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President Barack Obama may visit Ireland
Ireland's US ambassador is expected to speak with President Barack Obama
within weeks about a possible visit.
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Ulster-Scots Agency and the £2,500 for Santa hats
The Ulster-Scots Agency has come under fire after spending more than £2,500
distributing Santa hats at a rugby game.
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SDLP may nominate Ritchie for justice post
Speculation is mounting that the SDLP will nominate Social Development
Minister Margaret Ritchie for the position of Justice Minister.
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Woman tells of terror as boyfriend was ‘executed’
The girlfriend of a Londonderry man shot dead in front of her at their Waterside home has said that whoever did it “should not be walking the streets”.
Natasha's sister moves to be closer to Liam Neeson
Natasha Richardson's sister Joely is moving to New York to be closer to
Ballymena-born actor Liam Neeson and his two sons.
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Vancouver is the world's 'most live-able' city
Canada’s Vancouver has scooped first-place spot in the top 50 "most
live-able" cities, according to worldwide analysis by the Economist
Intelligence Unit.
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Sponsors to back Woods
The drama surrounding Tiger Woods will not lead to the world's best golfer
losing any endorsement deals, a leading American sports business expert says.
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Wolfsburg 1 Man United 3
Michael Owen netted a memorable hat-trick that saw injury-ravaged Manchester
United take three Champions League points against German champions Wolfsburg.
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Robert Hamill murder inquiry ‘has left ex-RUC chief’s credibility in ruins’
Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s credibility is in tatters and his handling of the investigation into the death of Robert Hamill must be examined “from the beginning to the end”, an inquiry has been told.
- Vatican bluntly told to aid child abuse probes
- Ex-police trainee guilty of groping colleague
- Balcony fall murder suspect ‘was in fight with victim’
- Bishop may lose his job, but not his salary or his standing in the Church
- ‘No intention to mislead’ over Saddam dossier, says spymaster
- Peter Cook and Jackie O ‘had affair’
- Barman Paddy’s emotional tribute after double tragedy
- Man stabbed at Altnagelvin Hospital
- Flybe asks Peter Robinson to step in
- Health claims questioned as airport runway row deepens
- Multi-job Sammy Wilson rapped over plan to stand again as an MP
- Collusion claim over Robert Hamill murder
- Man killed family in house blaze
- Brown wants 30% Euro emissions cut
Terrorists slaughter 127 in bombing blitz on Baghdad
Car bombers yesterday killed as many as 127 people in Baghdad in a series of attacks that left the city's streets strewn with the wreckage of burning vehicles and the charred bodies of the dead.
- Uganda debates death penalty for gays
- White House gatecrashers won't talk to congress
- Police killings 'top 11,000 over six years'
- High hopes for America's tallest building as unions offer loan
- Former Blink-182 drummer settles plane crash case
- Obama sets out new plan to reinvigorate US economy
- Ex-SS man admits killings
- 100th British soldier killed in Afghanistan is named
- Mother-in-law takes centre stage in Tiger Woods drama
- Eight dead in China school stampede
- Giant waves hit Hawaii's beaches
Contract is no big deal for Rangers boss Smith
Rangers manager Walter Smith says the decision the work without a contract was an easy one to make in the latter stages of his career.
- Glentoran to splash cash
- Davis joy as Smith stays on at Rangers
- Aquilani gets his chance for Liverpool
- Bayern through as Juventus bite the dust
- Zheng still targets Euro glory at Celtic
- FA and ESPN strike £70m Cup TV deal
- Glentoran 0 Dungannon Swifts 0
- Beaglehole prepared for uphill battle
- Down Memory Lane: Ignoring 1950 US shock could be costly to England
- Professional era has made Barbarians even more popular
- Tyrone Howe: In the pink but dark day ahead for the Parisians
Fresh twists in Tiger's tale mean Woods is far from out of the woods yet new
Is it just me? Or is Tiger Woods only an average-looking guy? He's not unattractive, but neither is he likely to cause a riot in a shopping mall.
- Sarah Palin: The media have been unfair to me, that's the price of democracy
- Why Martin only had to say the word to make a good impression
- Islam, music and the struggle over the human soul
- Are Tiger’s moralising critics really just envious?
- The border should not be a barrier to compassion
- Sean O'Grady: UK to drop out of global top 10 of international economies
- Robert Fisk: Iranian troubadours show how music can corrupt the soul
- What will happen to Susan when the music is over?
- Katie should feel a heel over Suri’s shoes
National Irish Bank to cut 150 jobs
More than 150 National Irish Bank staff are facing redundancy after the finance house revealed it was virtually halving its High Street presence.
