Allan Preston
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Journalist in Belfast with the Irish News. [email protected]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined November 2009
The first images have been released of a planned statue of Thin Lizzy guitar legend Gary Moore, which is set to be installed in his native Belfast. A full-size clay model of the statue has been completed by sculptor David A Annand, and has received the stamp of approval from the
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Referrals for vulnerable or ‘at risk’ adults nearly double in five years. @irish_news @COPNI
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Department of Health says cases like “Dunmurry Care Home and Muckamore Abbey Hospital has led to increased reporting of concerns”
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Irish funded mobile maternity units stuck in warehouse as Gaza women give birth in ‘horrendous conditions’ https://t.co/BSg0m3RURN
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Two specially converted buses sit waiting in a Cairo warehouse
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‘What are we doing wrong? We are workers, I pay tax’ - African man on arson attack on his Belfast home. @irish_news
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Police said a business premises on the Ormeau Road was targeted overnight.
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Cancer patient left lying on hospital floor for 50 hours describes ‘turmoil’ at emergency department https://t.co/TZU0dWaEd8
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“The experience has been a real eye opener to the reality of the situation facing the health service”
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Ormeau Road overturned car incident sees vehicle end up on its side outside busy shop https://t.co/j94e5e03Ni
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No serious injuries reported after witnesses say jeep collided with parked car on Monday afternoon
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Health Minister won’t ‘allow’ Northern Ireland GPs to leave the NHS
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After Northern Ireland GPs agreed to develop a plan for ‘a future working outside the NHS,’ the UUP said the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt would never permit it.
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Cost of public inquiry into cervical screening debacle no excuse ‘to avoid proper investigation’
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A lawyer representing thousands of women affected by the Southern Trust cervical screening scandal said it was wrong to assume the cost of an inquiry would get out of control.
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Health officials deny cervical screening reports were ‘damage limitation’
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Calling the scandal ‘unacceptable,’ officials promised that cervical screening services had improved.
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Northern Ireland GPs to debate leaving the NHS & if they still have confidence in the health minister. @irish_news
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At a conference in Belfast this weekend, GPs will be asked if they support leaving the NHS and if they still have confidence in the health minister.
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Tributes to former Irish News picture editor Brendan Murphy
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Tributes to former Irish News picture editor, Brendan Murphy
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Co Down soccer club removes staff member following game which saw claims of sectarian abuse
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Drumaness Mills FC dismissed a senior staff member after complaints of ‘sectarian abuse’ from East Belfast FC on Saturday.
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From the bar to the boxing ring, how Brendan Murphy became a master of what really mattered - being in the right place at the right time
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Following the passing of former Irish News picture editor Brendan Murphy on Tuesday, Neil Loughran looks back at his career behind the camera...
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Identical twins jailed for Co Antrim armed robbery
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Jon and Connor Keating threatened a shop assistant in Lambeg with a knife during the robbery last April.
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