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28 days ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Disgusting problem means building now totally halted in 23 parts of NI – and Stormont is to blame

Buried under roads and behind wire fences, a disgusting problem is building: Northern Ireland’s sewage system is gros...

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30 days ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

£14m expansion for Northern Ireland hotel including glamping pods gets go-ahead

A £14m investment in accommodation including glamping pods at a country estate in Co Antrim has won planning permission.

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about 1 month ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast councillors clash over attendance at south of France property conference

DUP Deputy Mayor calls opposers to conference "Marxists"

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about 2 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Puberty blockers unlikely to be banned in NI — which could be back door for drugs going to Britain

Stormont’s Department of Health has said that puberty blockers for children will remain lawful in Northern Ireland un...

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3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Naomi Long to appeal judgment striking down law that banned people from saying ‘Jimmy Savile was ...

Naomi Long is planning to use public funds to appeal a High Court judgment which overturned a law that criminalised s...

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3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

UUP, SDLP and victims group press Naomi Long to accept sex abuse anonymity law was unlawful

Alliance leader Naomi Long appears to be “defending the indefensible”, an MLA has said, after she defended a law whic...

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3 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Naomi Long is misleading public by denying her law banned us from saying Savile was a paedophile ...

Naomi Long is one of the most capable politicians of her generation, and yet a law which raised few eyebrows as it sa...

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Ten non-political events likely to influence the General Election in Northern Ireland

Elections aren’t just defined by what politicians decide; events seemingly unconnected to who runs the country can in...

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Defiant Naomi Long says she did nothing wrong and refuses to rule out perverse paedophile law appeal

Justice Minister Naomi Long has refused to say if she will spend more public money appealing a law protecting suspect...

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

There are massive questions for Naomi Long over a perverse and absurd law she proposed

What unfolded in Belfast High Court yesterday morning was a devastating exposure of the failure of the Stormont syste...

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4 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Ards North Down Council snubs environmental group after its labelled "political"

Sustainable NI was in line for a £15,000 annual membership fee

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4 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Sinn Féin and Alliance seek more funds for Irish festival and Belfast Gaeltacht bursaries

Council officers say the proposals will need “significant resources”

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4 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Whatever the Westminster election campaign brings, it will disrupt the fledgling Northern Ireland...

Last Wednesday, when Rishi Sunak stood forlornly outside No 10 Downing Street, he was actually channelling a predeces...

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4 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast City Hall looks at spending £2,000 on books for child refugees

"There are many benefits for these children to maintain their native language"

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5 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast Council snubs Glentoran Football Club ending “preferential” use of public pitch

Local communities will have equal access to Blanchflower Playing Fields

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5 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast Council language strategy plan gets thumbs up at City Hall

Alliance Party also called for a new council pilot bursary scheme for under 18’s to attend Gaeltacht courses

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5 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Ards and North Down Council row flares up over plan to fly flag every day

Alliance re-enact 'call-in' mechanism used last year for another attempt to change local flag policy

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5 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

North Belfast Irish street signs put to "back of queue" as row continues

Sunningdale Park North off Ballysillan Road and Ben Madigan Park South at centre of row

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7 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stormont ‘doomed to death by a thousand collapses without reform’, Naomi Long tells Alliance conf...

Alliance leader Naomi Long has warned that Stormont is condemned to “death by a thousand collapses” without major ref...

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7 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast Council says Stormont "acting unlawfully" over anti-poverty strategy

SDLP motion not allowed to go to a full debate at the council

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7 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

New Belfast City Centre hotel at site of old police station approved despite "deep concern" from ...

Council's own conservation advice says the proposal would result in “substantial harm” to the character and appearanc...

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8 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

The 90-year-old advice volunteer helping Belfast households for decades

Margaret Marshall has been volunteering with Advice Space (formerly Citzen's Advice) for nearly 30 years

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8 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast City Hall to look at creating Covid memorial wall

A memorial would aim to help those who grieved in isolation and those with symptoms of Long Covid

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9 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Ards and North Down Council criticised for leaving seal carcasses on beaches

Alderman tells council about four recent incidents where seal carcasses lay at beach in Portavogie for over a week.

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9 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

The Earth's Corr: Blood sports have no place in a supposedly civilised society

Slavery, female subjugation, domestic abuse and putting children to work were also once allowed by law

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9 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast City Hall to look at right-to-grow food areas on Council land

Council officer warns against it becoming a "free-for-all"

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10 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Northern Ireland society is in deep trouble - the people suffering as a result of chaos are rewar...

Last Wednesday morning, my daughter couldn’t go to school because the teachers in Northern Ireland were on strike. Th...

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10 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stormont law which protects suspected paedophiles criticised by abuse charity

The main body which trains UK churches in how to spot and prevent child abuse has expressed dismay at a new Stormont ...

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11 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast council calls for arms embargo to all parties in Israel Palestine conflict

Sinn Féin stops short of calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in Ireland

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11 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Belfast Council denounces DUP blocking Executive in health staff pay motion

Motion condemns the DUP for preventing "local decisions"

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11 months ago
belfastlive.co.uk

BBC Question Time row as Sorcha Eastwood tears into Jeffrey Donaldson with his own words

"You don't get to take your ball and go off the pitch just because it's something you don't like"

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11 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stormont’s draconian new law would have criminalised news reports that exposed Kincora scandal

Days before it fell last year, Stormont passed a law which if it had been in place earlier would have made some of th...

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12 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Tens of thousands are homeless in NI as Stormont’s landlord class grows wealthier

One of the most depressing elements of Northern Ireland’s situation is not that it doesn’t have a government – a prob...

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12 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Poor planning has destroyed much of NI’s countryside – at a massive cost

Disastrous planning has not only destroyed much of Northern Ireland’s countryside with dispersed rural properties but...

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about 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Lough Neagh has become a scene of Biblical disaster, and Stormont was central to its destruction

It’s killing dogs. It’s killing swans. And almost half of Northern Ireland is drinking water drawn from a source lace...

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about 1 year ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Ards North Down former mayor to quit local council

As Mayor Councillor Karen Douglas saw her hometown of Bangor elevated to city status

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Green Party councillor criticises Belfast City Council’s fuel hardship fund for which ‘even MLAs ...

A single MLA would have been eligible for support with fuel costs under Belfast City Council’s fuel poverty hardship ...

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over 1 year ago
belfastlive.co.uk

Carryduff 'dangerous' road concerns raised after teenager knocked down

Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw says she has been requesting to meet with DfI at the site for over a year

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sam McBride: State Papers: Secret meeting - Alliance proposed a watering down of Agreement to get...

The Alliance Party quietly proposed ditching part of the Good Friday Agreement in an attempt to help David Trimble ke...

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