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Poll: McGuinness is our top minister
Martin McGuinness was today revealed as Northern Ireland’s most respected
politician.
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Republic asked for World Cup place
The FAI asked to be included in the World Cup finals as an extra team,
according to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
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'Loyalist mob' injures 10 police officers during riot
The PSNI has defended tactics used in dealing with orchestrated violence in
Portadown that has been blamed on loyalists and left 10 officers injured.
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Crucial Anglo-Irish talks held
The British and Irish governments will hold talks in London today aimed at
averting a crisis in the Northern Ireland political process.
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Susan Boyle’s dream comes true as album at No.1
Simon Cowell has led tributes as Susan Boyle made chart history by soaring
straight to No 1 with her debut album.
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Alert after car explosion
People were evacuated from their homes during a security alert in east Belfast
last night.
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Big freeze on the way
It is officially time to break out the winter woolies and fill up the hot
water bottles, with the first hard frost of the season on the way.
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Top 20 guitar riffs ever
Watch the Top 20 greatest guitar riffs of all time. And for those about to
rock... we salute you.
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Church asks Garda to examine if sex ring existed
The archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has asked the Garda to investigate
whether a clerical paedophile ring was operating in the archdiocese.
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Lloyd voted off X Factor
Welsh warbler Lloyd Daniels was voted off the X Factor last night in a
predictable result which left the four most talented singers in the
competition.
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Degree of support among Protestants will enhance McGuinness standing
While Martin McGuinness’ approval rating is significant, his level of cross-community endorsement makes it even more so.
- Public gets hands dirty sprucing up ‘grot spots’
- Lottery scams on the rise
- Brazil hands England new World Cup lifeline
- Scots poll on leaving Union ‘a year away’
- Republic turning Northern Ireland blood donors away
- BBC ‘sorry’ for Boycott outburst
- Private joint funeral for tragic Enniskillen couple
- Conflicting hospital reports slammed by Tories
- Tributes at Titanic memorial
- Newry traders set for festive record – and there’s still four weeks to go
- Good neighbours top supermarket spenders in Strabane
- Calls grow for bishop to quit over handling of abuse cases
- Loyalist killer’s sentencing for assault adjourned
- Gazza praise for Beardsley’s help
Iran to build uranium plants
The Iranian government approved a plan yesterday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion, in defiance of UN demands that it halt the programme.
- Still in the dark over Tiger Woods crash
- Transsexual who went back to being a man is found dead
- Obama set to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan
- Obama gatecrash duo tout their story
- Minarets ban vote sparks racism fear in Switzerland
- Militant ‘behind Russian train blast’
- Nepal's ministers meet on Everest
- Moose killed woman: police
- Lawsuit as 'coffin shatters in graveside mishap'
- Israel triples inspectors
- Silvio brands Mafia allegations ‘insulting’
Valley gala a great success
The Lagan Valley Leisureplex played host to one of the biggest sporting events of the weekend in terms of competitors as the Disability Sports NI swimming championships took place there on Saturday.
- Premier League's £70m on agents
- Woods won’t play in Chevron
- McCorkell chasing Olympic golden glory
- Fergie’s stands firm on Manchester United youth
- O’Neill searching for a silver lining to lift Villa's spirits
- Corry’s star rising at Manchester United
- Chelsea will complete the job: Drogba
- Benzema in car accident
- Republic’s late plea set to fail
- Rafa’s thanks for Liverpool's crocked stars
- Liverpool owe everything to Shankly, says Carragher
Clear the decks as the good ship Stormont heads for the shallows
We are rapidly reaching another watershed in the peace process not helped by the prospect of a general election. As the ballot boxes loom in 2010, Stormont's main parties retreat into their shells.
- Throwing environment out with the bathwater
- Conspiracy of silence shames Catholic Church
- Another pay twist as MLAs want more and more
- Johann Hari: Dubai is finally financially bankrupt – but it has been morally bankrupt all along.
- Robert Fisk: Dubai may soon find itself a satellite of India
- Why have women their knickers in a twist over M&S?
- Too much idol gossip over Adam’s gay kiss
- Banks still call the shots as the rest of us are left to foot the bill
- Come rain or revolution, it's money they all want
Achievement Awards for eight Ulster companies
The achievements of entrepreneurial businesses in the face of challenging economic conditions have been celebrated at an awards event in Belfast.
- Dubai debt fears ease after bank guarantee
- Filling station gets a £2m facelift
- Downpatrick’s new post-primary school gets the thumbs-up
- Property prices rise for fourth month running
- Newry traders set for festive record – and there’s still four weeks to go
- Good neighbours top supermarket spenders in Strabane
- Shares fall £44bn on Dubai debt news
- Bushmills plans to double its production and hire more staff
- Search ends with €100,000 top prize
- Power price hike hurting firms
- Accountants step in to help printing company find buyer
Degree of support among Protestants will enhance McGuinness standing
While Martin McGuinness’ approval rating is significant, his level of cross-community endorsement makes it even more so.
