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Tune in this #StPatricksDay for a special episode of the Reuters World News podcast to hear what young musicians have to say about the future of Northern Ireland The unity debate in Northern Ireland | Reuters
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Petition to make St George's Day a bank holiday signed by more then 75,000 Britons
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Petition to make St George's Day a bank holiday signed by more then 75 ...
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Rwanda bill ‘driving fearful migrants to cross into Ireland’: Irish minister denounces ‘knee-jerk’ policy and Macron warns of new colonialism
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Rwanda bill ‘driving fearful migrants to cross into Ireland’
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Scotland cerebral palsy football team wins World Championships: Captain Matthew Wynne scored twice as Northern Ireland were defeated in the final.
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Scotland cerebral palsy football team wins World Championships
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Doctors call for smacking to be banned in England and Northern Ireland: Bans have already been introduced in Scotland and Wales in recent years.
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Doctors call for smacking to be banned in England and Northern Ireland
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Over 80% of asylum seekers have come across the border from the North: Justice minister to discuss 'relatively recent phenomenon' with British home secretary
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Over 80% of asylum seekers have come across the border from the North
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Jeffrey Donaldson, Ex-DUP Leader, Accused of Sex Assault Spanning 20 Years: Jeffrey Donaldson, one of Northern Ireland’s most important political figures ...
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Jeffrey Donaldson, Ex-DUP Leader, Accused of Sex Assault Spanning 20 Years
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UK weather: When is it going to get warmer?: With the week ahead looking chilly for all of us, when can we expect a turn to something more spring-like?
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UK weather: When is it going to get warmer?
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Rwanda Bill is causing migrants to pour into Ireland, says foreign minister: ‘I believe the Rwanda effect is impacting on Ireland and that didn't happen today or ...
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Rwanda Bill is causing migrants to pour into Ireland, says foreign ...
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Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it?
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Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern ...
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‘Average speed’ traffic cameras to be set up on N2, N3 and N5 by autumn: Average speed cameras record vehicles at two distinct points a set distance apart
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‘Average speed’ traffic cameras to be set up on N2, N3 and N5 by autumn
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Ireland can’t blame the Rwanda plan for its immigration woes: ‘When in doubt, blame Britain’ has, since Brexit, become something of an iron law of Irish politics ...
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Ireland can’t blame the Rwanda plan for its immigration woes
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Dublin-Belfast train to take less than two hours and run hourly after multimillion investment
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Dublin-Belfast train to take less than two hours and run hourly after ...
Quick Glance: Airplane Observes Solar Eclipse in Bloomington
  • An airplane flies near the total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana.

  • People watch the partial solar eclipse on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City.

  • Sophia Moccia, 4, from Queens views the eclipse with a homemade mask in New York City.

  • A solar eclipse is visible in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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UK’s newest astronaut Rosemary Coogan graduates from space training: Rosemary Coogan becomes the country’s third astronaut following Helen Sharman, and Tim Peake ...
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UK’s newest astronaut Rosemary Coogan graduates from space training
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Beating children - paediatricians call for a ban in England and Northern Ireland: In Wales and Scotland, hitting children is now banned. Doctors are now calling ...
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Beating children - paediatricians call for a ban in England and Northern ...
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Huge chunk of UK to be hit by winds up to 55mph for 15 hours: The Met Office said Monday will be the wettest day of the week.
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Huge chunk of UK to be hit by winds up to 55mph for 15 hours
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Ukrainian Surgeons Perform Successful Brain Surgery on 4-year-old Northern Irish Child
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Ukrainian Surgeons Perform Successful Brain Surgery on 4-year-old Northern ...
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Blue Lights branded Line of Duty's 'natural successor' as new series begins: 'Blue Lights is back - best crime drama on TV at the moment'
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Blue Lights branded Line of Duty's 'natural successor' as new series ...
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Are taxes going up or down?: The government talks about taxes coming down but other talk about them going up. Who is right?
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Are taxes going up or down?
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Potential extension of Wild Atlantic Way into Northern Ireland being considered: News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
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Potential extension of Wild Atlantic Way into Northern Ireland being ...
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Parents, children march in Belfast over childcare costs: More than 1,000 parents and children have demonstrated in Belfast over rising childcare costs.
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Parents, children march in Belfast over childcare costs
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Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers: Exclusive: 80% of Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of English ones, 60% in Scotland and ...
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Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest-ever leader: Simon Harris has become the youngest-ever prime minister of Ireland, officially taking office in Dublin on ...
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest-ever leader
Quick Glance: Simon Harris Becomes Ireland's Youngest Prime Minister
  • Simon Harris has been officially sworn in as Ireland's youngest prime minister, succeeding Leo Varadkar who abruptly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, took the helm of the ruling Fine Gael party but faces challenges as the party trails behind Sinn Fein in polls.

