Belfast news

• "I'm heartbroken" - Declan O'Hara leads tributes as NI football mourns Tommy Breslin

  07-08-2019 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Cliftonville assistant manager Declan O'Hara and Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter lead the tributes to Reds legend Tommy Breslin, who died suddenly on Wednesday.
  
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• Lagmore mum Sharon McCloskey buoyed by help fund - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 23:10
  Lagmore mum Sharon McCloskey buoyed by help fund  Belfast LiveThe good news of a donor match means a long road to recovery as financial pressures mount.
  
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• Children's pets decapitated in family garden in overnight attack - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 22:42
  Children's pets decapitated in family garden in overnight attack  Belfast LivePolice are investigating the deaths described as vicious, calculated and premeditated.
  
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• PSNI murder bid: Man released unconditionally

  07-08-2019 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Six shots were fired in a "deliberate attempt to kill officers" in Londonderry in July 2018.
  
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• Parkinson's diagnosis prompts Causeway Challenge for East Belfast doctor - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 21:41
  Parkinson's diagnosis prompts Causeway Challenge for East Belfast doctor  Belfast LiveMichael Cullen is a former consultant in sports medicine who worked with the Northern Ireland football team from 1996 to 2002.
  
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• Cawdery killings: Health Department apologises to family

  07-08-2019 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Health service boss says sorry for its handling of mentally ill patient who stabbed elderly couple.
  
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• Cawdery killings: Family of victims accept apology

  07-08-2019 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of a couple killed by a mentally ill patient accept an apology from Department of Health.
  
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• Belfast bus lane fines for drivers totals £4.2m in past four years - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 20:56
  Belfast bus lane fines for drivers totals £4.2m in past four years  Belfast LiveMotorists caught using bus lanes illegally face a fine of £90, although this can be reduced to £45 if paid within 14 days.
  
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• Tommy Breslin: Cliftonville devastated as club legend dies

  07-08-2019 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland football is in shock as former Cliftonville player and manager Tommy Breslin dies suddenly on Wednesday.
  
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• One of the good guys: Tributes to Cliftonville legend Tommy Breslin after sudden death

  07-08-2019 20:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cliftonville Football Club has said it is devastated at the passing of former manager Tommy Breslin.
  
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• Craigavon booby-trap bomb: Items seized in police searches

  07-08-2019 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The device was left in Craigavon in July in an attempt to kill or seriously injure police officers.
  
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• Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club results - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal

  07-08-2019 19:30
  Belfast Duplicate Bridge Club results - Belfast - Waldo  Republican JournalWinners July 31 were Loren VanNess and Julian Cannell, Cindy Griffin and Steve Bernstein, and Carol Gater and Debbie Bailly. Bridge is played every ...
  
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• Lurgan searches after dissident bomb bid to murder police

  07-08-2019 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have carried out searches in Lurgan in connection with a attempted attack on police.
  
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• Hauliers hit out at ‘incoherent’ HMRC as ministers discuss Brexit preparations

  07-08-2019 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  HMRC needs “a bomb up their arse” after months of “incoherent” communication to traders ahead of Brexit, hauliers have said.
  
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• Nora Quoirin: Missing girl's aunt makes emotional appeal

  07-08-2019 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The aunt of missing teenager Nora Quoirin was close to tears as she asked the public for help.
  
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• Health chief in 'full apology' for failings in case which led to killings of Portadown pensioners

  07-08-2019 18:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's most senior health official has offered a full apology for the failings and handling of a case which resulted in the killings of a Portadown couple.
  
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• Poleglass man facing charges linked to alleged glassing incident - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 18:28
  Poleglass man facing charges linked to alleged glassing incident  Belfast LiveMcCartney was arraigned on two charges linked to an alleged incident last year.
  
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• Ryanair pilots vote for strike action in row over pay and conditions

  07-08-2019 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pilots at Ryanair are to stage a series of strikes after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions.
  
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• Aer Lingus returns Ballymena man's ashes in time for memorial service

  07-08-2019 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The ashes of the man and his English-born wife were in luggage lost in transit from Italy to Dublin.
  
