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Ryanair ran out of patience during the bid to extend Belfast City Airport's runway

Belfast City Airport was on brink of closure after Ryanair exit

Ryanair's decision to withdraw from Northern Ireland nearly sounded the death-knell for George Best Belfast City Airport and 1,500 jobs, its boss has said.
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Snow alert for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland could experience snowfall over the coming days, forecasters said today.
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Farmer Gordon Flinn?s field was covered in fish after a lorry carrying tonnes of mackerel was overturned

Toppled lorry dumps thousands of fish in farmer Flinn's field

This is the Biblical scene that met Northern Ireland farmer Gordon Flinn after a lorry overturned into his field, spilling tonnes of fish.
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Video: Lego man makes landmark space flight

Two Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into outer space using a homemade parachute and equipment bought on Craigslist.
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Irish detectives shocked by details of teen's murder

A murdered Romanian teenager suffered an appalling death that was incomprehensible in a civilised society, the garda leading the hunt for her savage killers said yesterday.

Boeing's latest jet touches down in Dublin

It is billed as 'the first all-new airplane of the 21st century' that is not only luxurious but cuts cost, noise and carbon emissions.
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Nicole Scherzinger 'spotted with new beau'

Nicole Scherzinger has been spotted getting close to a mystery man.
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Manchester man's head and burning body found at roadside

A man whose headless body was found on fire was blasted with a shotgun before being decapitated, police said today.

More tremors expected after Donegal quake

Ireland was hit by a mini-earthquake yesterday and there may be more tremors to come.
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Ulster homes shaken as Donegal hit by 2.2 magnitude earthquake

Fergie calls for calm ahead of 'massive game'

Sir Alex Ferguson has pleaded for calm ahead of Manchester United's FA Cup fourth-round trip to Liverpool tomorrow - the clubs' first meeting since the spat between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra.
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Wayne Rooney doubtful for Manchester United's 'massive' Anfield Cup tie

Brad Pitt goes public on depression battle

For almost a decade Brad Pitt could barely face the day.
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School Pics: Ian Paisley

Former DUP leader Ian Paisley joins our gallery of schoolday images.
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Education Minister John O'Dowd has asked education boards to redraft reports on schools

Boards to redraft school reports

Education boards have been told to look again at reports on schools which they were asked to carry out last year.

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Blue Purple G was the ninth red kite to have been poisoned since 2007

Poisoned red kite ninth to die

A ninth red kite has been found dead from illegal poisoning, park rangers have said.

A farmer who was found to have scores of animal carcasses on his property has been jailed at Nottingham Crown Court

Farmer jailed over rotting animals new

A farmer has been jailed for 12 months after scores of animals were found dead and decaying at his farm.

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, has given her backing to Chancellor George Osborne's austerity package

IMF chief backs austerity measures new

Government austerity measures have been backed by the International Monetary Fund but Labour seized on the latest United States growth figures as proof Britain must change course.

Thomas has heart surgery new

Scarlets prop Rhys Thomas has undergone heart surgery after being taken ill in training, the Welsh region have confirmed.

Elizabeth Olsen: I don't know fashion

Elizabeth Olsen isn't "very good" with "designer stuff".

Subway is to open 600 new branches in Ireland and the UK by 2015

Sandwich chain Subway to create 6000 jobs

Sandwich chain Subway has announced it is to create 6,000 jobs over the next three years.

Miliband: David Cameron's plea for responsible capitalism is failing

David Cameron's plea for "responsible capitalism" is failing because he wants to do it by asking businesses to behave better, rather than changing the rules, Ed Miliband said.

Liam Neeson: Movie was terrifying

Liam Neeson was "terrified" when he started shooting his new movie.

Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank opens

Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank has opened for business, supplying tumour samples to scientists around the UK.

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Graduate pay set to increase by 4%

Graduate pay is set to increase by 4% this year after an "unprecedented period" of stagnation, a new report has predicted.

Emily Watson enjoyed working with Steven Spielberg

Watson: I'm still scared of horses! new

Emily Watson has revealed she is still fearful of horses - despite starring opposite them in War Horse.

ABBA are releasing a new track with the rerelease of The Visitors

Unreleased ABBA track on new album new

ABBA fans will soon again be saying thank you for the music with the release of a new track on a special edition of the disbanded pop group's The Visitors album.

Former police officer Gordon King, 88, fought off a pair of robbers

Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider new

A fearless pensioner who fought off a pair of robbers said "instinct" kicked in when he witnessed them attacking the driver of a security van.

Game reviews: Resident Evil Revelations, Kingdom Rush, German Truck Simulator

This week, Resident Evil: Revelations gives Nintendo 3DS owners the fright of their lives, Kingdom Rush dazzles on iPad and German Truck Simulator finds its niche on PC.

48 hours In: Las Palmas

With its warm winter sunshine, an impressive urban beach, vibrant nightlife and chic shopping, Gran Canaria’s capital is an alluring prospect for Matthew Hirtes

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Old School Pictures: Ian Paisley

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• It suits Israel that we never forget 'Nuclear Iran'

Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism – and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, protector and manipulator of World Terror, of Syria and Lebanon and Hamas and Hezbollah.

• Let’s be honest, all this sniping at Christine Bleakley is really a hate crime

Until a few days ago the constant sniping at Christine Bleakley was an irritation — a growing one — but an irritation nonetheless.

• Greed from landlords, not claimants

We've come to that point in the lifetime of every Tory government when we're invited to scream about people on benefits. Some people enjoy this activity all the time, but at the moment it's like New Year's Eve for drinking, a time when if you're not doing it to excess, you get sneered at for not taking part in the fun.

• Sport in Ulster is good for us in more than one way

The accolades continue to fly for sport in Northern Ireland. What is marketed rightly as the golfing capital of the world is now also home to one of the top eight rugby teams in Europe after Ulster qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at the weekend.

• A heroic tale of sacrifice amid Arabia's killing fields

I don't know if I met Tom Hurndall. He was one of a bunch of 'human shields' who turned up in Baghdad just before the Anglo-American invasion in 2003, the kind of folk we professional reporters make fun of. Tree huggers, that kind of thing.