All news on the topic: Northern Ireland

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Terrifying weather charts show exactly where Storm Betty will blast UK
Storm Betty will hit the UK tonight, and terrifying weather maps suggest it won't be a pleasant evening for the majority of the UK - particularly in the North and South West.
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Dog dumped for being 'too old' - and now needs a home for her final years
Holly the Labrador mix is 150 years old in canine years - but she is still going strong, according to the dog rescue workers who took her in after her owner decided to no longer look after her.
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Man wins £25k after Home Bargains boss said he was 'playing the disability card'
Ryan Walker, 26, started working at the Home Bargains store in Armagh, Northern Ireland, in July 2017. But after a new supervisor joined the company in 2020, he said things started to change
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Abandoned UK juvenile prison with creepy height charts still on wall
Lisnevin Training School Borstal in Millisle, Northern Ireland, opened in 1973 but closed down in 2003 due to allegations of neglect, abuse, and overcrowding
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Rishi Sunak tells DUP to restore Northern Ireland powersharing or risk union
The Prime Minister used a speech to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement to praise political leaders for having courage 'more powerful than a thousand bombs and bullets' to reach the landmark peace deal
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Climbing legend who's scaled Everest 10 times dies descending 16,000ft mountain
A climbing legend who summited Mount Everest an incredible 10 times has died descending another mountain in the Himalayas, as Noel Hanna died on Mount Annapurna on Monday
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Biden's UK visit in security scare as man finds top secret document in street
The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed the security breach had taken place and assured they 'will put the appropriate actions in place'. This comes after pipe bombs were discovered in a cemetery in Derry
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Northern Ireland's 25 years of peace hangs in balance amid fears GFA is failing
The Good Friday Agreement has saved hundreds of lives and given the province a fresh start, but now voices are being raised that it is failing the very people it is designed to protect
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Key players reflect on 25 years since 'emotional' Good Friday Agreement
The Good Friday Agreement was hailed as a landmark moment for securing peace in Northern Ireland. It remains under stress to this day, but some of the key players who were there at the time say it brought a lasting peace
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Northern Ireland violence fears grow on anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
Veterans who served during the Troubles told how they fear a return to terrorism, and police warned of new dissident threats over the Easter period
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Tony Blair glad social media didn't exist when Good Friday Agreement was signed
The former Labour Prime Minister spoke to MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee this morning ahead of next month’s 25th anniversary of the historic agreement, which ended most of the violence of the Troubles
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Omagh bombing families say town thrust back into 'dark ages' after shooting
One of the family members of a man killed in the Omagh bombing has said the recent shooting of DCI John Caldwell has thrust the town in Northern Ireland 'back into the dark ages.' Michael Gallagher, who knows Caldwell, condemned the attack
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Sunak and EU boss hold press conference on Brexit deal - all you need to know
Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen reveal the contents of their agreement after striking at deal at Windsor over the Northern Ireland Protocol
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'Brexit is being used to destroy peace in Northern Ireland'
Peace in Northern Ireland was welcomed by everybody but the Tories and the DUP, says Fleet Street Fox. They're happy to use their failed Brexit as a way to destroy it
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Gunman who shot cop aimed at victim's terrified son in attack linked to New IRA
The youngster was standing beside his dad, Det Chief Insp John Caldwell, who was putting footballs in his car boot when the would-be assassins approached and opened fire outside a sports complex in Omagh
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Fear on streets after N. Ireland terror outrage sees cop shot in front of son
Det Chief Insp John Caldwell was putting footballs into his car boot after taking a training session for an under-15 team in Omagh, Northern Ireland yesterday, when two masked men opened fire
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Off-duty police officer shot 'multiple times' while coaching youth football team
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have condemned an attack on a serving police officer who was shot multiple times in Omagh, Northern Ireland
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Is Boris Johnson right to intervene in Rishi Sunak's Brexit talks? Take our poll
Former PM says it would be a 'great mistake' to surrender legislation which allows the UK to scrap elements of the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by itself
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Explosive device 'recklessly left' near playing children leads to arrest of 4
Four people have been arrested and remain in custody after a 'viable' explosive device was left near children playing football in Derry, Northern Ireland. The device was taken away for further examination
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Boris Johnson 'a bloody nuisance' over deal to settle Brexit Protocol row
The former Prime Minister has been accused of stirring up trouble with the Democratic Unionist Party and Tory backbenchers as claims mount over a pact with Brussels to end the stalemate