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• 'I feel very emotional just now'

  07-08-2019 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Bob Gilmour talks of the importance of having his father's ashes returned to him after they went missing.
  
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• Missing Nora Quoirin: Malaysia police 'rule nothing out' in search

  07-08-2019 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Nora Quoirin's grandfather says her disappearance on holiday in Malaysia is "extremely mysterious".
  
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• Drivers fined £4.2m for using Belfast bus lanes

  07-08-2019 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  One Belfast city centre camera raised £1.5m in fines in the past four years, official figures show.
  
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• Northern Ireland residents' new Irish passports 'lost in the system', MLA claims

  07-08-2019 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland residents awaiting the delivery of Irish passports have not received their documents because they have been "lost in the system", an MLA has claimed.
  
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• Review: Belfast Blues - The Irish News - The Irish News

  07-08-2019 16:19
  Review: Belfast Blues - The Irish News  The Irish NewsBelfast Blues at Lyric Theatre, Belfast. You may think you know about the Troubles but unless you've felt the fear and sensed the raison d'etre behind the Belfast ...
  
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• DNA on cable tie 'links man to jewellery raid', court told

  07-08-2019 16:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of a jewellery raid on a house in Co Antrim is allegedly linked by DNA on a cable tie used to bind the homeowner, the High Court in Northern Ireland heard today.
  
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• Pram containing sentimental items stolen in Omagh

  07-08-2019 14:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pram containing sentimental items has been stolen from outside a business in Omagh.
  
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• Woman 'took out knife after being refused cigarette' at Belfast hospital, court told

  07-08-2019 14:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman allegedly brandished a knife after being refused a cigarette at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Maine to hold public hearing in Belfast on proposed ferry ticket rates - PenBayPilot.com

  07-08-2019 14:37
  Maine to hold public hearing in Belfast on proposed ferry ticket rates  PenBayPilot.comBELFAST — The Maine Department of Transportation will convene a public hearing on the latest proposed ferry ticket tolls Aug. 19 at the Hutchinson Center in ...
  
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• Nora Quoirin detectives find mystery fingerprints in hunt for missing teenager - Belfast Live

  07-08-2019 13:42
  Nora Quoirin detectives find mystery fingerprints in hunt for missing teenager  Belfast LiveHer disappearance has apparently left search and rescue team members puzzled, with one claiming: "Not even a footprint was left behind."
  
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• Drivers fined £4.2m for using Belfast bus lanes - BBC News

  07-08-2019 13:29
  Drivers fined £4.2m for using Belfast bus lanes  BBC NewsOne Belfast city centre camera raised £1.5m in fines in the past four years, official figures show.
  
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• Malaysian police question 20 people in search for missing schoolgirl Nora

  07-08-2019 13:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Malaysian police questioned at least 20 people in the search for Nora Quorin, the daughter of a Belfast woman who disappeared from a holiday resort this week.
  
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• Malaysian police examine fingerprints found in missing Nora's holiday home - 20 people questioned

  07-08-2019 13:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Malaysian police questioned at least 20 people in the search for Nora Quorin, the daughter of a Belfast woman who disappeared from a holiday resort this week.
  
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• Belfast Shipyard To Build Prototypes Of Small High-Speed Boat For Navy - Maine Public

  07-08-2019 13:00
  Belfast Shipyard To Build Prototypes Of Small High-Speed Boat For Navy  Maine PublicA Honolulu-based company with offices in Portland and Orono, Maine, has been awarded an $8 million Navy contract to design safer hulls and hybrid-electric.
  
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• Yellow weather warning for Northern Ireland - thunderstorms and rain

  07-08-2019 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning for rain and thunderstorms has been issued for Northern Ireland on Friday.
  
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• Cork priest says beer and cigarettes 'inappropriate for funerals'

  07-08-2019 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Alcohol and tobacco are being brought to funeral altars more and more, a priest says.
  
