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• David Rupert Real IRA story laid out in The Accidental Spy - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 23:56
  David Rupert Real IRA story laid out in The Accidental Spy  Belfast LiveHe reached the heart of the dissident terror group and his evidence led to leader Michael McKevitt getting 20 years in prison but how did it come about?
  
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• Paul Hyland: Belfast boxer defeated by Patera in Milan - BBC Sport

  28-06-2019 23:02
  Paul Hyland: Belfast boxer defeated by Patera in Milan  BBC SportLightweight Paul Hyland Jr loses out to Francesco Patera in Italy as the European champion wins with a sixth-round stoppage.
  
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• Paul Hyland Jnr result as Belfast Lightweight loses out in European title fight - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 22:57
  Paul Hyland Jnr result as Belfast Lightweight loses out in European title fight  Belfast LiveHyland Jnr was down four times against champion Francesco Patera.
  
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• Cattle teach 'em! School pupils learn farming value

  28-06-2019 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Pupils at an Enniskillen school club together to buy four calves - but learn farming is unpredicatable.
  
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• Teenage girl dies in swimming accident in County Louth

  28-06-2019 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The 14-year-old girl died after getting into difficulties at Seapoint beach near Termonfeckin.
  
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• Bangor incident leads to Air Ambulance landing in car park - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 22:13
  Bangor incident leads to Air Ambulance landing in car park  Belfast LiveA woman was reported to have been "knocked down"
  
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• Young girl (14) dies in after getting into difficulty swimming at Co Louth beach

  28-06-2019 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenage girl (14) has died after she got into difficulty in the water at Seapoint beach in Co Louth
  
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• Riptide to play Belfast Flying Shoes Contra Dance - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  28-06-2019 21:14
  Riptide to play Belfast Flying Shoes Contra Dance - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican JournalBELFAST — Join Belfast Flying Shoes for an evening of contra dancing on Friday, July 5, at American Legion Post #43, 143 Church St. The festivities begin at ...
  
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• Senior Festival of Arts - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal

  28-06-2019 20:47
  Senior Festival of Arts - Belfast - Waldo  Republican JournalBelfast — The Belfast Senior College Festival of Arts 2019 wrapped up at UMaine Hutchinson Center June 3 with an artists' networking session. It was a lively ...
  
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• Willie Frazer, founder of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, dies

  28-06-2019 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  He was the founder of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, which supports victims of republican violence.
  
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• Alliance councillor hopeful 'abortion images' will be removed from Belfast city centre

  28-06-2019 20:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Alliance councillor has said that she is hopeful "abortion imagery" will be removed from pro-life stalls in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Best play parks near me across Northern Ireland - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 20:21
  Best play parks near me across Northern Ireland  Belfast LiveWhen we do get the odd spell of good weather here in Northern Ireland, there's nothing better than packing up the kids and heading to a nearby play park.
  
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• Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid 'recovering well' after surgery

  28-06-2019 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Snow Patrol has announced that guitarist and piano player Johnny McDaid is recovering well after surgery.
  
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• Belfast Summer Nights celebrates July 4 with holiday edition - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  28-06-2019 20:03
  Belfast Summer Nights celebrates July 4 with holiday edition - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican JournalBELFAST — Belfast Summer Nights, the weekly Thursday night outdoor music series, is off to a great start for the 2019 season. The public is invited to a holiday ...
  
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• 'His struggle is over' - tributes paid to Willie Frazer after death aged 58

  28-06-2019 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have flooded in for victims' campaigner Willie Frazer following his death aged 58.
  
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• Simon Hamilton: Former DUP minister to leave politics

  28-06-2019 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The former finance minister is to become the Chief Executive Officer at Belfast Chamber of Commerce.
  
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• Willie Frazer dead: 58-year-old passes away - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 18:11
  Willie Frazer dead: 58-year-old passes away  Belfast LiveWillie Frazer has lost his fight for life at Craigavon Area Hospital. His wife Anne revealed last week that he has been in out and out hospital recently after ...
  
