Kevin Sharkey
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A poignant scene this evening as the media left the cordon in Creeslough. Time now to allow the community space and time to heal.
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A little bit of magic from Ardnashee Special Needs School in Derry (The finale is glorious)
#OhHappyDays
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Fiona Donohoe speaks at protest in support of her son Noah who lost his life over 2 years ago.
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The bonfire where John Steele fell from the top and died last night has been dismantled
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The other view of Derry - heroes working every night, helping people in distress and saving lives along the Foyle.
#FoylePreventionTeam
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Breaking- The Apprentice Boys of Derry have just given me this statement
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After the week that was in and about Derry, here’s a reminder of something else I came upon in the city earlier in the summer.
A little bit of magic from Ardnashee Special Needs School in Derry (The finale is glorious)
#OhHappyDays
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A big crowd in Belfast city centre for a protest about a PSNI application to withhold some information from an Inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe.
The 14-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast.
The PSNI has ruled out foul play.
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A crime scene remains in Belfast tonight as a young man, in his 20’s and believed to be part of the homeless community, is treated in hospital for burns after a man threw acid at his face while he was sitting beside his bundle of clothes. More
@bbcnewsline
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The local church here in Cresslough is packed to overflowing for morning mass where Fr John Joe Duffy has told the congregation that their community has been hit by “a tsunami of grief“.
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Wonder how many GFA anniversary invitations were sent to the very many working class heroes who've been doing often unseen yet unstinting work on the front line to build and keep the peace over the past 25 years?
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The mother of schoolboy Noah Donohoe has told
@bbcnewsline
that she wants “a thorough investigation” into the death of her son last summer.
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42 different cultures of Muslim celebrate Eid in Belfast.
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Don't you just love how
@BarryKeoghan
loves his country and his inner city home community in the capital.☘️
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9 year-old Ezinne Nwosu, a pupil at Holy Family Primary School, is Lord Mayor of Belfast for a day. Pictured with Lord Mayor Councillor Kate Nicholl and her parents in East Belfast where she officially opened the new Avoniel Leisure Centre.
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All these politicians up at Stormont should be put on a bus and driven down to Belfast city centre to see all the wet and lonely homeless people on the streets this terrible night. Heartbreaking to see so many young people, broken, and given no chance and no hope.
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There is seething anger in many coastal and rural communities in Donegal this weekend at the arrival of countless visitors to holiday homes despite impassioned pleas to respect and help to protect their host communities by staying away this Easter.
#COVID19ireland
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Breaking
@BBCNewsNI
NI drivers WILL need Green Card while driving in RoI from January. Irish Dept of Transport says “As it stands, following the transition period, a Green Card will be required for vehicles from the UK, including Northern Ireland, being driven in Ireland...”
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What a pleasure to have enjoyed the enriching company of our colleague Dan Stanton in the great outdoors as he fought the good fight. Well read, well travelled and any time spent in his company, well spent. 🕯️
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16th anniversary of Lisa Dorrian disappearance “I would appeal for those with direct knowledge of Lisa’s whereabouts to find a way to get that information to me, anonymously or via a third party if necessary.”
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History will judge this
@gaothdobhairclg
team well for the football they played, the fun they had, and most of all, their dignity and honour through the darkest days. .
@Gaelic_Life
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A day of great joy for our former journalism colleague and dear friend Sr Martina
#JourneyofFaith
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When you think of Derry today, think of its true spirit and it’s heroes -
@Foylerescue
and the heartbroken family and friends of Aodhan O’Donnell who have walked the toughest walk to bring their hero home from the Foyle.
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Will be interesting to observe how the English News and Sports media covers this following the excellent and deserving headline coverage it gave to the recent Antonio Rudiger incident.
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Brendan Cox tells
@BBCNews
"Yesterday there was one act of evil but thousands of acts of heroism"
#westminster
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Who is this? One of three Nazi flags being placed on lamp posts outside the Belfast Iqraa mosque last night.
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The council says this bonfire will pose a serious safety risk when it’s lit on Wednesday night and residents in the flats, on the left, are being asked to move to a youth hostel 10 miles away, for the night.
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Protest on Ormeau Road demanding action against what’s been described here as loyalist “bully boys“ flying flags in South Belfast.
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On this first anniversary of
#lockdown
let’s also salute the exceptional public service of specialist journalists like
@mlchealth
who have provided critical information to the public and held public servants and politicians to account.
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Remembering our great friend and cameraman Eamonn Doyle 🙏 and how proud he would be of his son Philip and Daire Lynch winning Olympic Bronze for their country. 🥇🇮🇪
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Morning breaks over Kincora on the day the former Boys Home, where dozens of young people were abused, is to be demolished.
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You couldn’t make it up. Not content with blocking one channel, today they’re blocking Two Irish internationals for Northern viewers
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Amidst the darkness of the disappearance and death of Noah Donohoe, it’s worth reflecting on the goodness of the people around the Shore road. Alongside people from well beyond their area, they answered a heart-rending call to find Noah and to comfort his family.
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An Taoiseach has just arrived at the scene of the tragedy to show the solidarity of the people of Ireland with the communities of Cresslough and Donegal.
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Most people were in awe, some just left their calling card.
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Band parade and road block in Bangor protesting against Irish Sea Border.