  • A rapid riser in Ireland's political hierarchy, Harris has made a name for himself as Health Minister and most recently as Minister for Higher Education and Science. His political identity as a young politician has been marked by both supporters and critics, particularly standing out with younger voters and on social media platforms like TikTok.

  • Varadkar's government grappled with challenges such as housing crisis and increasing immigration numbers. Harris inherits a tough political landscape, especially with upcoming elections until March 2025. The political landscape in Ireland has shifted, with Sinn Fein emerging as a rising political force, leading to a shift in the traditional party landscape.

  • While Harris sees the idea of a potential reunification of Ireland as a legitimate aspiration, his focus remains on current challenges like housing crisis, rising cost of living, and immigration. Despite political changes and discussions about potential reunification, Ireland's future remains uncertain and complex.
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People aged 43 to 70 urged to do simple check that could turn £800 into £5,500: Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.com team have shared a tip on how people ...
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People aged 43 to 70 urged to do simple check that could turn £800 into £5 ...
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‘The tea was put on, and Dad didn’t come home’: Murder of a GAA Chairman: Television: Documentary conveys nightmare left in the wake of the murder of Bellaghy ...
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‘The tea was put on, and Dad didn’t come home’: Murder of a GAA Chairman
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Dozens of firefighters dealing with incident in Belfast: Around 40 firefighters are currently at the scene of an incident in Belfast.
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Dozens of firefighters dealing with incident in Belfast
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Water company has no idea how much sewage is being dumped into UK’s largest lake: Northern Ireland Water has admitted that a 'legacy of underfunding' ...
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Water company has no idea how much sewage is being dumped into UK’s ...
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Whisky distillery opens in former Belfast prison: A whisky distillery has been officially opened in the wing of a former Belfast prison ...
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Whisky distillery opens in former Belfast prison
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Portadown: Inquiry into claims on-call firefighters took engine to pub: An investigation hears claims alcohol was stored in a fridge at Portadown fire station.
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Portadown: Inquiry into claims on-call firefighters took engine to pub
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Hill leaving position as FAI chief executive: Jonathan Hill, the chief executive officer of the Football Association of Ireland, will leave his post at the end ...
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Hill leaving position as FAI chief executive
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Things to do before you die. Here’s the list.: I don’t know the origin of the phrase “bucket list,” but I’m going to guess that it is a veiled reference to death ...
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Things to do before you die. Here’s the list.
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Elizabeth Day: It took leaving and returning for me to become a Derry girl: As a child, I feared not monsters under my bed but men in balaclavas ...
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Elizabeth Day: It took leaving and returning for me to become a Derry girl
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O'Neill calls on Harris to engage in united Ireland talks: Northern Ireland First Minister and Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill has said Fine ...
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O'Neill calls on Harris to engage in united Ireland talks
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Investment to cut travel time on Dublin to Belfast line: Dublin to Belfast journey times on the Enterprise train service are set to be reduced to under two hours ...
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Investment to cut travel time on Dublin to Belfast line
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£5,000 State Pension back pay due before end of next year for older women: An estimated 210,000 older people may have been affected by shortfalls on their ...
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£5,000 State Pension back pay due before end of next year for older women
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Casement Park project could face further delay after waste material discovered on site
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Casement Park project could face further delay after waste material ...
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Touring 'Game of Thrones' studio years after finale for $30, worth it: Five years after the series finale, I'm still thinking about "Game of Thrones ...
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Touring 'Game of Thrones' studio years after finale for $30, worth it
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Inside Politics Live Event in Belfast: Join the team for a special live event on April 10th in the MAC, Belfast, when we’ll be discussing the impact of 'The ...
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Inside Politics Live Event in Belfast
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Aer Lingus flight makes sudden diversion to Manchester after mid-air 'emergency': The flight from Belfast City had to divert and land in Manchester on Wednesday ...
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Aer Lingus flight makes sudden diversion to Manchester after mid-air ...
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Former Wolves graduate Sammy Clingan now climbing another type of ladder: Courage can show itself in many different forms.
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Former Wolves graduate Sammy Clingan now climbing another type of ladder
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Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland: New appointees with Datalex, Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland, Esri Ireland, Repak ...
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Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland
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All the parts of UK set for mini-heatwave next week: Weather maps show temperatures could peak on May 3 at highs of 14C in northern Scotland - up 4C from this ...
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All the parts of UK set for mini-heatwave next week
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Misconduct investigation into Devon police Chief Constable ‘suspended’: Investigations into the conduct of Devon and Cornwall’s chief constable have ground to a ...
