher MacLean, Pamela Terry, Sarah Gilbert, ...
  
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• Papal Bull: 'Oldest public document' in NI marks links to Scotland

  12-06-2019 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  An 800-year-old paper from the Pope was taken from Scotland to Ireland during Plantation of Ulster.
  
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• Marketing seminar for writers in Belfast - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  12-06-2019 19:21
  Marketing seminar for writers in Belfast - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican JournalBELFAST — In mid-July, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) presents a seminar on marketing for writers led by marketing coach and former literary ...
  
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• Northern Ireland's Marissa Callaghan hopes more girls will get involved with football.

  12-06-2019 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland captain Marissa Callaghan is hoping that programmes encouraging young girls to play football will help interest in the local game continue to rise.
  
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• Man charged with supplying drugs after investigation into west Belfast UDA

  12-06-2019 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man arrested in connection with an investigation into the activities of the west Belfast UDA has been charged with supplying drugs.
  
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• Brexit: UK firms 'not even close to ready' for no deal

  12-06-2019 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Less than 10% of firms have applied to a HMRC scheme aimed at facilitating UK imports, Newsnight reveals.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Police warn of traffic delays due to Belsonic concert

  12-06-2019 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Journalist tells of arrest experience over Loughinisland material

  12-06-2019 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An award-winning Belfast journalist, arrested in an investigation where the case against him recently collapsed, says the experience has left a mark on him.
  
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• Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal

  12-06-2019 17:54
  Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club - Belfast - Waldo  Republican JournalWinners on June 5 were Gerry Miller and Ron Harrel, Fay and Jim Cunningham, and Loren VanNess and Julian Cannell. Bridge is played every Wednesday at ...
  
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• MPs reject bid to block no-deal Brexit

  12-06-2019 17:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have rejected a motion to give them control of the Commons agenda on June 25, as part of efforts to block a no-deal Brexit, by 309 votes to 298 - majority 11.
  
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• North Belfast athletics club gets “highest award” for volunteer groups - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 17:48
  North Belfast athletics club gets “highest award” for volunteer groups  Belfast LiveMembers helping improve people's health and wellbeing secured gong.
  
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• TEDxStormont on the lookout for a young speaker to take part - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 17:27
  TEDxStormont on the lookout for a young speaker to take part  Belfast LiveThe deadline for applications has been extended to June 19 due to demand.
  
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• Man defrauded Grand Opera House out of £20,000 - Belfast Newsletter

  12-06-2019 17:03
  Man defrauded Grand Opera House out of £20,000  Belfast NewsletterA Co Antrim man has admitted defrauding the Grand Opera House out of £20000 over a five-year period.
  
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• UVF supergrass Haggarty phoned police from prison after McCord killing to identify suspects, court told

  12-06-2019 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former loyalist terror boss turned state informer phoned his police handler from prison days after a notorious killing to identify suspects, the High Court was told.
  
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• Is This Normal? episode 3 is now live! - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 16:49
  Is This Normal? episode 3 is now live!  Belfast LiveIt can be a tricky, costly and stressful choice and in the week that we find out that Northern Ireland pays more than any other part of the UK, we take a dander into ...
  
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• 'No bad' in my friend Liam Neeson, says film producer Puttnam

  12-06-2019 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People were “embarrassingly” quick to judge Liam Neeson following the controversial confession that sparked a race row, a film producer has said.
  
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• Health budget in Northern Ireland 'not sustainable'

  12-06-2019 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Within 20 years the health service will need NI's entire budget, a top civil servant warns.
  
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• Mum of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott dies aged 88

  12-06-2019 15:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thin Lizzie frontman Phil Lynott's mother Philomena has died, aged 88.
  
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• Former Northern Ireland Events Company boss to face fraud trial

  12-06-2019 15:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Events Company is to stand trial in the new year on charges of fraud and misconduct in a public office.
  
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• Police aware drug dealers earning over £1m a year in Northern Ireland, says PUP councillor

  12-06-2019 15:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Coleraine PUP councillor has said that police in his area are aware of drug dealers earning more than £1m per year.
  
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• Police aware drug dealer earning over £1m a year in Northern Ireland, claims PUP councillor

  12-06-2019 15:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Coleraine PUP councillor has said that police in his area are aware of a drug dealer earning more than £1m per year.
  
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• Father’s Day gift guide for every Northern Ireland dad

  12-06-2019 15:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With Father’s Day fast approaching (this Sunday, June 16 - you're welcome), sons and daughters are searching high and low for the perfect Father’s Day gift, but what is the perfect present for the number one man in your life?
  
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• Banksy, Warhol and Picasso on show at Culloden Estate

  12-06-2019 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of art fans are expected to attend Ireland’s largest sculpture exhibition, including the biggest collection of Salvador Dali works ever seen here, when Art in the Garden opens at the Culloden Estate & Spa this weekend.
  
