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Baby dies after MRSA outbreak at NI hospital

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The four men were arrested on Tuesday.

PSNI swoop to arrest four NI men under Terrorism Act

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Sinn Fein MLA and Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir speaks to the media after meeting DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton for a 'Clear the Air' meeting last year over the controversial RHI Renewable Heating initiative.'Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

RHI: Máirtín Ó Muilleoir asked consent from highly secretive senior republican

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WATCH: Church service remembers victims of Shankill bomb 25 years on

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Secretary of State urged to intervene to ensure implementation of suicide prevention strategy

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Fire crews tackle blaze at city centre restaurant

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Bid to liberalise Northern Ireland’s abortion law ‘unlikely’ to succeed

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Pupils from schools in the Shankill area played a leading role in the bomb anniversary commemorations

Dignified Shankill bomb commemoration with focus on brighter future

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Simon Hamilton said he was 'aghast' at how Moy Park acted

RHI Inquiry: DUP minister turned down Moy Park’s ‘inappropriate’ free turkey

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Dungannon Swifts' Johnny Lafferty. Pic by Pacemaker.

KRIS LINDSAY: Dungannon Swifts boss pleased with ‘professional’ Mid-Ulster cup win over Banbridge Rangers

Football

Andy Waterworth scores during Tuesday evening's game at Windsor park in Belfast.'Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

Andy Waterworth the hero for Linfield as the edge out Glentoran

Football

Philip Lowry finds the net in Crusaders' Toals County Antrim Shield quarter-final win over Cliftonville. Pic by INPHO.

CRUSADERS: Jamie Glackin the hero over Cliftonville in County Antrim Shield thriller

Football

Cathair Friel marked his 100th appearance for Ballymena United with a goal. Picture by Dessie Loughery/Pacemaker Press

Cathair Friel fires Ballymena United into semi finals

Football

Larne into last four of County Antrim Shield

Football

Ulster seek domestic form as Guinness PRO14 resumes with Dragons visit

Rugby

NORTH WEST CUP: Eoin Bradley brace sends Coleraine through to semi finals

Football

RORY McILROY: Golf stars swap their clubs for badminton racquets in Ryder Cup rematch!

Golf

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A fan takes a selfie with Westlife's Shane Filan and Kian Egan outside the Belfast SSE Arena, ahead of the press conference for tickets going on sale for their reunion tour. Pic by Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Westlife thank ‘spectacular’ Belfast fans

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The Blackout team during a visit to Fort Hill Integrated College in Lisburn,

New play aims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour

Theatre and Comedy

Free tickets available for world’s largest youth film festival

TV and Film

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The front page of the second surviving News Letter, dated October 6 1738 (which is October 17 in the modern calendar). The papers was founded a year earlier, in September 1737 but all of the editions from the first 13 months are lost

Reported in the News Letter this week 280 years ago

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