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Misconduct investigation into Devon police Chief Constable ‘suspended’
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Far right attacks on gardaí 'are a threat to the State' — Micheál Martin
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Far right attacks on gardaí 'are a threat to the State' — ...
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Bill to make it easier for Irish people to get British citizenship progresses: The legislation would allow Irish people to acquire British citizenship by ...
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Bill to make it easier for Irish people to get British citizenship ...
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'Icelandic storm' set to hit northern England next week: The northwest of England could see snowfall next week
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'Icelandic storm' set to hit northern England next week
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Blue Lights episode 2: Seamus O’Hara on a deadly fightback in Belfast: The second episode of the BBC's Blue Lights increases the tension as a violent power ...
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Blue Lights episode 2: Seamus O’Hara on a deadly fightback in Belfast
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UK government considers apology to families of alleged informers killed by IRA: British security forces allowed murders to be carried out with impunity to ...
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UK government considers apology to families of alleged informers killed by ...
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When is Ireland not in Ireland? Airbnb gives reader runaround over voucher: A gift to a friend North of the border exposes serious problems with using Airbnb
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When is Ireland not in Ireland? Airbnb gives reader runaround over voucher
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Delight as calling corncrakes return to seasonal home in Scotland: The distinctive 'crex crex' call of the Corncrake has been heard once again last week in the ...
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Delight as calling corncrakes return to seasonal home in Scotland
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Bandit Country author says IRA was ‘very clever’ using ‘machinery of the British state against the British state’
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Bandit Country author says IRA was ‘very clever’ using ‘machinery of the ...
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In conversation with the six finalists for 2024’s Rising Star award: This year’s Media Awards take place in the RDS on Thursday, April 25th ...
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In conversation with the six finalists for 2024’s Rising Star award
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Donald Clarke: There’s nothing the Irish enjoy more than exaggerating their differences
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Donald Clarke: There’s nothing the Irish enjoy more than exaggerating ...
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‘Northern Ireland is broken’: how a ‘toxic’ culture and better pay is enticing North’s doctors across the Border
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‘Northern Ireland is broken’: how a ‘toxic’ culture and better pay is ...
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Met Office warning for strong winds in northern Lincolnshire: A yellow-level alert has been issued with gusts of up to 50mph expected along with a much cooler ...
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Met Office warning for strong winds in northern Lincolnshire
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Picture of stunning northern lights over Blackburn: The Met Office say the lights might be visible in skies across Lancashire again tonight (April 20).
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Picture of stunning northern lights over Blackburn
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A magnificent set of dentures still leaves little to smile about: John Patrick Higgins is unhappy about the state of his mouth. His teeth resemble ‘broken ...
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A magnificent set of dentures still leaves little to smile about
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Smacking children should be banned in England, say doctors: Smacking children must now be made illegal in England say a leading group of children’s doctors ...
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Smacking children should be banned in England, say doctors
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Met Office says 'lovely' 18C sunshine is finally on the way: The latest UK weather forecast is looking much more promising, although there will be a regional ...
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Met Office says 'lovely' 18C sunshine is finally on the way
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Northern Lights: 'Enhanced chance' of seeing spectacle: The Northern Lights may be visible across parts of the country tonight.
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Northern Lights: 'Enhanced chance' of seeing spectacle
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UK Bank Holiday dates and how many there are left in 2024: Brits have two bank holidays to enjoy in May 2024 but when are they?
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UK Bank Holiday dates and how many there are left in 2024
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Recognise a generous tradesperson with the Local Hero Awards: Has a tradesperson near you been selfless to help their community?
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Recognise a generous tradesperson with the Local Hero Awards
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Inside Northern Ireland’s satanic panic: Are you ready for a “story of goat theft and devil worship, thrash metal and murder, bogeymen, blarney ...
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Inside Northern Ireland’s satanic panic
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Newson Emerson: Simon Harris was right. Many Southerners do know London or Paris better than Belfast
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Newson Emerson: Simon Harris was right. Many Southerners do know London or ...
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Pleasure Boys tee up two more Irish hotel shows after Devenish controversy: The controversial UK Pleasure Boys have released a video stating that “you don’t want ...
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Pleasure Boys tee up two more Irish hotel shows after Devenish controversy
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Stunning images of Northern Lights taken in Northumberland: The aurora borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights, lit up the sky just before midnight ...
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Stunning images of Northern Lights taken in Northumberland