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• Belfast City Airport flights to London delayed due to British Airways 'systems issue' - Belfast Telegraph

  07-08-2019 12:08
  Belfast City Airport flights to London delayed due to British Airways 'systems issue'  Belfast TelegraphSeveral flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London have been delayed due to a British Airways "systems issue".
  
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• Belfast City Airport flights to London delayed due to British Airways 'systems issue'

  07-08-2019 12:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Several flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London have been delayed due to a British Airways "systems issue".
  
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• Police probe threatening graffiti at republican bonfire site

  07-08-2019 11:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Concern has been voiced about the appearance of threatening graffiti at a republican bonfire site in north Belfast.
  
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• Bonfire on Department for Infrastructure Belfast land ‘completely unacceptable’ - Belfast Telegraph

  07-08-2019 11:51
  Bonfire on Department for Infrastructure Belfast land ‘completely unacceptable’  Belfast TelegraphThe Department for Infrastructure has slammed a bonfire in north Belfast as “completely unacceptable”.
  
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• Bonfire on Department for Infrastructure Belfast land ‘completely unacceptable’

  07-08-2019 11:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department for Infrastructure has slammed a bonfire in north Belfast as “completely unacceptable”.
  
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• Men assaulted with hammer and baton in east Belfast burglary - Belfast Telegraph

  07-08-2019 10:43
  Men assaulted with hammer and baton in east Belfast burglary  Belfast TelegraphThree men were assaulted with a hammer and a baton during an aggravated burglary in east Belfast.
  
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• Irish teenager Mikey Leddy dies after falling off wall in Lanzarote

  07-08-2019 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Mikey Leddy, 15, fell from a wall in a resort on the island in the early hours of Monday morning.
  
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• Missing Nora Quoirin would 'absolutely not' have ran off, says grandfather

  07-08-2019 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The grandfather of missing 15-year-old Nora Quoirin has said she is "absolutely not" in the habit of running off, after police insisted there is no evidence she was abducted.
  
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• British Airways IT glitch causes chaos for holidaymakers

  07-08-2019 09:51
  Cancellations and delays from London have knock-on effects across rest of UK and EuropeBritish Airways passengers travelling from London for their holidays have been hit by cancellations and delays after a systems failure.London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and City airports were affected by the glitch on Wednesday morning. The problem was not a global problem, British Airways said.When an airline starts cancelling or delaying flights for more than three hours, passengers are entitled to compensati
  
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• Carl Frampton: Belfast fighter wants title shot next after freak injury - BBC Sport

  07-08-2019 09:41
  Carl Frampton: Belfast fighter wants title shot next after freak injury  BBC SportCarl Frampton is aiming to go straight for a world title fight after a freak hand injury ruled him out of a Philadelphia bout with Emmanuel Dominguez.
  
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• Northern Ireland-born chaplain to Britain's worst football team misses the moment players finally put an end to their 73-game run without a win

  07-08-2019 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It should have been the day his prayers were finally answered -but the Northern Ireland-born chaplain to Britain's worst football team missed the big occasion when their 73-game win-less run ended.
  
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• Hunger striker's family cuts SF ties and blasts Anderson as band row escalates

  07-08-2019 08:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of hunger striker Kevin Lynch has cut all ties with Sinn Fein and accused one of the party's senior figures of dancing on the graves of the men who died.
  
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• Ex-music boss plans attraction at former Belfast ferry terminal - Belfast Telegraph

  07-08-2019 08:45
  Ex-music boss plans attraction at former Belfast ferry terminal  Belfast TelegraphA former London-based music industry executive is behind a bid to convert a passenger ferry terminal in Belfast into a new public attraction and visitor ...
  
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• Ex-music boss plans attraction at former Belfast ferry terminal

  07-08-2019 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former London-based music industry executive is behind a bid to convert a passenger ferry terminal in Belfast into a new public attraction and visitor experience project, it has emerged.
  
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• Despair of Belfast woman over her 24-year wait for right diagnosis, as delay means it’s far too late to treat her condition

  07-08-2019 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who waited nearly a quarter-of-a-century for a correct diagnosis - only to find out it was too late for her condition to be treated - wants others with myelopathy to know they are not alone.
  
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