Belfast news

• McCarthy beats Burns in vote for GAA presidency

  28-02-2020 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Larry McCarthy becomes the first overseas president in the history of the GAA after beating Jarlath Burns in Friday night's Congress vote.
  
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• Last-gasp Bradley keeps his cool to break Larne hearts

  28-02-2020 23:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleraine managed to repeat their Irish Cup trick at Inver Park for the second year in a row, with a late winner from Eoin Bradley sealing progress to the semis.
  
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• Country braced for fresh deluge as Storm Jorge arrives

  28-02-2020 23:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain is braced for another wet weekend as a fresh storm brings rainy and windy conditions nationwide.
  
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• Leroy Sane makes return from injury for Manchester City’s under-23s

  28-02-2020 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leroy Sane played 57 minutes as he stepped up his return from injury with a run-out for Manchester City’s under-23 side.
  
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• Kane was right to play in Champions League final – Tottenham boss Mourinho

  28-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho insists Harry Kane was right to play in last season’s Champions League final for Tottenham but will not be rushing him back from his latest injury.
  
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• Jarlath Burns pipped at the post in race for GAA President job

  28-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New York-based Larry McCarthy created quite a stir when he became President-elect of the GAA at the Annual Congress in Dublin tonight.
  
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• Dean Smith backs Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish for England call-up

  28-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is confident captain Jack Grealish will earn himself an England call-up this season.
  
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• Chelsea bosses understand club’s place in shifting pecking order, says Lampard

  28-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard believes his Chelsea bosses fully understand the Blues’ place in a shifting Premier League pecking order.
  
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• Bruce insists Joelinton is not solely responsible for Newcastle’s goal shortage

  28-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steve Bruce is refusing to lay Newcastle’s shortage of goals solely at the feet of misfiring forward Joelinton.
  
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• Belfast Giants surge to emphatic win over Guildford Flames - Belfast Live

  28-02-2020 23:29
  
  Belfast Giants surge to emphatic win over Guildford Flames  Belfast Live
  
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• Megan Anderson: Speeding driver jailed for 'catastrophic' crash

  28-02-2020 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Belfast woman seriously injured a 14-year-old boy, leaving him needing 24-hour care.
  
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• Coronavirus: Outbreak starts to look more like worldwide economic crisis

  28-02-2020 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus outbreak began to look more like a worldwide economic crisis on Friday as anxiety about the disease emptied shops, cancelled events, cut trade and travel and dragged already slumping financial markets even lower.
  
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• Real Sociedad climb to third with victory over Real Valladolid

  28-02-2020 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Real Sociedad climbed to third in the LaLiga table with a 1-0 victory over Real Valladolid.
  
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• Jamal Lewis strike gives Norwich vital victory over Leicester

  28-02-2020 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jamal Lewis’ first Premier League goal gave Norwich a surprise 1-0 victory over Leicester at Carrow Road.
  
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• Irish Cup: Coleraine into semi-finals after stunning 3-2 win over Larne

  28-02-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eoin Bradley's 87th minute strike sends Coleraine into a fourth straight Irish Cup semi-final with a brilliant 3-2 win over Larne.
  
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• UVF victim Ian Ogle's daughter turns to McCartney family in her bid for justice

  28-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The daughter of UVF murder victim Ian Ogle has joined forces with the sister of Robert McCartney, who was killed by the IRA.
  
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• George hails ‘incredibly impressive’ Kruis ahead of possible Twickenham farewell

  28-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  George Kruis could be poised to make his final appearance at Twickenham as Jamie George reflects on the “competition winner” who has extracted every ounce from his career.
  
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• Coronavirus: All closest passengers to Northern Ireland's first patient 'now contacted'

  28-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials have reassured the public that everyone in close contact with Northern Ireland's first coronavirus patient has been contacted.
  
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• Crucial to track where latest coronavirus case came from, experts say

  28-02-2020 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tracing the origins of the latest case of coronavirus – the first to have been caught within the UK – will be “crucial” in preventing more extensive spread, experts have said.
  
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• City hall lights up in West Belfast school colours for homelessness awareness - Belfast Live

  28-02-2020 22:43
  
  City hall lights up in West Belfast school colours for homelessness awareness  Belfast Live
  
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• Giants shake off powerplay woes as big second period snuffs out Flames

  28-02-2020 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Giants came into Friday's game against the Guildford Flames scoreless in their last 20 powerplay opportunities. So of course it would prove to be the catalyst for a blow-out win at the SSE Arena.
  
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• Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar: My business has taken off in Northern Ireland as people here are so neighbourly

  28-02-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of the most senior women in the tech world of Silicon Valley has told how her business is thriving in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Man and woman killed in Co Cavan collision

  28-02-2020 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman in their sixties have died in a road traffic collision in Ballinagh, Co Cavan.
  
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• Derry police help man witness birth of son after car breakdown

  28-02-2020 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two officers use the "blues and twos" and gave a lift to hospital to a man whose car had broken down.
  
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• Waterfall Arts accepting work for annual open call exhibition - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  28-02-2020 22:03
  
  Waterfall Arts accepting work for annual open call exhibition - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• Sporting Lives: Why Nigel Carr is getting on his bike for charity, over 30 years after surviving IRA bomb

  28-02-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With recent postponements leaving a raft of rugby players across the island feeling a little short of game time, a few supporters out there of a more traditional bent have been calling for a return of the old-school Probables v Possibles trials.
  
