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Norovirus rips through Caribbean Princess cruise ship in fresh sickness horror as 100 taken ill

More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on board the Caribbean Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, have fallen ill in a norovirus outbreak

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The Placenames saga reveals more bureaucratic incompetence at Stormont

"What is evident is that the apparent collapse of the Placenames Project was a slow-motion administrative failure, compounded by poor planning, departmental buck-passing and a worrying absence of long-term strategic thinking."

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Martin Lewis says people who pay direct debit for energy could be due £100s back

The finance expert issued advice for people who pay for their energy using a monthly direct debit

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'I went to Benidorm on lad's holiday and 1 thing made me never return to UK'

Harry Poulton went on a "lads' holiday" to Benidorm, Spain and decided to up sticks and move to the popular destination for good, with one thing in particular making his decision "easy"

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U105 confirm departure from airwaves of five popular presenters

The household names had been absent from their normal slots on the radio station

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Public Health Agency 'continuing to monitor' Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

The cruise ship is currently carrying around 150 stranded passengers and is now travelling to Tenerife

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'My undiagnosed ADHD hasn't stopped me helping people in their most challenging moments'

“For years I believed I wasn’t capable. Now I know I can achieve what I put my mind to it.”

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Trump announces three-day Ukraine ceasefire - 'beginning of the end'

Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945

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Recycling centres across Ards and North Down to open extra hours in summer months

Officials recommended only five of the nine HRCs extending their hours

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Union Street pedestrianisation not working and taxis mostly to blame claims councillor

Councillor "names and shames" the two big Belfast taxi firms

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Northern Ireland weather outlook for the weekend ahead

Hopefully the Spring weather returns for good!

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Community rally to support pregnant partner of man killed in crash

Mateusz Prokopiuk died in a two-vehicle collision on April 25

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Probe into death of mum and newborn baby as house sealed off

Officers are understood to be working on the theory the mother died giving birth to her baby girl overnight at the family home

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Kamil Holan: Tributes paid to NW200 rider who 'lived life to the fullest'

Just two weeks ago, Holan's father Ivo - 'his greatest supporter throughout his career' - passed away

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NI councillor 'won't be silenced' after alleged online threat

"Comments suggesting that I am ‘easy to find’ and only 'a couple of hours away' clearly cross a line"

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Man jailed for murder of dad-of-nine stabbed 50 times to have conviction quashed

Senior judges identified procedural errors which meant the guilty verdict over the killing of Edward Meenan was unsafe

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'The youth of today do not want to look back' - Your verdict on a United Ireland border poll

One woman that we spoke to said that Northern Ireland has changed

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Department 'didn't have a clue' if culvert where Noah Donohoe died was locked, inquest told

"It was an absolute shock to us that Noah had lost his life in a culvert the department maintains."

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Man guilty of sexually and physically abusing children to be sentenced next month

When he was interviewed by police, the defendant denied all the children's claims and when questioned about the sexual abuse he said had erectile dysfunction

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Dundonald man to face jaguars, snakes and spiders in Amazon Rainforest ultra-marathon

"My friend joked you've got Piranhas, black caymen crocodiles, jaguars, green anacondas and Tribes, then there's some rocket from Ballybeen running across the jungle with a rucksack on and they are not sure what is more of a danger!