Northern Ireland

Sean Lemass: Ireland's saviour had a ruthless streak

Garvin's splendid portrait of one of our most formidable leaders glosses over his weaknesses, says Charles Lysaght By Charles Lysaght Sunday November 22 2009 Judging Lemass: The Measure of the Man Tom Garvin Royal Irish...

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‘Present Danger’

MI5 intelligence officer Liz Carlyle has just been dispatched to Northern Ireland. Liz and her team are monitoring the brutal breakaway republican groups who never accepted the peace process and want to continue their “war.”...

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UKIP 'would consider an alliance with TUV' :: The News Letter

Published Date: 20 November 2009 THE chairman of the UK Independence Party has said the party will consider an alliance with Jim Allister's TUV in future elections. Paul Nuttall, UKIP MEP for the North West of England, was...

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Public dig deep for Pudsey Bear

More than £600,000 was raised in Northern Ireland during the BBC's Children on Need on Friday. When the phone lines closed at 0200 GMT on Saturday the total raised by people in NI stood at £623,276. Nationally, the appeal total...

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Scholarship winners head in right direction

BILLIONAIRE businessman JP McManus will meet more than 100 leaving students from across Ireland at the University of Limerick who will benefit from a €30m scholarship programme sponsored by the philanthropist.

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Contract award, utilities: Belfast: cable joining kits

UK-Belfast: cable joining kits CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – UTILITIES SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Northern Ireland Electricity plc, 120 Malone Road Internet...

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Swine Flu Jab Extended To Children

Children under five years old are to be vaccinated against swine flu from next month.Being currently the age group with the highest rate of hospitalization, the Department of Health said that this second phase of the H1N1...

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Miss NI's Blog Promotes Cooperation

An international humanitarian operation run from Co Armagh has been boosted this week with news that Miss Northern Ireland is to help promote the building initiative in Uganda.The Rushmere project - which is about international...

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Business Start-Ups Rising

Despite the economic downturn, thousands of people in Northern Ireland are considering or are in the process of starting a business, a local business web-site has claimed.In the last month alone, nibusinessinfor.co.uk said that...

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Whittle: 'Bullies made me want to be white'

By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle has admitted that he wanted to be white after being affected by racist taunts as he grew up in Northern Ireland. The Hollyoaks actor has said...

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