Richard Morgan
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BBC journalist. 📻 Presenter of Evening Extra - Weekdays at 5pm @bbcradioulster @bbcsounds Views are all mine. Got a story? ✉️ [email protected]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined June 2011
After six brilliant years at @Independent_ie including four years in Leinster House, it’s time for a new adventure. I’m very excited to start as Dublin Correspondent at the BBC. Stories, insight and tips to my email in bio - open to all ideas 📺
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Belfast restaurant owner Michael Deane has apologised "unreservedly" after posting on social media about "undocumented" delivery drivers working for food delivery apps.
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Michael Deane posted on Facebook about "undocumented" delivery drivers working for food delivery apps.
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Worth listening to our full exchange on last night’s programme. An interview which has still got me thinking this afternoon.
"We are not looking for money for us. We are looking for money for patients." Derry GP Nicola Duffy on yesterday's Evening Extra articulating the exasperation with narrative that GPs want increased funding for nothing. Full interview from 10:15 point - https://t.co/zuCalgUjmY
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Electricity bills: Almost half of NI homes have never switched from Power NI - BBC News
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The Utility Regulator has previously urged more customers to shop around for the best deal.
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Alliance Party MLA Nuala McAllister was ejected from the Northern Ireland Assembly chamber on Tuesday after clashing with the deputy speaker.
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Steve Aiken asked Nuala McAllister to apologise after she called him "patronising", but she refused.
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Detectives investigating a fire to a 5G mast in west Belfast on Sunday 7th September, have charged a 44 year old man with arson. The man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
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Def Leppard guitarist speaks of 'tension' onstage during Troubles
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The musician has revealed he'd "shut up" while performing in parts of Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald rules herself out of presidential election bid
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Mary Lou McDonald had been tipped to become the party's candidate but has now said she is not running.
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🚨⚠️If you have a hidden/secret phone because an abusive partner has taken away or monitors your mobile phone, please take note and opt out of the Emergency Alert system before Sunday.⚠️🚨 #domesticabuse #emergencyalert
Victims of domestic abuse can take steps to opt out of a test of the Emergency Alerts system this weekend, Naomi Long @Justice_NI Minister has said. Read More: https://t.co/me7nvBiaNy
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'Women-only homeless facility helps me feel safe after abuse'
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The accommodation offers support tailored specifically for women experiencing homelessness.
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Police cordon in Armagh village understood to be related to man's death
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Detectives from the PSNI and forensic officers are attending the scene at a residential property in Mountnorris, County Armagh.
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Deputy Chair of NIC @SAS_DrClodagh joined a discussion this week on @bbcradioulster ‘s Talkback about long waiting lists and private healthcare. Listen in full here at 11.25: https://t.co/QVPJcRuqxN
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Our Chief Executive @SeamusLeheny is quoted in this @BBCNewsNI article following his interview on @bbcradioulster regarding recent attacks on housing. https://t.co/149XK2RpC9
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Communities Minister Gordon Lyons rejects claims of a failure of political leadership on the issue.
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Belfast Trust: Retired surgeon on 'toxic' workplace where 'secret files' held on staff - BBC News
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Dr Kieran McManus, who worked in the Belfast Trust for almost 40 years, says medics are "walking on eggshells".
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Following the #RisingAgainstPoverty conference @trasacanavan told @bbcradioulster that @niexecutive should withdraw its draft Anti-Poverty Strategy. She urged politicians to "aim higher" to tackle poverty. Listen from 40mins. https://t.co/N3UyR3TuVC
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All the day’s news and analysis with Richard Morgan.
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BREAKING: Angela Rayner admits she didn't pay enough tax on flat purchase. The Deputy Prime Minister said has referred herself to the standards watchdog while speaking to Sky's @BethRigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast. https://t.co/TfIm6OkDuU 📺 Sky 501 & YouTube
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I’ll be taking your calls on @bbcradioulster from 12pm today. Asking if you feel we are being forced into paying for private health care in NI due to the pressures on our system.
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Very pleased to be taking on the role of Mid Ulster Reporter, covering @Niall_journo ‘s paternity leave from September 8th until the end of the year. DMs are open, email me at luke.sproule@bbc.co.uk or if you’d prefer Signal you can message me there at lukesproule.92
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US to stop Palestinians attending UN meeting in New York - BBC News
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The decision comes as France leads international efforts to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN meeting next month.
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Just in: BBC Executive Complaints Unit finding on the complaint that BBCNI’s coverage of The Twelfth was biased because it included the words “people sometimes have different views about the Twelfth”. Finding: Complaint Not Upheld. Statement:
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