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• Victims' campaigner Willie Frazer passes away

  28-06-2019 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Victims' campaigner William Frazer has passed away at the age of 58.
  
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• Belfast Days makes its return to P.E.I. countryside - The Guardian

  28-06-2019 17:53
  Belfast Days makes its return to P.E.I. countryside  The GuardianBelfast Days is making a return to the eastern P.E.I. community following a 30-plus-year hiatus. Belfast Days will take place at the Belfast Rec Centre, Pinette ...
  
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• Belfast Mayor Finucane to 'reach out to unionists' by laying Somme wreath

  28-06-2019 17:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast John Finucane will lay a laurel wreath at City Hall in remembrance of those killed at the Somme.
  
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• Belfast Zoo name baby giraffe in memory of tragic seven-month old boy - Belfast Newsletter

  28-06-2019 17:18
  Belfast Zoo name baby giraffe in memory of tragic seven-month old boy  Belfast NewsletterBelfast Zoo's baby giraffe has been named in honour of seven-month-old baby George Evans who tragically passed away after being born with severe ...
  
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• Garda investigation after archbishop statue decapitated

  28-06-2019 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are investigating after the statue of an archbishop was decapitated in Tipperary on Thursday.
  
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• Drugs warning ahead of Belsonic - Belfast Media Group

  28-06-2019 17:17
  Drugs warning ahead of Belsonic  Belfast Media GroupA LOCAL drugs campaigner has raised his concerns ahead of another huge Belsonic concert in Belfast tonight (Friday). Last Friday, a train full of young people ...
  
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• Quite a journey before getting on that Belfast Bike - Belfast Media Group

  28-06-2019 17:05
  Quite a journey before getting on that Belfast Bike  Belfast Media GroupNO idea why, but Squinter decided on Sunday that he fancied a bike ride. The main impediment to the fulfilment of this wish was the fact that Squinter doesn't ...
  
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• Car crashed into house after high speed police chase, court told

  28-06-2019 16:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stolen car crashed into a house after evading police at speed, the High Court heard.
  
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• Varadkar regrets absence of N Ireland at British Irish Council

  28-06-2019 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has lamented the “unfortunate” absence of Northern Ireland at the British Irish Council.
  
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• Ivan Cooper was man ahead of his time, mourners told

  28-06-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish president and Pat Hume, wife of John Hume, attend his funeral service in Londonderry.
  
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• Ivan Cooper a man ahead of his time, mourners told

  28-06-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish president and Pat Hume, wife of John Hume, attend his funeral service in Londonderry.
  
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• Late Demi Vance double hands Glentoran the League Cup title with win over Sion Swifts

  28-06-2019 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A late, quickfire double from Northern Ireland international Demi Vance saw Glentoran win the League Cup with a 2-0 victory over Sion Swifts at Seaview.
  
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• Man arrested in Coleraine after crashed car abandoned at Sandyknowes - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 15:40
  Man arrested in Coleraine after crashed car abandoned at Sandyknowes  Belfast LiveThe car was abandoned at the scene after crashing into a set of traffic lights.
  
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• Leo Varadkar: Irish government 'not damaging north-south relations'

  28-06-2019 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar says 'only Brexit' is to blame for any tension between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
  
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• Call to end 'damaging to child's health' school transfer tests

  28-06-2019 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There have been calls for an end to academic selection tests at 11 after a study found the unregulated tests for Primary 7 pupils was damaging for children's health.
  
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• Boy (14) knocked down in Co Antrim hit-and-run

  28-06-2019 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy was knocked off his bike in a hit-and-run incident in Co Antrim.
  
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• Nottingham Forest sack Martin O'Neill after five months in charge

  28-06-2019 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Martin O'Neill has been sacked by Nottingham Forest after just five months in charge.
  
