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The EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a player in Ireland for the second time this year. https://t.co/pkOMGuJHFZ
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It is the second time the jackpot has been won by a player in Ireland this year.
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🌧️☔ A yellow warning has been issued for rain from midnight, with periods of heavy and persistent rainfall that could lead to travel disruption and flooding.
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A yellow warning has been issued for rain on Sunday, with periods of heavy and persistent rainfall.
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A woman has died following a fire at a house in west Belfast. https://t.co/Clc3Lvep3p
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Police received a report of an ongoing fire at a property in the Areema Drive area of Dunmurry early on Saturday.
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From trading songs for pints in quiet Irish pubs to eclipsing album streams of the likes of Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, 2025 has carried the folk trio Amble on a meteoric rise. Read more on this story here: https://t.co/UjV3qur8wI
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It is proving difficult to encourage care workers to take the flu vaccine due to myths on social media, the chief executive of the Independent Health Care Providers has said. https://t.co/MEUYTRcdbN
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The chief executive of the Independent Health Care Providers says social media is fuelling misinformation.
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Northern Ireland's councils could "grind to a halt" if a Stormont minister's view on a cross-community voting procedure is implemented, councillors have warned. https://t.co/NS8BtIZc7G
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Gordon Lyons has written to local authorities over what is known as the "call-in" process.
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Evri has apologised to customers and said it is continuing to invest in its delivery service in Northern Ireland, following complaints about missing and delayed parcels. https://t.co/yaE2pAGisf
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Evri has apologised to customers and says it's continuing to invest in its delivery service in NI.
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Two people have died in separate house fires in Bangor and north Belfast.
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A man in his 20s and a woman in her 50s died at the scenes of the two house fires on Friday.
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Pupils at Nazareth House Primary School in Londonderry, which has closed due to an unsafe roof, will move to a different school in the New Year.
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The aim is to have the Nazareth House school community return to learning on their own site by half-term break in February 2026.
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Barristers set to fully withdraw from all Crown Court cases following a dispute over legal aid fees.
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An ongoing withdrawal from cases will be extended to involve the full withdrawal from all current Crown Courts.
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Bluetongue restrictions on Saintfield livestock market to be relaxed.
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The market will be able to accept livestock from outside the temporary control zone from 16 December.
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The Ministry of Defence and the @PoliceServiceNI have been asked to pay costs over delays in two legacy civil cases.
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The application was made by lawyers acting for two families whose relatives were killed in the mid-1970s by the so-called Glenanne gang.
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Police have launched an attempted murder investigation after intruders "poured accelerant" over a pensioner in his home in County Armagh on Thursday evening.
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Police received a report that six masked men armed with bats entered the man's living room on the Clay Road.
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The owner of a Cookstown hotel and a member of security staff have pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of three teenagers outside a St Patrick's Day disco.
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Two men are charged over a crush in County Tyrone in 2019 in which three teenagers lost their lives.
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Christmas shoppers have been urged to buy from trusted shops after £22,000 worth of fake toys and products were seized from Northern Ireland's high streets and shopping centres.
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Some counterfeit goods have been sold for as high as £80 as thousands of pounds of fake toys are seized.
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A 69-year-old man has died after a single-vehicle crash in County Fermanagh.
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Francis Lynch, 69, was killed after the single-vehicle crash in County Fermanagh on Thursday afternoon.
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The health care system in Northern Ireland "is so fragile" that it would only take "one thing to knock it over", the executive director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) here has said.
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A surge in cases is adding to pressures on hospitals and front-line staff with some health trusts encouraging mask wearing.
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Searches are being carried out at homes in County Kildare and County Offaly as part of an investigation into a fire that killed a woman and a young boy.
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Irish police are searching houses in counties Kildare and Offaly after two people died in a arson attack last week.
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Staff working at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast have begun strike action in protest over their pay.
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About 90 workers at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast have walked out in protest over pay.
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The families of two women who died in Northern Health hospitals more than four years ago have questioned how do-not-resuscitate decisions were made during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Families of two women who died in hospital have questioned the use of "do-not-resuscitate orders".
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