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178 Articles
4 days ago
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Hopes for the hottest day of the year again to be reached today in Northern Ireland - but rain an...

The sun almost broke through the light cloud at the Bruce Springsteen concert in Belfast on Thursday evening, but did...

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4 days ago
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Ben Lowry: My drive across Northern Ireland from Lough Erne to Belfast at dawn, through sunshine ...

​There was non-stop sunshine across Northern Ireland yesterday, but Tuesday morning was fine too.

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4 days ago
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Ben Lowry: Far too much weight is being given to Wallace Thompson's view that Northern Ireland wi...

A DUP founder is in the headlines saying a united Ireland is inevitable. ​Yes, Wallace Thompson’s predictions are aga...

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9 days ago
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Belfast City Marathon 2024: The crowd of runners was so vast that it took 20 minutes to pass

​The marathon left Stormont at 9am yesterday, and I took a video of it all from a vantage point half a mile along the...

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10 days ago
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WATCH: The biggest ever Belfast marathon passing along the main road near Stormont, taking a full...

See from the video attached to this story how long it takes for this morning’s Belfast marathon to pass by – a full 2...

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11 days ago
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Ben Lowry: Reports of masked men at Roselawn are a reminder of how the IRA were allowed to take o...

​There are disturbing reports of men in paramilitary uniform giving a masked send-off at a funeral at Roselawn cremat...

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11 days ago
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Ben Lowry: Amid global threats to free expression, the UK's leaders seem to realise the importanc...

​This week I was at an event in London at which the importance of the media was cited by the prime minister.

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11 days ago
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Analysis: This is a very good time in Northern Ireland to fill up your home heating oil tank

Over the last couple of years, I have written occasional articles asking the question: is this a good time to buy oil?​

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18 days ago
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Ben Lowry: We witnessed sombre and shocking scenes at the Jeffrey Donaldson court hearing

​The sombre appearance of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife Lady Eleanor Donaldson in a sex case in Newry Magistrate...

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25 days ago
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Ben Lowry: Stormont seems unable even to debate a matter such the soaring cost of welfare, let al...

​Only in the last couple of years have I become aware of a term that has been gaining popularity among global thinker...

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25 days ago
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Ben Lowry: A good cuppa tea is so easy to make, yet is so rarely made

​On pages 21 to 23 of the weekend print newspaper to you will read various Northern Ireland people talking about thei...

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about 1 month ago
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Ben Lowry: ​A strange spring day expected of stormy weather, but some sunshine too

​My sister was on a boat yesterday between Holyhead and Dublin and said that the waves were hefty, as Storm Kathleen ...

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