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• 'I thought I'd just a bad hangover, but it turned out I had a rare cancer'

  28-02-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Amber Scott woke up feeling awful after a night out with friends, she blamed her symptoms on a hangover.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's trip to Irish Republic 'conscious effort' to build on Queen's historic state visit in 2011

  28-02-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's been a turbulent few months for the royal family. First, came Prince Andrew's car-crash BBC Newsnight interview in November, before the almighty Megxit Crisis threw the royals into chaos last month. But, as the drama rolls on, so, too, does the crucial business of the monarchy. And front and centre, presenting the positive face of The Firm to the country and the world, are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
  
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• Danny Cipriani and rugby teammates pay match tribute to Caroline Flack

  28-02-2020 21:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rugby player Danny Cipriani and his Gloucester teammates have paid tribute to Caroline Flack during their Gallagher Premiership Rugby match against Sale.
  
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• Digital giants becoming ‘powerful gatekeepers’ to what we watch – EBU boss

  28-02-2020 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Digital giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook are becoming “powerful gatekeepers” of what we watch and hear, according to the boss of Europe’s public service broadcaster alliance.
  
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• Gerrard is flying in Europe, but Cup duel is biggest yet

  28-02-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rangers produced a terrific performance against all the odds on Wednesday night in Braga to inflict their only home defeat in Europe this season and progress to the last-16 of the Europa League.
  
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• Call for action as illegal parking in Belfast forces mums to wheel prams down busy road - Belfast Telegraph

  28-02-2020 21:00
  
  Call for action as illegal parking in Belfast forces mums to wheel prams down busy road  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Call for action as illegal parking in Belfast forces mums to wheel prams down busy road

  28-02-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents in south Belfast have renewed their calls for urgent measures to tackle the ongoing issue of illegal parking.
  
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• Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla handed eight-game suspension

  28-02-2020 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has been given an eight-match ban after he was found to have used racist language towards a Charlton player during a Sky Bet Championship match in September.
  
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• Watch Rathcoole archive video and step back in time - Belfast Live

  28-02-2020 20:51
  
  Watch Rathcoole archive video and step back in time  Belfast Live
  
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• Passengers evacuated as smoke billows over major railway station in Paris

  28-02-2020 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police evacuated a major railway station in Paris after a fire engulfed multiple vehicles and sent a large cloud of black smoke over the surrounding neighbourhood.
  
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• Coronavirus: Kilkeel exporter sees sales plummet 'overnight'

  28-02-2020 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdowns in coronavirus-hit countries in Asia and the EU have affected orders for the business.
  
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• Coronavirus passed on within UK for first time as 20th case confirmed

  28-02-2020 20:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A patient diagnosed with coronavirus in England has become the first to catch the illness within the UK.
  
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• Elisabeth Moss wants to honour abuse survivors in latest film

  28-02-2020 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Elisabeth Moss has said she wants to honour survivors of domestic abuse in her latest film, The Invisible Man.
  
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• Belfast woman jailed after causing 'catastrophic and lifelong injuries' to schoolboy she knocked down in Audi TT - Belfast Telegraph

  28-02-2020 20:00
  
  Belfast woman jailed after causing 'catastrophic and lifelong injuries' to schoolboy she knocked down in Audi TT  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast woman jailed after causing 'catastrophic and lifelong injuries' to schoolboy she knocked down in Audi TT

  28-02-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A north Belfast woman who caused "catastrophic and lifelong injuries" to a schoolboy who she knocked down in her Audi TTS was jailed today.
  
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• Covid-19 ‘drive-through’ testing centre launched in Scotland

  28-02-2020 19:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A health board in Scotland has introduced a “drive-through” testing centre for Covid-19.
  
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• Ruef-Lindquist to head Maine Planned Giving Council - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  28-02-2020 19:47
  
  Ruef-Lindquist to head Maine Planned Giving Council - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• Strabane funeral could have turned into 'bloodbath', court told

  28-02-2020 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four people have appeared in court charged with offences linked to the discovery of dozens of bladed weapons following a funeral Mass in Co Tyrone.
  
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• PM says coronavirus ‘top priority’ after critics accuse him of being slow to act

  28-02-2020 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has insisted that tackling the spread of coronavirus is a “top priority” after critics accused him of failing to take a lead on the UK response.
  
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• Concussion substitutes could be trialled at Olympic Games

  28-02-2020 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Concussion substitutes could be trialled at this summer’s Olympic Games, according to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
  
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• Covid-19: Public transport users between Dublin-Belfast ‘need not be concerned’

  28-02-2020 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People who travelled on public transport between Dublin and Belfast should not be concerned about the risk of Covid-19, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has said.
  
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• Covid-19: Public who travelled between Dublin and Belfast on public transport 'need not be concerned' - TheJournal.ie

  28-02-2020 19:06
  
  Covid-19: Public who travelled between Dublin and Belfast on public transport 'need not be concerned'  TheJournal.ie
  
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• Strictly stars Pasha and Aljaz to reunite on stage

  28-02-2020 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing star Aljaz Skorjanec has said he is “really excited” to be reuniting with close friend Pasha Kovalev for a new summer tour.
  
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• England’s Tom Curran takes confidence from displays in South Africa

  28-02-2020 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tom Curran believes his heroics at the death in South Africa will stand him in good stead going forward with England.
  
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