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• Belfast man who threatened to kill Muslim after New Zealand terror attack given four month jail sentence

  28-06-2019 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man who phoned a Muslim to say he was going to be killed in the wake of the New Zealand terrorist massacre has been jailed for four months.
  
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• World class speakers will land in Belfast for NI Chamber Networking Conference - Love Belfast

  28-06-2019 14:29
  World class speakers will land in Belfast for NI Chamber Networking Conference  Love BelfastThe NI Chamber Annual Networking event is supported by headline sponsor Dublin Airport, along with supporting sponsors Belfast City Council, Electric Ireland ...
  
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• Funeral of civil rights leader Ivan Cooper takes place in Londonderry

  28-06-2019 14:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of one of the founders of Northern Ireland's civil rights movement Ivan Cooper has taken place in Londonderry
  
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• Ian Paisley says 'give Maldives evidence to commissioner'

  28-06-2019 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP MP Ian Paisley challenges the BBC to submit evidence over claims a Maldivian government minister paid for his luxury holiday.
  
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• Family of Belfast woman Eimear Gooderham hope her cancer battle will inspire others

  28-06-2019 14:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken father of a Belfast woman who passed away after a brave battle with cancer has said he hopes his daughter’s fight will inspire others to become stem cell donors.
  
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• Tyrella beach 'one punch' attack leaves man in critical condition - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 14:07
  Tyrella beach 'one punch' attack leaves man in critical condition  Belfast LivePolice say a man has been arrested by officers investigating incident.
  
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• Man (22) critically ill after 'one-punch' incident at Northern Ireland beach - man arrested

  28-06-2019 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man is critically ill in hospital after a "one-punch" incident on a Northern Ireland beach.
  
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• Man (22) critical ill after 'one-punch' incident at Northern Ireland beach - man arrested

  28-06-2019 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man is critically ill in hospital after a "one-punch" incident on a Northern Ireland beach.
  
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• Who was golfing great Max Faulkner? - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 13:48
  Who was golfing great Max Faulkner?  Belfast LiveThe sports hero won the The Open Championship at Portrush in 1951.
  
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• Rory McIlroy player profile ahead of 2019 The Open Championship - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 13:41
  Rory McIlroy player profile ahead of 2019 The Open Championship  Belfast LiveIt's the first time the Open Championship will be hosted outside England or Scotland since 1951, and it's set to be a huge sporting event for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Twelfth July celebrations 2018 in pictures - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 13:35
  Twelfth July celebrations 2018 in pictures  Belfast LiveIt's one of the biggest days of the year for many people across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Report Belfast letting agents continuing to charge unlawful fees - Belfast Telegraph

  28-06-2019 13:28
  Report Belfast letting agents continuing to charge unlawful fees  Belfast TelegraphEstate agents across Belfast are charging pre-tenancy application fees that have been ruled unlawful, according to reports.
  
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• Childcare cost help for parents available for summer schemes across NI - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 13:23
  Childcare cost help for parents available for summer schemes across NI  Belfast LiveWorking parents could be entitled to Tax-Free Childcare worth up to £2,000 per child per year to pay towards regulated holiday clubs during the school holidays.
  
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• New jobs in Belfast and Doncaster - Recruiter

  28-06-2019 13:20
  New jobs in Belfast and Doncaster  RecruiterTechnology company Dynamic Signal is set to hire 100 new staff in Belfast over the next three to four years as a result of new funding from Invest NI.
  
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• Camile Thai Belfast menu updated with something that everyone will love - Belfast Live

  28-06-2019 12:56
  Camile Thai Belfast menu updated with something that everyone will love  Belfast LiveWe caught up with their Executive Chef Oliver Mueller for his Foodie Five.
  
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• Schools no place to 'promote homosexuality,' says Wells as Education Authority delays LGBT staff support network over concerns

  28-06-2019 12:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Plans to set up a support group for LGBT teachers and education staff in Northern Ireland have been delayed after concerns were raised by a board member of the Education Authority.
  
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