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Brexit: Government forced to accept Budget changes amid DUP tensions

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Mairia Cahill outside Buswells Hotel in Dublin after her meeting with Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald.

Mairia Cahill condemns meeting with Sinn Fein leader over abuse claims

Crime

Sir John Gillen's preliminary report makes more than 200 draft recommendations

Gillen review: Public should be barred from serious sex trials

Crime

Sir John Gillen's preliminary findings make more than 200 recommendations

Gillen review: Trials open to public ‘must be default position’

Crime

Libya-IRA compensation: Frozen assets valued at £12bn

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Cannabis factory accused found guilty at jury trial

Crime

Charity praises bookmaker for cutting fixed-odds terminal stake in NI

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Man who had cyber sex affair with teenager jailed

Crime

Westminster

DUP abstain on crucial government bill

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A wintry sky

WEATHER: Biting winds and snow showers to batter parts of Northern Ireland

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Politics More Politics >>

Brexit: Government forced to accept Budget changes amid DUP tensions

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Libyan Semtex was used by the IRA in its bombing of Warrington in 1993

Libya-IRA compensation: Frozen assets valued at £12bn

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Westminster

DUP abstain on crucial government bill

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Brian Kingston said he was disappointed that an issue had been made about the posters

Belfast council review decision to remove Britain’s Got Talent posters

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Crime More Crime >>

Mairia Cahill condemns meeting with Sinn Fein leader over abuse claims

Crime

Sir John Gillen's preliminary report makes more than 200 draft recommendations

Gillen review: Public should be barred from serious sex trials

Crime

Sir John Gillen's preliminary findings make more than 200 recommendations

Gillen review: Trials open to public ‘must be default position’

Crime

Laganside Courts, Chichester Street, Belfast. Picture: Diane Magill

Cannabis factory accused found guilty at jury trial

Crime

Farming More Farming >>

UFU gives cautious welcome to Brexit agreement

Farming

Brian Irwin

Brexit: Draft withdrawal agreement is best option - NIFDA

Farming

The scene of the fire outside Toomebridge.Pic Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia

Man dies in fire at Co Antrim farmhouse

Farming

Fermanagh farmer is first to be convicted for BVD-related offences

Farming

Education More Education >>

Student president resigns after vow to paint over war memorial

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A number of MLAs have called for urgent action to address a funding crisis in Northern Ireland schools

NI schools fighting financial crisis with ‘hands tied behind backs’

Education

Strangford Integrated College. Image from Google StreetView

Integrated school to use academic selection for a third of pupils

Education

Local parents call for integrated education

Education

Business More Business >>

£15m project unveiled at Belfast City Airport

Business

QUB teaching and learning generates more than �400m in tax income and �400m in earnings for graduates

Queen’s University ‘worth £1.9 billion to UK economy’

Business

Mr Carney said the risk of a no-deal remained 'uncomfortably high'

Carney backs May’s Brexit plan, but warns over no-deal

Business

Passengers face a lengthy wait to get through security at Belfast International Airport. Pic courtesy of Michael McHugh

Security firm to recruit 50 new staff in bid to tackle delays at airport

Business

Transport More Transport >>

Traffic: Belfast lane closure causing knock-on delays

Transport

The A5 road between Londonderry and Aughnacloy.

Future of A5 Londonderry to Aughnacloy cast into doubt after High Court decision

Transport

The crash occurred on the M1.

M1 collision causing major delays

Transport

The Cookstown Road is closed in both directions.

Road traffic collision closes busy NI road

Transport

Stopped in traffic

Traffic and travel: Belfast motorists asked to avoid unusually heavy traffic' on city route

Transport

Environment More Environment >>

Brexit: Four UK farm unions back ‘clarity’ of Brexit deal

Environment

An investigation of the anaerobic digester subsidy scheme could take place following concerns of abuse

Concerns over green energy scheme in Northern Ireland

Environment

The report said badger culling had 'a real but modest effect' on bTB

Farmers challenged to do more to halt spread of bovine TB

Environment

Raw sewage at Craigavon City Park

Raw sewage bubbles up into City Park

Environment

Research has found Protestant farmers are more likely to be in the dairy sector than their Catholic neighbours

More Protestants farming than Catholics, research finds

Farming

Health More Health >>

Hospital chaplain who suffered cardiac arrest thanks colleagues for saving his life

Health

Players from the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland football squads came together today to visit Ireland's largest paediatric hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Dublin, to support children with cancer and to highlight the work of medical and caring staff who help to fight the disease.'Northern Ireland's Steven Davis and Jonny Evans with Republic of Ireland's Shane Duffy and David Meyler visited 2 year old Ellen Meehan at Ireland's largest paediatric hospital, Our Lady's Children's�Hospital�Crumlin, to encourage young people who have cancer and to highlight the work of medical and caring staff who help to fight the disease.

Players from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland in joint Dublin hospital visit

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Councillor Julie Flaherty

Stopping NI baby post-mortems ‘cruel and inhumane’

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Baby feet

NI child autopsies to be moved to Liverpool

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Briton dies after being bitten by rabid cat

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