Belfast news

• Coat collection points warmly welcomed by Belfast’s needy this Christmas

  10-12-2019 23:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coat collection and drop-off points for the homeless and those in need have appeared around Belfast in a bid to make Christmas a little easier for those less fortunate.
  
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• From turkeys to bubbly... how to do Christmas on a £99 budget

  10-12-2019 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The average UK household spends around £500 on Christmas Day - but it is possible to purchase all you need to celebrate December 25 for a lot less.
  
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• Jon Tonge: Who did best in BBC NI leader's debate

  10-12-2019 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Round two of the Northern Ireland leaders’ debate — this time on BBC1 — gave the five largest parties a final chance to sway the large number of undecided voters. At least the sub-titles worked this time.
  
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• Northern Ireland nurses brave weather on picket lines amid storm over pay

  10-12-2019 22:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nurses braved the weather and took industrial action on Tuesday for the second time this month as they gathered at Belfast City Hospital for a lunchtime picket.
  
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• Declan Bogue: How last 20 years have seen the GAA change drastically

  10-12-2019 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We've all been there. A slow news week in Gaelic games, one of those with a weekend containing no significant on-field action, when you dip into your grab-bag of 'Great And Useful Ideas For The GAA'. You publish it and expect it to be gobbled up by the suits and implemented immediately.
  
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• Constituency profile: Unionist stronghold of North Down facing growing threat from surge in Alliance support

  10-12-2019 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  North Down has almost slipped under the radar in this election. With bigger, sexier battles being fought elsewhere, only a fleeting glance has been paid to the constituency which definitely will have a new MP come Friday.
  
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• John Finucane refuses to condemn 1996 IRA attack on DUP's Nigel Dodds

  10-12-2019 21:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's North Belfast General Election candidate John Finucane has refused to condemn the IRA's attempted assassination of DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds.
  
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• General Election: Hugs and handshakes as Foyle candidates get up close and personal on canvass

  10-12-2019 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If it is a two-horse race in Foyle, the steeds are on the final stretch, racing around the last of their voters at breakneck speed, picking up babies and dogs for photo opportunities and hugging constituents before heading for what is set to be a photo finish.
  
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• Eilis O'Hanlon: Whatever the outcome of the election, the Northern Ireland parties due to start talks next Monday should take a leaf from Boris' playbook and just 'Get Devolution Done'

  10-12-2019 20:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP once fought an election under the slogan "Smash Sinn Fein".
  
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• Altnagelvin Hospital Choir: Why we love singing for our patients and raising money for good causes

  10-12-2019 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Altnagelvin Hospital Choir is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the Guildhall with a performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, and The Sparrows’ Anthem, a specially commissioned piece by composer Anselm McDonnell and poet Sam Burnside. Linda Stewart talks to three choir members about their passion for music
  
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• How Glentoran's bitter rivalry with Portadown began in 1987 as Paul Millar prepares to get back in the thick of it

  10-12-2019 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's January 1987 and the Irish Young Footballer of the Year is on the move. Little did he know that 33 years on, he'd still be in the thick of the bitter rivalry his transfer helped to create.
  
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• Alban Maginness: Why you should ignore 'precious' Alliance attempt to split the vote and put your 'X' beside Remainer

  10-12-2019 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In the democracies of western Europe there can't be a more unfair system of election than first-past-the-post that, unfortunately, Britain has tolerated since the granting of full universal suffrage after the First World War.
  
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• Call from member of public leads to £210k cannabis seizure in Belfast

  10-12-2019 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call from a concerned member of the public has led to the seizure of an estimated £210,000 worth of cannabis.
  
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• Police seize cash and drugs in INLA probe

  10-12-2019 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have seized suspected class A and class B drugs and £20,000 in cash as part of an investigation into the INLA.
  
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• Christine Connor trial: Pipe bomb allegations 'ridiculous', says defendant

  10-12-2019 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A north Belfast woman has branded as "ridiculous" an allegation that she transported pipe bombs in a Tesco bag just prior to an attack on police.
  
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• Northern Ireland sporting hero Jonathan Rea awarded honorary degree from Queen's University

  10-12-2019 17:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland sporting hero Jonathan Rea was awarded an honorary degree by Queen’s University Belfast on Tuesday.
  
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• General Election: Police probe fake SDLP Colum Eastwood donation letters

  10-12-2019 17:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating fake letters claiming to be from SDLP leader Column Eastwood asking for cash donations to his election campaign.
  
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• Ulster Rugby podcast: John Cooney underlines fan favourite position and Ulster look for Euro double over Harlequins

  10-12-2019 17:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Rugby Round-Up is back in traditional format in time for the second European window of the season.
  
