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Councillor quits over IRA links
A council education chief quit today after admitting she worked with the IRA
in the 1970s.
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Revealed: how Ulster floods disaster happened
The Roads Service is to set up an early warning system to avoid future
flooding on the scale of the summer deluge in August.
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Lough Neagh body found
The body of a man who fell overboard from a cabin cruiser on Lough Neagh was
found today.
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Nolan apology over sex slaves gaffe
BBC presenter Stephen Nolan issued a live on-air apology yesterday after
asking whether the victims of human sex trafficking enjoyed their work.
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Teenagers trash £1m home in minutes
A mother told today how her daughter's 16th birthday party descended into an "absolute
horror show" when around 300 people gatecrashed her luxury £1million
home after it was advertised on Facebook.
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One in four opt for 'Northern Irish' label
Growing numbers of people in Northern Ireland are electing to describe
themselves as ‘equally Irish and British’, according to a survey published
today.
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Nelson 'passed information to IRA terrorists'
The inquiry into the murder of Rosemary Nelson has heard allegations she
passed information to IRA members.
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Petrol price falls to 88.9p
Petrol and diesel have hit their lowest prices for more than a year and a half
as the supermarket fuel price war continued to hot up today.
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£180m plan to tempt John Lewis to new site
A multi-million pound plan to create 1,000 new jobs and to lure the John
Lewis Partnership away from setting up at Sprucefield was unveiled today.
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New CCTV footage of Mumbai attackers
Indian television has broadcast CCTV footage of Mumbai attacker, Ajmal Amir
Kasab - the only gunman to be caught alive, before he enters a train station
and sprays bullets into a crowded terminal.
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I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back
Photographer reveals how the astonishing picture that dominated the world's
front pages came to be taken.
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Minister promises free parking at hospitals
A review of car parking schemes at hospitals across Northern Ireland should ensure more patients can avoid charges, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey pledged today.
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- 18:22 SIPTU members vote to accept Aer Lingus cost-cutting plan
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- 17:07 November another bad month for taxes, Taoiseach tells Dail
- 17:05 Exchequer figures show public finances in the red by €7.9 billion
- 18:26 Customs seize €150,000 worth of cocaine at Shannon
- 18:22 SIPTU members vote to accept Aer Lingus cost-cutting plan
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