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Feral ferrets successfully eradicated to protect Rathlin Island seabirds

Rathlin is home to Northern Ireland’s biggest seabird colony, with more than 250,000 birds including puffins, razorbills, guillemots and Manx shearwaters

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Government ‘still not listening to warnings’ from voluntary sector, MPs say

In 2023, EU funding to charities and community groups in Northern Ireland from its European Social Fund was ended because of Brexit

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Retired paramedic releases memoir on facing the front-lines of the Troubles

"I treated every call as a privilege, even the most horrible and gruesome ones, I was the one to go in there to try and help"

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'Unsafe to eat' warning as 9 food items withdrawn - possible mouse contamination

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an alert over possible mouse contamination

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Northern Ireland weather outlook for the week ahead as 'wintry showers' forecasted

The sun was fun while it lasted!

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Mother who lost five loved ones says Buncrana pier tragedy 'feels like yesterday'

Sean McGrotty drowned along with his sons Mark and Evan, his wife Louise James' 14-year-old sister Jodie-Lee Daniels and his wife's mother Ruth when their car slid off a pier and sank in Lough Swilly

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Inside 'ahead of its time' Co Down home on the market for over £1.2m

"This is a home where design, efficiency and landscape combine to create something truly special"

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Belfast Live readers back tougher rules for newly qualified Northern Ireland drivers

We asked for your thoughts on the proposals in a recent online poll and hundreds of you responded.

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'It took 14 years and four surgeries to diagnose my condition, this needs to change'

"It impacts every aspect of my life"

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Eight key points after Noah Donohoe inquest week eight

The inquest into the death of the schoolboy at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, has just finished its eighth week.

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College has 'suspected' meningitis case but it's 'not linked to Kent outbreak'

Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection that can lead to meningitis

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Tributes pour in as GAA Sunday Game legend Michael Lyster dies aged 71

Long-serving GAA broadcaster Michael Lyster has died aged 71, with tributes pouring in for the RTE legend who was synonymous with The Sunday Game for over three decades

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Man arrested for 'possessing an imitation firearm' in north Belfast

"One man aged in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of offences including possession of an offensive weapon"

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Derry man takes on mammoth '26 in 26' challenge to give back to local charities

This will be Seamus’s third consecutive year taking on demanding fundraising challenges for charity

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Derry murder victim Amy Doherty remembered as 'beautiful girl with the biggest heart'

"Amy was the essence of humanity, kind, compassionate and beautiful"

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Daughter's heartbreak after father diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

“You don't understand what you've done to deserve that, like what he's done to deserve that. I couldn't wrap my head around how it was fair,” she said.

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Britain's Got Talent fans floored as Jeremy Clarkson is behind golden buzzer act

The emotional audition left one judge in tears while viewers rallied behind them

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'A bright light': Tributes paid to 8-year-old Co Tyrone child who passed away following brain tumour battle

"Odhrán had a deep love for sport and embraced life with kindness, energy and joy"

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Irish border will feature in EU–UK ‘reset’ if Reform wins power, MP says

"There clearly is an open border, an open back door to the United Kingdom, that is the north-south border in Ireland"

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Derry murder investigation: Woman named locally as community "utterly devastated"

The woman, named locally as Amy Doherty, was found injured at a property in the Summer Meadows Mews area of the city, but sadly died later in hospital