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• Belfast woman Pamela Dickson convicted for £100k benefit fraud

  10-12-2019 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast woman has been convicted for claiming over £100,000 in benefits she was not entitled to.
  
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• Black Medicine: Filming begins in Northern Ireland on thriller starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes

  10-12-2019 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new thriller starring 3096 Days actor Antonia Campbell-Hughes is being filmed in Northern Ireland over the next three weeks.
  
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• DUP's Arlene Foster admits to mistakes during leadership saying 'we are all human'

  10-12-2019 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has admitted to making mistakes over the course of her leadership of the party.
  
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• Sinn Fein MLA Fra McCann reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

  10-12-2019 15:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MLA and veteran republican Fra McCann has revealed he has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.
  
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• Open at Royal Portrush generated £100 million for Northern Ireland - study

  10-12-2019 15:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Open golf championship held at Royal Portrush over the summer generated more £100million of economic benefit for Northern Ireland, according to a study commissioned by organisers The R&A.
  
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• Protestants and male representation declines in civil service as recruitment campaign launched

  10-12-2019 13:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Protestant and male representation in the civil service has declined significantly over the past two decades.
  
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• Irish Cup fifth round draw LIVE: New sponsor announced as Premiership clubs enter competition

  10-12-2019 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new sponsor of the Irish Cup has been announced ahead of today's fifth round draw. We'll keep you up to date with the draw right here.
  
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• Irish Cup fifth round draw: Glentoran renew rivalry with Portadown while Linfield skipper set for brother battle

  10-12-2019 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glentoran will renew old rivalries in the fifth round of the Irish Cup, after the draw took place on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Pictured: Deirdre McShane's friends and family hold emotional dawn vigil at Ballycastle water's edge

  10-12-2019 10:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Friends and family of a community midwife who drowned at Ballycastle beach on Monday have gathered at the sand dunes above the beach to remember her.
  
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• Rory McIlroy admits ‘morality’ played a part in turning down Saudi Arabia event

  10-12-2019 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy has ruled out competing at next month’s European Tour event in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Top Northern Ireland pubs sell for £3m to two new generation publicans

  10-12-2019 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pub and restaurant in north Belfast and a historic bistro pub in Drumbeg have been sold to separate hospitality firms for around £3m, Business Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Northern Ireland politicians are to blame for all of this, insists nurse 'sick to her stomach' at idea of strike

  10-12-2019 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nurse on the picket line at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry said she was "sick to her stomach at the idea of strike action" - but would have felt much worse if she hadn't taken part.
  
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• Belfast's Chester Bar to get £200k revamp as new owner takes over

  10-12-2019 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The woman behind Muriel's bar and The Spaniard in Belfast city centre will complete the purchase of a long-established pub in the north of the city today.
  
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• Ballycastle tragedy swimmers may have been victims of rip current, expert says

  10-12-2019 08:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The two women in the waters off Ballycastle when tragedy struck yesterday may have been the victims of a sudden and violent rip current, an expert has said.
  
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• Aiken accuses DUP of U-turn on Boris Brexit deal

  10-12-2019 08:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken has questioned how voters can accept the word of the DUP amid a fresh war of words over Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
  
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• Protestants and men in demand at Northern Ireland Civil Service

  10-12-2019 08:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Protestants and men are being encouraged to apply for 300 Civil Service jobs in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Visa row wife of Glentoran boss home for Christmas

  10-12-2019 08:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of Glentoran Football Club manager Mick McDermott has sent a huge thank-you to everyone who helped her get home to her family in time for Christmas.
  
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• Coleraine attempted murder accused wanted to 'finish the job'

  10-12-2019 08:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with attempted murder after a woman suffered 24 stab wounds allegedly said that as he was going to jail anyhow, he might as well "finish the job".
  
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• Me and my Macmillan nurse: Four moving letters by Northern Ireland patients

  10-12-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  What would you tell the person who has been there for you after the trauma of a cancer diagnosis? Four Northern Ireland people pen a letter...
  
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• Me and my Macmillan nurse: Four moving letters by Northern Ireland cancer patients

  10-12-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  What would you tell the person who has been there for you after the trauma of a cancer diagnosis? Four Northern Ireland people pen a letter...
  
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• Union warns of crisis as discontent spreads across Northern Ireland public sector

  10-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is facing a winter of discontent as public service unions demand better pay and conditions for members.
  
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• Ballycastle tragedy: Woman's heroic efforts hailed as town stunned by death of swimmer Deirdre McShane

  10-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been hailed a heroine after she courageously waded into the sea to save the life of a swimmer and pulled the body of her drowned friend out of the freezing water.
  
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