Mark Rainey Reporter
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507 Articles
11 months ago
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'DUP proved other parties wrong on protocol, but more time is needed to finish the job': Sir Jeff...

​DUP opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol proved other parties wrong, but the job of making Stormont workable ...

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Don't let police budget cuts impact disproportionally on rank and file: Trevor Clarke

​The chief constable has been urged not to authorise cost-cutting measures that disproportionately impact on rank and...

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Public consultation on potential changes to over-60s SmartPass scheme

A number of cost-saving measures are being considered by a Stormont department in an effort to reduce the cost of the...

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War widow's one-off pension payment could face legal challenge: SEFF

​The government’s one-off compensatory payment for those who lost their war widow’s pension when they remarried could...

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Police name latest road victim as Robert Lavery (74) from Belfast area

Police have named the 74-year-old man killed in a Co Antrim road collision on Wednesday as Robert Laverty from Belfast.

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Police name latest road victim as Robert Laverty (74) from Belfast area

Police have named the 74-year-old man killed in a Co Antrim road collision on Wednesday as Robert Laverty from Belfast.

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Boy aged 12 injured in sectarian attack condemned by police in Londonderry as a 'nasty assault'

​Police have described an attack on a 12-year-old boy in Londonderry as a “nasty assault,” and said the incident is b...

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12 months ago
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Strategy urgently needed to fix maternity services crisis in Northern Ireland: RCM

​Northern Ireland urgently needs a strategy to fix a growing crisis in maternity services, the Royal College of Midwi...

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Hospitality crisis in NI as overheads rise by more than 80% in one year

Hospitality providers in Northern Ireland have called for more support as high energy and other spiralling costs forc...

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Warm and sunny bank holiday weather set to continue all week in NI

​It was a glorious bank holiday weekend across most of the UK and Northern Ireland didn’t miss out.

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Troubles legacy legislation will be more 'robustly compliant' with international law: NIO

​Amendments to Troubles legacy legislation will make the proposed new system more “robustly compliant” with internati...

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'First hints of summer' as annual charity raft race takes place in Portrush

​You know summer is on the way when the colourful crews descend on Portrush for the annual raft race, and the Met Off...

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