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Volunteers in North Belfast preparing to resume the search this morning for 14 year old Noah Donohoe, missing since Sunday.
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A Belfast grandmother has just placed this symbol and message at the Peace Gate on Lanark Way.
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A message left on the gates of Stormont last night by the heartbroken mother of Noah Donohoe.
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Lights, camera, still waiting for action here in Fermanagh.
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Gerry Adams asks, in the Dail, 'Where are the Independents?' Rapid retort from the benches "Where's Shergar?"
#shergar
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His service to his county - man and boy over the past 40 years - marks Declan Bonner
@NaRossa76
as a Titan of
@officialdonegal
football. A born winner, a decorated champion.
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At once, this life journey of
@domhnallN
is chastening and inspiring.
At at the age of 18, Domhnall Nugent had the world at his feet. A few years later, the inter-county hurler was addicted to drugs and alcohol . He's now speaking out to encourage others to talk about their mental health.
@tv_KevinSharkey
's report contains some upsetting detail.
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You know it’s a gargantuan event in Irish sporting history when the
#latelate
pauses to pay tribute to Mickey Harte shortly after news of his leaving is announced.
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The community of Cresslough seeking comfort together after mass this morning, as the tragedy in their midst continues to unfold.
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BREAKING- SOS Karen Bradley tells victims of Blood Infection scandal that the best way to resolve financial support disparity between NI and England is a functioning Assembly. Victim says they’re being used as “a political football”.
@BBCNewsNI
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A family’s long wait, a new search begins for the body of Lisa Dorrian.
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Nature gives them beautiful views and this is what they give back.
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Noah Donohoe: Coroner asks the Attorney General to investigate the possibility of prosecuting those posting material online for contempt of court.
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The final round for Irish boxing legend Hugh Russell. ☘️ 🥊
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Names of murdered PSNI officers and British flags placed upon unregulated bonfire in the Bogside
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BREAKING - All car MOT tests have been suspended in Northern Ireland. No cars will be tested at any of the 15 centres from tomorrow morning, due to investigations into faulty lifts.
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Prince William has a natter with Baby Luca Carmichael
#RoyalvisitNI
#Ballymena
@BBCNewsNI
@bbcnewsline
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I've just seen a very beautiful thing - a young schoolboy going over to a young homeless man beside his bus stop and giving him some money.
#hope
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Remarkable announcement at mass in Clonard Monastery this evening - congregation told the public cannot attend mass there for the foreseeable future.
#CoronavirusPandemic
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After a superb victory over All Ireland champions Kerry, Donegal manager Paddy Carr remembers the community of Creeslough "I hope we put a bit of joy into their hearts today."🟢🟡
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The urgent need to resolve the ongoing problems in the Health service was a catalyst for returning to govern at Stormont. Upon return, party after party bypassed the Health portfolio until
@uuponline
had the option and took it.
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My good friend
@freyamcc
delivers inspirational words to the families of the 186 children killed in The Troubles “These are your children, these are your memories, this is your book”
#ChildrenoftheTroubles
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Irish football legend Niall Quinn came to Loughinisland this evening to stand with the local community.
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Thousands of people have now joined a commemorative walk in Derry on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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#coronavirus
response now at ‘Delay’ stage in Dundalk, Blacklion, Lifford. Still at ‘Containment’ phase in Newry, Belcoo, Strabane.
#border
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A moment to treasure - broadcasting from RTE studios Dublin for
@BBCgmu
on Easter Monday 2016, during the 1916 centenary commemorations. One of many moments when the peerless Éamon Phoenix illuminated the complex history of this island for old and new generations.
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Sinn Fein has landed two massive body blows on the SDLP today - overtaking them in Derry, wiping them out in West Belfast
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Rioters here in Tigers Bay after ramming police Land Rover with a burning car.
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As prospective election candidates for South Down are interviewed by party officers here at DUP HQ, look who’s watching on.
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A Christmas market on one side, a Covid protest on the other.
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Such a heartrending, yet inspiring, interview with 84 year old Mary O’Halloran who was robbed at knifepoint alongside her 79-year-old brother in Cork at the weekend. “Do you love your brother” asks
@MiriamOCal
. “I do, It’s all we have”
#TrueIrishHero
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Delighted to meet
@KenReid_utv
and his family in Belfast today, even better hearing about his imminent return to the frontline.
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Tone of DUP/SF debate on
@bbctheview
tonight comes just hours after
#Kingsmills
survivor Alan Black appealed to politicians to stop "trying to poke each other's eyes out with a sharp stick"
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After a Malaysian Judge delivers an open verdict into the death of Nóra Quoirin, her mother Meabh has told me “It’s a very big day for us .... we’re very pleased with the outcome .... this is a huge step forward in our quest for justice”
@bbcnewsline
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A new generation leads a commemorative walk in Derry on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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Blamed in the wrong, sacked on the spot, forced to pay thousands of pounds they didn’t owe - Today some of the NI victims of a Post Office computer scandal will finally have their day at a Public Inquiry in Belfast
@PostOffInquiry
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What a magnificent addition to the walkways around the River Lagan.
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Very well played all the Shop workers and all those managing queues into and out of shops, they deserve a high five too, when the time is right. 🖐👏
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