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• Terror accused cannot holiday in Spain, judge rules

  22-06-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An application to relax bail conditions imposed on man branded a "dedicated terrorist" which would allow him to holiday in Spain was refused by a senior judge yesterday.
  
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• World Cup hero’s wife shares their story: ‘I fell in love with Pico when he was stacking shelves in Dunnes’

  05-07-2026 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Footballer Lopes’s wife, Leah, tells of romance that blossomed long before Shamrock Rovers and Cape Verde star became a World Cup hero
  
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• Rugby hero dad of Taylor Swift’s NI wedding dress designer opens up on surprise at big news: ‘We’ve become ‘Swifties’ overnight’

  05-07-2026 12:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rugby legend Willie Anderson says family waiting with ‘bated breath’ to see son’s final design
  
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• If Donaldson scandal claims a political scalp, it would be absolutely absurd for it to be Edwin Poots

  05-07-2026 10:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Call for his removal as speaker out of order
  
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• There is a growing terror within the DUP, and it is wholly justified 

  05-07-2026 10:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A further fracturing of the unionist vote will heap yet more pressure on an already dysfunctional Stormont
  
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• Insiders on Donaldson’s night out during taxpayer-funded US trip: Vodka disguised as water before vomiting on a taxi driver

  05-07-2026 09:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Disgraced former DUP chief got ‘blindingly drunk’ during ‘p*ss-up’
  
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• Bobby Sands, the protestant victims campaigner and their cross-community football team torn apart by the Troubles

  05-07-2026 09:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Outbreak of the confict in 1969 saw one community turn on another in Rathcoole, and turned former team-mates into enemies
  
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• Insiders on Donaldson’s night out during taxpayer-funded US trip: Jeffrey’s vodka disguised as water before vomiting on a taxi driver

  05-07-2026 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Disgraced former DUP chief got ‘blindingly drunk’ during ‘p*ss-up’
  
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• Donaldson’s brother said his ‘off-duty side’ during US trips was known to rival politicians

  05-07-2026 08:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In interview years ago, younger brother Kingsley said Jeffrey had an ‘accessible’ reputation away from home
  
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• Ex-worker lifts lid on London spa Donaldson visited: ‘Gay and closeted gay men would meet - nothing was off limits’

  05-07-2026 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  ‘Anything went’, says former employee at Chariots
  
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• Insider on Jeffrey Donaldson’s night out during taxpayer-funded US trip: Vodka disguised as water, sitting on a woman’s knee and vomiting on a taxi driver

  05-07-2026 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Disgraced former DUP chief got ‘blindingly drunk’ during ‘p*ss-up’
  
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• ‘When we meet again, I want to be able to look my son in the eye and say, look, I kept my promise’: Raymond McCord on his relentless fight for justice

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Campaigner admits his all-consuming battle to put his eldest boy’s UVF killers in dock has left him precious little time to grieve
  
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• Vodka disguised as water, sitting on a woman’s knee and vomiting on a taxi driver: Donaldson’s night with delegates on taxpayer-funded 2008 US junket

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Insider reveals disgraced former DUP chief got ‘blindingly drunk’ during ‘p*ss-up’
  
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• ‘People here are so welcoming’: Meet the family who swapped life in England for rural Co Armagh

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Katy and Amir Rafiai relocated during lockdown — now their children are growing up immersed in GAA and community spirit
  
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• James Nesbitt told Ross Kemp ‘stick to f***ing panto’ after TV hardman complained about some of the things he’d seen

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dom Joly tells podcast that Cold Feet star mocked EastEnders actor after he described witnessing disturbing footage
  
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• It was a place where gay and closeted gay men would meet for sex: Ex-worker lifts lid on London spa Donaldson visited

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  ‘Anything went’, says former employee at Chariots
  
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• ‘It gave me a push to believe in myself’: Spirit of NI winner credits award with inspiring new business venture

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coleraine mum now helping disabled people live life to the full after finding new lease of life on basketball court
  
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• Founder of Katie Simpson charity defends appointing ex-PSNI officer facing trial over conduct during 2015 flag protests led by Jamie Bryson

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  James Brannigan says Lesley Stock has been asset to Trust since joining and respected by families
  
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• Edwin Poots’ record on sex offenders is exemplary. He can’t be the DUP fall guy for Donaldson’s dirty secrets

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Call for his removal as speaker out of order
  
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• Donaldson’s ‘off-duty personality’ on US trips was known to rival politicians

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In interview years ago, younger brother Kingsley said Jeffrey had an ‘accessible’ reputation away from home
  
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• Donaldson’s former allies will pay the price at the polls for keeping their mouths shut

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A further fracturing of the unionist vote will heap yet more pressure on an already dysfunctional Stormont
  
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• Bobby Sands, Raymond McCord and the cross-community football team torn apart by the Troubles: ‘No club comes close to Star of the Sea’

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Outbreak of the confict in 1969 saw one community turn on another in Rathcoole, and turned former team-mates into enemies
  
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• ‘Any DUP probe into Donaldson must examine potential abuses of power’: Jim Wells demands investigation

  05-07-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ex-South Down MLA claims disgraced politician looked after those close to him, costing the one-time health minister his job after 28 years of service
  
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• Windscreen wipers squeaking and how to choose the correct replacement blades

  05-07-2026 07:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It is important to know how to find the right size and fitting.
  
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• Azzedine Ounahi nets brace as Morocco knock co-hosts Canada out of World Cup

  04-07-2026 21:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Canada 0 Morocco 3
  
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• ‘The Irish language, culture, trad music... they’re having a massive revival in Belfast’: The Two Johnnies on feeling right at home in the city

  04-07-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Internet sensations on their excitement at headlining Feile show in Falls Park
  
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• ‘I still feel like my life’s in danger’: Woman fears for her life after being followed and sexually harassed by friend’s stepdad

  04-07-2026 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Creepy tormentor convicted in court last month
  
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• Armagh survive slow start to see off Kildare and clinch All-Ireland Semi-Final place

  04-07-2026 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Armagh 3-9 Kildare 1-12
  
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• ‘The plot? It’s the Twelfth told from the eye level of a teen who’s far more frightened of his ma than anything paramilitary’

  04-07-2026 18:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  NI cyber tech leader Andrew McCartney tells Gillian Halliday how his childhood memories shaped his new ‘choose your own adventure’ book
  
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• Ulster-Scots story in US is a positive one that’s told way too quietly in this place

  04-07-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  United States Declaration of Independence was made possible by men from Upperlands, Strabane, Saintfield, Donegal, Lurgan, Aghadowey and other local towns and townlands too numerous to mention
  
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