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Ryanair ran out of patience during the bid to extend Belfast City Airport's runway

Belfast City Airport was on brink of closure after Ryanair exit

Ryanair's decision to withdraw from Northern Ireland nearly sounded the death-knell for George Best Belfast City Airport and 1,500 jobs, its boss has said.
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Snow alert for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland could experience snowfall over the coming days, forecasters said today.
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Farmer Gordon Flinn?s field was covered in fish after a lorry carrying tonnes of mackerel was overturned

Toppled lorry dumps thousands of fish in farmer Flinn's field

This is the Biblical scene that met Northern Ireland farmer Gordon Flinn after a lorry overturned into his field, spilling tonnes of fish.
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Video: Lego man makes landmark space flight

Two Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into outer space using a homemade parachute and equipment bought on Craigslist.
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Irish detectives shocked by details of teen's murder

A murdered Romanian teenager suffered an appalling death that was incomprehensible in a civilised society, the garda leading the hunt for her savage killers said yesterday.

Boeing's latest jet touches down in Dublin

It is billed as 'the first all-new airplane of the 21st century' that is not only luxurious but cuts cost, noise and carbon emissions.
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Nicole Scherzinger 'spotted with new beau'

Nicole Scherzinger has been spotted getting close to a mystery man.
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Manchester man's head and burning body found at roadside

A man whose headless body was found on fire was blasted with a shotgun before being decapitated, police said today.

More tremors expected after Donegal quake

Ireland was hit by a mini-earthquake yesterday and there may be more tremors to come.
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Ulster homes shaken as Donegal hit by 2.2 magnitude earthquake

Fergie calls for calm ahead of 'massive game'

Sir Alex Ferguson has pleaded for calm ahead of Manchester United's FA Cup fourth-round trip to Liverpool tomorrow - the clubs' first meeting since the spat between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra.
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Wayne Rooney doubtful for Manchester United's 'massive' Anfield Cup tie

Brad Pitt goes public on depression battle

For almost a decade Brad Pitt could barely face the day.
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School Pics: Ian Paisley

Former DUP leader Ian Paisley joins our gallery of schoolday images.
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David McNarry has quit the Ulster Unionist Party group in the Assembly

McNarry quits UUP's Assembly group

David McNarry has resigned from the UUP's Assembly group following a fall-out with the party leader over unionist co-operation.

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Blue Purple G was the ninth red kite to have been poisoned since 2007

Poisoned red kite ninth to die

A ninth red kite has been found dead from illegal poisoning, park rangers have said.

UK Uncut activists are staging a demonstration in central London

Welfare protesters plan occupation

Activists are to stage a "daring and disruptive" act of civil disobedience in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms.

David Cameron greets Afghan president Hamid Karzai at 10 Downing Street last year

Cameron and Karzai holding talks

David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign a pledge setting out the next stage in relations between Britain and Afghanistan.

Ospreys secure four-try victory

The Ospreys all but ended the Newport Gwent Dragons' slim hopes of progressing in the LV=Cup with a 26-21 victory over their Welsh rivals at the Brewery Field.

Elizabeth Olsen: I don't know fashion

Elizabeth Olsen isn't "very good" with "designer stuff".

Online retailer snaps up stores

Collapsed retailer Peacocks is moving in on new ownership after administrators were swamped with interest in all or part of the business.

Miliband: David Cameron's plea for responsible capitalism is failing

David Cameron's plea for "responsible capitalism" is failing because he wants to do it by asking businesses to behave better, rather than changing the rules, Ed Miliband said.

Tom Hiddleston will be back as Loki in The Avengers and Thor 2

Hiddleston and Whedon's adventure

Tom Hiddleston enjoyed spending time with The Avengers director Joss Whedon, he has revealed.

Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank opens

Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank has opened for business, supplying tumour samples to scientists around the UK.

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Graduate pay set to increase by 4%

Graduate pay is set to increase by 4% this year after an "unprecedented period" of stagnation, a new report has predicted.

Hiddleston and Whedon's adventure

Tom Hiddleston enjoyed spending time with The Avengers director Joss Whedon, he has revealed.

ABBA are releasing a new track with the rerelease of The Visitors

Unreleased ABBA track on new album

ABBA fans will soon again be saying thank you for the music with the release of a new track on a special edition of the disbanded pop group's The Visitors album.

Former police officer Gordon King, 88, fought off a pair of robbers

Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider

A fearless pensioner who fought off a pair of robbers said "instinct" kicked in when he witnessed them attacking the driver of a security van.

Game reviews: Resident Evil Revelations, Kingdom Rush, German Truck Simulator

This week, Resident Evil: Revelations gives Nintendo 3DS owners the fright of their lives, Kingdom Rush dazzles on iPad and German Truck Simulator finds its niche on PC.

48 hours In: Las Palmas

With its warm winter sunshine, an impressive urban beach, vibrant nightlife and chic shopping, Gran Canaria’s capital is an alluring prospect for Matthew Hirtes

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• It suits Israel that we never forget 'Nuclear Iran'

Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism – and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, protector and manipulator of World Terror, of Syria and Lebanon and Hamas and Hezbollah.

• Let’s be honest, all this sniping at Christine Bleakley is really a hate crime

Until a few days ago the constant sniping at Christine Bleakley was an irritation — a growing one — but an irritation nonetheless.

• Greed from landlords, not claimants

We've come to that point in the lifetime of every Tory government when we're invited to scream about people on benefits. Some people enjoy this activity all the time, but at the moment it's like New Year's Eve for drinking, a time when if you're not doing it to excess, you get sneered at for not taking part in the fun.

• Sport in Ulster is good for us in more than one way

The accolades continue to fly for sport in Northern Ireland. What is marketed rightly as the golfing capital of the world is now also home to one of the top eight rugby teams in Europe after Ulster qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at the weekend.

• A heroic tale of sacrifice amid Arabia's killing fields

I don't know if I met Tom Hurndall. He was one of a bunch of 'human shields' who turned up in Baghdad just before the Anglo-American invasion in 2003, the kind of folk we professional reporters make fun of. Tree huggers, that kind of thing.