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• Man 'targeted by British army spy Brian Nelson' to receive £90k

  12-06-2019 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A loyalist gun victim who claims a British army spy targeted him for murder is to receive £90,000 in damages, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Belfast venue confirmed for Antrim's home qualifier against Kildare - Irish Examiner

  12-06-2019 14:33
  Belfast venue confirmed for Antrim's home qualifier against Kildare  Irish ExaminerThe GAA have confirmed that the All-Ireland qualifier clash between Antrim and Kildare will take place in the 2,100 capacity ground Corrigan Park. With doubts ...
  
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• Belfast's iconic fish and chip shop John Long's gets liquor license

  12-06-2019 14:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Customer's at Belfast's longest running fish and chip shop will now be able to enjoy a glass of wine or an ice-cold beer with their seafood.
  
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• Death of former IRA leader who ‘regretted nothing’ - Belfast Newsletter

  12-06-2019 14:00
  Death of former IRA leader who ‘regretted nothing’  Belfast NewsletterA founding member of the Provisional IRA, who said he regretted none of the atrocities carried out by the terrorist organisation, has died in Belfast aged 97.
  
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• Belfast chip shop Long's granted licence to sell alcohol - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 13:53
  Belfast chip shop Long's granted licence to sell alcohol  Belfast LiveHaving sold what it claims to be the best fish and chips in Belfast for more than a century, customers can now enjoy a pint or glass of wine with their meal at John ...
  
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• Fire damages car and hotel in Belfast's Botanic area - Belfast Telegraph

  12-06-2019 13:27
  Fire damages car and hotel in Belfast's Botanic area  Belfast TelegraphA fire has gutted a car and caused damage to the rear of a hotel in the Botanic area of Belfast.
  
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• Fire damages car and hotel in Belfast's Botanic area

  12-06-2019 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fire has gutted a car and caused damage to the rear of a hotel in the Botanic area of Belfast.
  
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• Other Voices Belfast to Explore Music, Creativity and Reconciliation - The Journal of Music

  12-06-2019 13:13
  Other Voices Belfast to Explore Music, Creativity and Reconciliation  The Journal of MusicFeatured artists include Snow Patrol, The Academic, ROE, Ryan Vail, Lemoncello, Joshua Burnside and Alfi.
  
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• Northern Ireland health service 'can't continue' at same level due to funding, warns chief civil servant

  12-06-2019 13:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the Department of Health has warned that Northern Ireland's health service cannot continue in the same way due to financial pressures.
  
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• Former IRA leader Billy McKee dies aged 97

  12-06-2019 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former IRA leader Billy McKee has passed away at the age of 97.
  
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• First ballot scheduled for new Tory leader on Thursday

  12-06-2019 12:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least one candidate in the Tory leadership race will see their campaign come to an end on Thursday, when MPs hold the first ballot of the contest.
  
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• Belfast rivals to face off for a spot in Schools' Cup showpiece - Belfast Telegraph

  12-06-2019 12:00
  Belfast rivals to face off for a spot in Schools' Cup showpiece  Belfast TelegraphThe first finalist in this year's Ulster Bank Schools' Cup will be decided today, weather permitting, when Belfast Royal Academy take on RBAI at the Castle ...
  
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• Belfast Glider damage probe leads to release of CCTV image - Belfast Live

  12-06-2019 11:48
  Belfast Glider damage probe leads to release of CCTV image  Belfast LiveThe vandalism took place during the early hours of New Year's Day.
  
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• Belsonic 2019: Your complete guide to massive month of music in Belfast's Ormeau Park - tickets, line-ups, travel and food - Belfast Telegraph

  12-06-2019 11:41
  Belsonic 2019: Your complete guide to massive month of music in Belfast's Ormeau Park - tickets, line-ups, travel and food  Belfast TelegraphBelsonic kicks off for another year on June 12 with a host of famous faces set to perform massive outdoor shows in the city.
  
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• Belsonic 2019: Your complete guide to massive month of music in Belfast's Ormeau Park - tickets, line-ups, travel and food

  12-06-2019 11:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belsonic kicks off for another year on June 12 with a host of famous faces set to perform massive outdoor shows in the city.
  
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• Belfast Book Festival Report: Running with the Wolfpack - The London Economic

  12-06-2019 11:11
  Belfast Book Festival Report: Running with the Wolfpack  The London EconomicAs I may have mentioned one or two hundred times before, Belfast and particularly its thriving arts scene is the best-kept secret in the UK. What I find remarkable ...
  
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• Dissidents ‘forced some police to leave their districts’

  12-06-2019 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dissident republicans near where Lyra McKee was shot dead have forced some police officers out of the area, a report said.
  
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• Family of man shot in back on Bloody Sunday say he forgave soldier

  12-06-2019 10:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a man shot in the back while fleeing for safety on Bloody Sunday have said he forgave the soldier who injured him.
  
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