- PM pledge over 'culture of excess'
- Tesco slashes upmarket range prices
- Shanks mulls bid interest
- EasyJet pull out of East Midlands
- Labour market 'on road to recovery'
- November trading 'disappointing'
- Stocks end mixed after brief gain
- Banks' tax leaves FTSE 100 lower
- Caravan firm eyes recovery signs
- Anger over windfall tax on bonuses
- StreamOn.net keeps looking to the future with Panasonic CCTV deal
Multi-job Sammy Wilson rapped over plan to stand again as an MP
DUP minister Sammy Wilson has defended his decision to stand as an MP in the next Westminster election — despite pressure to cut multi-jobbing at Stormont.
- Taoiseach Brian Cowen is warned over ‘coup’ threat
- £1bn funding at risk over justice powers delay: McGuinness
- Peter Mandelson talks his way into gobbledegook prize
- Tories plan double-job ban
- Robinson pressured over policing
- Adams and his pals in red, white and blue
- First Minister Martin McGuinness demands DUP publish policing conditions
FA denies Viagra player report
The Football Association has denied England are considering taking Viagra to help cope with playing at altitude at the World Cup in South Africa next year.
- GPs’ revolt over hours may hit swine flu jabs
- Alert over swine flu jab
- New pilot scheme to clean up hospitals
- No swine flu related deaths in two weeks
- Britons drink 84 times their own weight
- Toxic fears for baby bottles
- Men ‘largely ignorant’ of processed meat risk
- Number of swine flu cases falls
- MLAs take health trust to task over bad hygiene
"Sort It Out" message delivered to Stormont
They were just one mother and child — but they represented the frustration and hopes of many thousands more.
- One in four adults will find it hard to read this
- Re-think Protestant schools' grant cuts Irish government urged
- Sort It Out campaign won’t be over until all parties sit down and sort it out
- Transfer campaign: Public opinion seems to be causing a shift within Sinn Fein
- Schools petition that Stormont can’t ignore
- Schools at centre of election bust-up
- We got it wrong on 11-Plus, says Sinn Fein MLA
- P6 parents should get behind the Belfast Telegraph's transfer campaign
- Education body delay to cost £21m, says Ruane
High Court's abortion decision is the right one
The Queen's University Belfast Pro-life Society wish to show their wholehearted support of the High Court's decision to force the withdrawal of the Department of Health's recent abortion guidelines.
- Responsibility lies with Vatican new
- Poots' politics are clear to see new
- Hunting with hounds is just utterly cruel new
- Carbon capping won't help Third World countries new
- 'Protestant' schools are to blame for mess new
- Prescription charges must be abolished
- TUV guilty of rank hypocrisy
- Police deserve to be praised
- Help is on hand for all people with arthritis
- Integration is obviously not a priority now
- We deserve to have Bill of Rights without delay
- Helen Mirren: We need more females behind lens
- The ten best childrens coats
- Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle has one group of young fans very close to her heart
- Confessions of a working mother: ‘I’m so glad to be home from hospital’
- Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
- ‘Seeing James read the news should help others go public’
- Female perspective on Belfast’s sexual history
- My Lost Life
- Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'
- Meet Catherine, the transport chief who takes photos of train seats
- Just what do these famous people all have in common?
Digital dilemma: New world disorder
Over the last 10 years, the internet has utterly transformed the world. But as we embrace this new-found connectedness, asks Johann Hari, are we losing our culture?
- US publishers in digital news venture for portable devices
- Internet retailer Amazon denies plans to open a chain of shops in the high street
- Pop-ups 'slow you down more than you think'
- What gets Belfast Googling? As ever, we’re obsessed by the past
- Wikipedia UK 'not dying' despite editors exodus
- Tesco to fight rivals on price with iPhone launch before Christmas
- How the internet use is re-wiring our brains
- Fox boss: Ban illegal downloaders from internet
- Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
- Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
- Wireless electricity: Leap forward for the way we live
Ricky Gervais set for Golden Globes tease
Ricky Gervais said he planned to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models.
Live Aid 'most significant event'
Live Aid has been named as the most important music event of the last 30 years, 25 years after the release of Band Aid's groundbreaking single Do They Know It's Christmas?
48 hours in: Istanbul
Mosques, mansions and markets: Turkey’s biggest city has lots to intrigue the weekend visitor. Twenty years since he first prescribed the perfect 48 hours here, Simon Calder returns
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• The border should not be a barrier to compassion
It was not so long ago that the Republic of Ireland was being heralded as the fastest growing economy in western Europe.
• Vatican didn't know either? Pull the other one, there's church bells on it
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• How middle-class shoplifters keep up with the Joneses
I have not yet stolen anything from a shop but, if I am to continue the lifestyle to which I have become accustomed, it is only a matter of time.
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• James Lawton: Button’s odds on but real hero is Strauss
Here's a challenging proposition for the British sports public that a growing consensus believes, insultingly or legitimately, take your pick, is quite beyond its powers.
• Beckham's number’s up as England draw comfort
The Daily Mirror had his picture on both front and back pages: “Fab (sic) relief as Beckham helps England to a dream draw.”
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