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Teen stopped after driving tractor on motorway on trip from Cavan

The 16-year-old should not have had the vehicle on the road

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Call for tougher firearm checks to tackle violence against women in NI

Thirty women have been killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland

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Omagh man who broke back and neck in horror holiday motorbike crash stranded in Bali

Andrew Patterson was flung off a hired bike breaking a cervical vertebra in his neck

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Everything you need to know ahead of further NI fuel protests on Friday

The PSNI said preparations for a "policing response" are underway ahead of fuel protests planned across Northern Ireland this Friday

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NI ‘probably’ worst in western Europe for cancer wait times, says committee chairman

The report from Cancer Research UK said more people in Northern Ireland are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before – around 29 new cases every day

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Downpatrick crash sees motorcyclist taken to hospital with serious injuries

The emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to the collision this morning

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Police restraint didn't lead to man's death but coroner critical of some actions

The coroner said the stroke he had suffered was in the context of “chronic alcohol and drug misuse, dehydration and associated risk factors”

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PSNI officers to stand trial charged with warning Belfast bars of Covid-19 checks, judge rules

One of the defendants is further accused of unlawfully obtaining personal data, namely contained on PSNI computer records

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Trump order - 'shoot to kill - no hesitation' in Strait of Hormuz

In his latest Truth Social post, Donald Trump said he ordered the US Navy to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz

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Man who stole Noah Donohoe rucksack says he ‘never met or saw’ schoolboy

“My role in Noah’s case went no further than stealing the laptop,” he said, adding that he was “upset” about the “untrue” rumours about him

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Dundonald residents to be quizzed on park after years of public access arguments

"I really don't have a view on whether people should or shouldn't as I know there are strong opinions on both sides."

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Man jailed after becoming volatile and threatening to kill mother of his children

Revealing four of the offences were aggravated by reason of involving domestic abuse, Judge Gilpin noted they occurred in the presence of the former couple's young son

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Family arrives at Tenerife airport and are left baffled by what they find

Holidaymakers have been sharing 'horror stories' about Tenerife airport queues and EES delays since regulations tightened at the beginning of April. But one family found a very different scene

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Watch: MP makes impassioned plea to Prime Minister after tragic death of seven-year-old boy

Teddy Johnson from Co Armagh died last week "peacefully in his mummy and daddy’s arms

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Parking app refunds issued after 10,000 customers hit by problems, council told

It is used at all council-run car parks

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Warning sand could be obscuring double yellow lines at two popular NI beaches

Council were presented with a detailed report on council’s street cleaning inventory, including vehicles, equipment and staff

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PSNI statement ahead of further Northern Ireland fuel protests this Friday

More potential disruption has prompted easyJet to issue a travel warning to passengers using Belfast airport

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Two men arrested after east Belfast security alert

ATO attended the scene and examined a suspicious device which was deemed to be inviable.

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Man dies after fire inside Belfast hospital’s emergency department

Emergency services were called to the scene after a blaze broke out inside a bathroom.

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Man killed in early-morning collision with bus near Dublin Airport

The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday