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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoMLAs to get £1,000 pay rise less than month after returning from three year absence
Less than a month after returning from a three-year hiatus MLAs across Northern Ireland are set to receive a £1,000 pay...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoAll inclusive drinks restricted as part of new laws to tackle ‘booze tourism’ in some Spanish resorts
Fun-in-the-sun-seekers planning a Spanish getaway this year could be in for a shock upon arrival. The Ministry of Tourism on the...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoUNISON agree to ballot healthcare members with recommendation to suspend industrial action
UNISON, the largest union in the health and social services system, has today (Thursday) agreed to ballot their members and suspend...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years ago‘Remarkable achievement’ hailed as same sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland
Trade union representatives have said the law change which now makes it legal for same sex marriage in Northern Ireland marks...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoNew Health Minister to meet trade unions this week in bid to resolve health care workers strike
Newly-appointed Health Minister Robin Swann has asked to meet trade unions this week in a bid to resolve the ongoing industrial...
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Craigavon
/ 5 years agoHealth chiefs warn system could be ‘pushed beyond tipping point’ with two days of strikes this week
Two further planned strikes by health care staff this week will have “much more serious consequences” than a day of action...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoBBC Radio Ulster presenter Stephen Clements dies aged 47
BBC Radio Ulster presenter Stephen Clements has died suddenly at age 47. He was a married father-of -two. The broadcaster had...
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoDrive safely call as figures confirm 55 died and hundreds injured on Northern Ireland roads in 2019
Fifty-five people died and hundreds more were injured on Northern Ireland’s roads in 2019. And, while the number fell for the...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoPolice op to target street level dealing nets over £87,000 of drugs in just two weeks
More than £87,000 worth of drugs have so far been seized by officers targeting ‘street level’ dealing in the PSNI’s South...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoUnion outlines plans for ‘hard-hitting’ strike action as 24-hour walk-out scheduled for Wednesday
Union officials have highlighted the next steps in the industrial action planned by health workers, beginning with next Wednesday’s ‘all out’...
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Armagh
/ 5 years agoSinn Fein’s Mickey Brady holds Newry and Armagh while DUP’s Carla Lockhart takes Upper Bann
Sinn Fein’s Mickey Brady has reclamed his seat as the MP for Newry and Armagh. He beat the DUP’s Willie Irwin...
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Northern Ireland
/ 5 years agoBallycastle: Woman dies and another in hospital after swimmers get into difficulty
A woman has died and another has been rushed to hospital after a group of swimmers got into difficulty in the...