- McGuinness: The once reviled gunman now a politician of note
- DUP and Sinn Fein play new blame game over policing
- Republicans seeking an end to ‘Stormont charade’
- Sinn Fein refuses to budge on its deadline for policing
- 41 Stormont MLAs employed family members
- MLAs may be in line for £7,000 salary rise
- Anger at Gordon Brown’s airfare tax plan
Men ‘largely ignorant’ of processed meat risk
Men eat almost twice as much processed meat as women but are less likely to know it can cause cancer, research has suggested.
- Number of swine flu cases falls
- MLAs take health trust to task over bad hygiene
- ‘Bacterial defence systems’ could fight illnesses
- Aids is officially in decline, say experts
- Cutting salt intake ‘could save 4m lives’
- Pregnancy 'could slow development of multiple sclerosis'
- 'Covert copers' more likely to have heart attack
- Vigorous exercise 'can protect men from strokes'
- Drug trial was halted over risks
Why one Ulster mum will be marching at Stormont
Niorthern Ireland’s politicians have an immediate responsibility to reach consensus on a way forward for school transfer, according to one Belfast mum.
- 10,000 join Tele's school transfer chaos campaign
- Can new group solve schools crisis?
- Brain drain fears as Irish students opt for the UK
- 8,500 people call for Transfer resolution
- Ruane admits delay in setting up education body
- Transfer test: ‘We can’t wait for all them to be over’
- Dialogue is vital ‘to bring an end to transfer chaos’
- Anti-bullying message taken to schools
- Students can help economy thrive again
Where is Northern Ireland's report on abuses?
The Ryan report and now the report into child abuse by paedophile priests in the Dublin archdiocese again raises the question of why the Northern Ireland Assembly has not instigated a similar urgent investigation in the North.
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- Caroline should stay in Belfast
- Broken leg is costing me dear
- Shamed clerics must resign immediately
- Sport is about so much more than winning
- Papers want their own way
- GPs are doing their very best in difficult times
- Time to ensure the future of the Irish Sea
- Matrons can help hospitals
- Secretaries in schools have been forgotten
- DUP in power has allowed education ruin
‘Seeing James read the news should help others go public’
James Partridge challenged public attitudes to disfigurement by reading the news on Five last week. Kerry McKittrick talks to three local women on how they coped after being left scarred
- Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
- 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?
- Pushchair firm Maclaren backs recall plan
- Home birth warning after baby death
- Outstanding winners out in force at awards dinner
- Women of the Year Awards
- Could you quit complaining for 48 hours?
Wikipedia UK 'not dying' despite editors exodus
The UK off-shoot of Wikipedia has insisted the site was "definitely not dying" after research suggested thousands of volunteer editors across the world had left.
- 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
- Local media ‘excluded from Digital Britain shot in the arm’
- McCausland cancels meeting over Government’s digital stance
- Two arrested over net bank details virus
- How ergonomics can shape our daily lives
- Comparison websites ‘aren’t trusted’
Ali now fits the bill as likely Strictly winner, say bookies
Bill actress Ali Bastian has overtaken Ricky Whittle as the bookies’ favourite to win Strictly Come Dancing after he narrowly avoided getting kicked off the show.
- Chris Evans is the chosen One for BBC show
- The Butler did it
- Four unknowns to front EastEnders online spin-off
- Goodyear quits calendar girls
- Top Gear host Richard Hammond faces battle for insurance
- David Tennant to use pianist's skull for Shakespeare's Hamlet
- US viewers furious over Idol star's S&M show
Stephen Gately remembered at concert
Stars of stage and screen turned out last night to pay tribute to Stephen Gately at a concert in memory of the late Boyzone singer. As crowds of fans gathered in the pouring rain in London's West End, a string of celebrities showed their support for the event.
- The Duke goes DIY after label drops him
- Take That's tour DVD fastest-selling in UK
- Baby Joy for Cerys Matthews
- Beyonce: the epitome of beauty in body, mind and soul
- Soul star Sade to release new album
- US plans TV special on singing sensation Susan Boyle
- Susan Boyle and X Factor reject twins set to top Christmas charts
48 hours in: IstanbulI
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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• Fisk: Dubai may soon become a satellite of India
Allah was kind to Dubai yesterday. Just when the emirate's unspeakable wealth appeared on the point of collapse – stock markets, of course, naturally 'trembled' – along came the feast of Eid al-Adha and sent all the kings and emirs and sheikhs off to their diwans to celebrate the decision by the father of monotheism – the Prophet Ibrahim himself – not to kill his son Ismail.
• Come rain or revolution, it's money they all want
Haven't the 20th anniversary celebrations of the overthrow of communism been miserable?
• Why shouldn’t a priest fall in love and get married?
Fr Sean McKenna’s dramatic announcement during mass at Holy Family church in Ballymagroarty, Co Londonderry that he was leaving the priesthood because of his relationship with a woman sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church.
• The war in Helmand cannot be lost on the streets of Wiltshire
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• Golden Bear is inspiring for Woods
Those who see in the passing embarrassment of Tiger Woods the seeds of breakdown are likely to be extremely disappointed by the resulting harvest. At the very least they leave themselves open to the reminder that those who forget what happened yesterday are perhaps not the best judges of quite what tomorrow may bring.
• Ulster's injury headache
Ulster's countdown to Friday night’s Magners League clash with Glasgow Warriors is underway and coach Brian McLaughlin is hoping that the autumn’s international calls do not prove to have been detrimental to his side’s promising start to the series.
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