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• How the Drumcree row could be headed back to High Court as stand-off continues

  28-09-2026 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Residents to argue any parade now would be illegal under the law as window for its completion has shut
  
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• Bitter exchanges in Assembly as O’Neill again fails to show to answer Drumcree question

  29-09-2026 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Speaker Edwin Poots explained that the First Minister informed his office of ‘another urgent engagement’ and that she gave a commitment to attend next week
  
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• Portadown Orange Lodge makes formal complaint to PSNI Chief Constable about Sinn Fein leaders

  29-09-2026 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• We’re playing South Africa’s game now and it’s up to Irish teams to adapt or fall off the pace

  29-09-2026 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A year out from the World Cup, the game is now tipped more in favour of the most powerful teams
  
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• Killer brothers linked to attacks on home of drug lord’s sons had charges mysteriously dropped

  29-09-2026 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Peter Jr and Johnny Neill, who both have convictions for dealing drugs, were targeted in the attacks
  
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• Chris Bryant returning for further talks as Drumcree stalemate continues: ‘Nobody wants Northern Ireland to return to the 1990s’

  29-09-2026 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• NI Secretary returning for further talks as Drumcree stalemate continues

  29-09-2026 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• ‘I got to speak to Taylor Swift, and Madonna and Paris Hilton were sitting right by me’: Irish actor Craig Hogan on his star-studded night at the VMAs

  29-09-2026 09:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) took place on Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles – and the 20-year-old Irish choreographer was right there
  
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• EncroChat kingpin plotting drug empire comeback from behind bars

  29-09-2026 08:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Magilligan source says Mark Dunford ‘ran the prison’ in drug-fuelled reign
  
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• Protest leader addresses crowd on possibility of outside mediator as Orangemen maintain presence at Drumcree

  29-09-2026 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Accepting help is a strength: ‘Humans would not have survived as a species without relying on each other’

  29-09-2026 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  For anyone struggling in isolation, here are a few things I’ve learned over the years that I hope will encourage you to let others love you until you can love yourself
  
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• Stay Well: I’m trying to stop being a people pleaser and came across the term ‘fawning’. What is it and how do I know if I am doing it?

  29-09-2026 07:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Our core responses to threats are fight, flight, freeze, or the lesser-known reaction, fawn — but what exactly does fawning involve, and can it become a problem?
  
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• Sales climb at Northern Ireland parent company of soft drink Shloer

  29-09-2026 07:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Increase follows previous year’s decline due to supply chain issues
  
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• Clergy left carrying the grief of suicide long after funeral, says former Bishop of Derry

  29-09-2026 07:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Charity PIPS reveals rising demand for support as men account for almost eight in 10 suicide deaths
  
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• Council confirms planning probe into racist mural after complaint from member of the public

  29-09-2026 07:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  PSNI cautioned two men over ‘offensive’ banner that appeared in May
  
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• After epic win in Tbilisi, weary Northern Ireland dig deep to extend strong home record and secure a valuable point against Hungary in the Nations League

  28-09-2026 23:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Northern Ireland 0 Hungary 0
  
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• All square at Windsor Park as Northern Ireland and Hungary play out hard-fought goalless draw in Nations League clash

  28-09-2026 23:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Northern Ireland 0 Hungary 0
  
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• Honours even at Windsor Park as Northern Ireland and Hungary play out hard-fought goalless draw in Nations League clash

  28-09-2026 22:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Northern Ireland 0 Hungary 0
  
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• As the First Minister behaves like a medieval monarch, flouting courts she’s bound to respect, Stormont is lurching towards collapse

  28-09-2026 21:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  O’Neill’s view of her power akin to that of Richard Nixon, and has profoundly disturbing implications in other areas
  
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• ‘I’m lucky to do something that I love’: Dave Elliott on why being a comic is a joy... just don’t ask him about gratitudes

  28-09-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Funnyman bringing his new show to Belfast next month
  
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• It can’t be ‘business as usual’ for Stormont after weekend’s events, says Robinson

  28-09-2026 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  O’Neill defiant over Garvaghy Road protest despite DUP leader’s call for action against those who broke law in Portadown
  
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• Drumcree: Nationalist and unionist camps completely divided over Garvaghy march

  28-09-2026 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  There is a stalemate in Portadown and deep division in Stormont.On the Orange side, the issue is the rights of a small number of people to march their traditional route – backed by a legal ruling. On the Garvaghy Road, a community feels that march is sectarian harassment - and a relic of another age. This is a local issue, but one which deep historical resonances, and one which many fear has brought Northern Ireland to the political brink.Unionists accuse nationalists of not acce
  
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• Drumcree row headed back to High Court as stand-off continues

  28-09-2026 15:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Residents to argue any parade now would be illegal under the law as window for its completion has shut
  
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• ‘The days of unionist domination are over’: Michelle O’Neill speaks in the Assembly following calls for her resignation over Drumcree protest

  28-09-2026 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Protest leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on dispute
  
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• ‘We witnessed the total abdication of leadership by Michelle O’Neill’: Emma Little-Pengelly hits out at First Minister over Drumcree

  28-09-2026 14:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Protest leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on dispute
  
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• Meet ‘banshee’ council tenant who harassed OAP neighbour in five-year reign of terror

  28-09-2026 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Michael King embarked on a five-year campaign against elderly resident
  
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• ‘No parade, no Stormont’: TUV calls for Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill to resign as First Minister over Drumcree protest

  28-09-2026 12:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Protest leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on dispute
  
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• State abandoned murdered journalist Martin O’Hagan as his killers roam free

  28-09-2026 12:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Journalists still living under death threats after Martin O’Hagan murder
  
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• TUV refer Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill to Assembly Commissioner for Standards for actions at Drumcree protest

  28-09-2026 12:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Protest leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on dispute
  
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• Drumcree Orangemen call for Chief Constable to resign as Bryson claims ‘legal right to parade remains’

  28-09-2026 11:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Protest leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on dispute
  
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