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DUP’s politics and scandals now undermine the Union, Robin Swann tells the Ulster Unionist Party conference

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Prison

Prisoner who died in custody has been named

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Delegates listen to Robin Swann's speech in Armagh on Saturday

Sam McBride: Despite UUP’s tough talk, party should be alarmed at two key failures

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Robert Holmes

Can you help find missing Robert Holmes?

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Dominic Raab: Extended transition is alternative to Brexit backstop

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Ryanair criticised for failing to remove racist passenger from flight

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Part of school closed after 'significant structural issues' discovered

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Man arrested over paramilitary-style shooting

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The aftermath of the IRA bomb in Frizell's fish shop on the Shankill Road

Shankill bomb: Victims demand justice on 25th anniversary

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Naomi Long MP addresses anti-Brexit campaigners at a pro-remain rally at Belfast City Hall. PRESS ASSOCIATION

EU is force for peace in Northern Ireland, rally told

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Politics More Politics >>

DUP’s politics and scandals now undermine the Union, Robin Swann tells the Ulster Unionist Party conference

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Delegates listen to Robin Swann's speech in Armagh on Saturday

Sam McBride: Despite UUP’s tough talk, party should be alarmed at two key failures

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Dominic Raab

Dominic Raab: Extended transition is alternative to Brexit backstop

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Naomi Long MP addresses anti-Brexit campaigners at a pro-remain rally at Belfast City Hall. PRESS ASSOCIATION

EU is force for peace in Northern Ireland, rally told

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Crime More Crime >>

Shankill bomb: Victims demand justice on 25th anniversary

Crime

President Michael Higgins, right, and his wife Sabina at Queen's University in Belfast on his visit in May

Police dispute Irish President’s security claims during Belfast trip

Crime

Despite the assurances of a British government frozen in the headlights of trying to re-establish Stormont, above, most cases capable of reinvestigation will be those where the allegation is that individuals were killed by state agencies

Legacy Scandal: ‘The peace process has destroyed the ability to deliver for victims,’ writes Alan McQuillan

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Garda detective left blind and deaf by 1976 IRA bomb dies

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Farming More Farming >>

Highlights from this year’s Farming Life Awards 2018

Farming

Chief Vet Robert Huey

BSE case in Scotland – no impact on Northern Ireland’s Negligible Risk status

Farming

British beef was banned from being exported to the E.U. for 10 years when mad cow disease gripped the nation back in 1996.

Case of mad cow disease confirmed on UK farm

Farming

Future funding arrangements under microscope

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Education More Education >>

Part of school closed after 'significant structural issues' discovered

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Drumcree College had NI's biggest deficit by the end of March last year ' �1.6m

Northern Ireland schools ‘close to financial tipping point’

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Israeli ambassador to the UK Mark Regev speaking in Belfast earlier this year

Queen’s students oppose talk by Israeli ambassador

Education

Orange Order grand secretary Rev Mervyn Gibson pictured at the Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast

Orange Order defends role in ‘raising educational attainment’

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Business More Business >>

Belfast events as Council moves on Primark blaze

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RHI boiler

RHI boiler owners to have appeal heard in full

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The burnt out remains of the Primark store in Belfast city centre

Primark fire: Council to invest £1.7m in bid to drive footfall in city centre

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The Ashers Baking Company shop in Belfast.

Ashers Baking Company to close Belfast store

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Transport More Transport >>

PSNI at scene of road traffic collision

Transport

The incident is believed to be a road traffic collision.

NI road closed as PSNI deal with 'ongoing incident'

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The power supply is due to be restored by 5:30pm.

Power outage at NI vehicle test centre sees dozens of MOT appointments cancelled

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Air Ambulance Northern Ireland. (File Image)

Air ambulance tasked to scene of NI road traffic collision

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There are reports of sheep running loose on the A1.

Sheep causing havoc on A1

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Environment More Environment >>

RHI boiler owners to have appeal heard in full

Business

Ann Irwin of Arboretum Regeneration Castlewellan; Alwyn Sinnamon, head gardener at Castlewellan; and Dr Sally Montgomery of Castlewellan Futures' Heritage Group at the title-winning tree. Pic by Michael Cooper

Giant redwood is Northern Ireland’s Tree of the Year

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Rev. Ruth Turner of Millbrook Church of the Nazarene, Dr. Jonny Hanson of Jubilee Farm, Rev. Colin McClure of First Larne Presbyterian, Rev. Chris Skillin of Larne Methodist Church get to work.

£300k community farm ‘first’ for Larne

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Best of the Best: The Co Down village of Hillsborough won the overall top honour at this year's Best Kept Awards. Pic by Simon Graham

Village is crowned ‘Best of the Best’

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Folk singer Colum Sands, right, with his son Dara outside the High Court in Belfast.''Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Folk singer Colum Sands loses legal challenge to nursing home plans

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Health More Health >>

Fear that Troubles trauma could be passed on to next generation

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Ambulances were called to the scene

Principal thanks 'heroic response' from bus driver after special needs pupils involved in crash

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Pro-life protestors at a demonstration in Belfast

Abortion: Poll says two-thirds want NI politicians to decide law

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Ambulance had to travel 37 miles to emergency in Larne

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Mairead O'Neill

Tragic top model Mairead O'Neill was ‘confident and fragile in equal measure’

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