John Laverty

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  It’s food for thought when even NI’s most popular restaurants are going out of business

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  NI can’t afford £308m Casement Park, but a £340m train station is wee buns

More John Laverty

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  Sex claims and bitter bust-ups; how NI’s ‘party of the 21st century’ ended up as a one-hit wonder

  

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  We’ve made a real dog’s dinner of both of our sea borders

  

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  The shameful night dying victims of a pub bomb were turned away from a Belfast hospital

  

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  In Northern Ireland, you could die waiting for an MoT

  

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  Why water charges terrify NI ratepayers... and our politicians

  

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  Rates exemption in NI? Yes, but only if you do God’s work

  

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  Stormont is not a sweet shop – halting free hospital parking shows there are adults in the room

  

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  This Easter, remember Margaret Wright... the Troubles’ most horrific mistaken identity murder

  

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  Why NI’s so-called ‘dual nationality’ doesn’t get my vote

  

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  I’ve just dumped my electric car... and I couldn’t be happier

  

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  Sinn Fein’s boycott of Westminster is starting to look silly

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  It’s not fair game to tackle our sporting heroes’ background

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  Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair... the ‘brand ambassador’ Nike didn’t want

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  King Billy wasn’t ‘openly’ gay, and that’s how he dodged the hangman…

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  How a softly-spoken NI woman became the UK’s most hated person

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  DUP isn't the only local party heading for a critical crossroads

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  How Iraq stopped Tony Blair killing the Good Friday Agreement

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  Imagine west Belfast being carpet-bombed by a vengeful prime minister

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  What psycho killers Ted Bundy and Michael Stone have in common: Close encounters with feisty former NI Secretary Mo Mowlam

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  Why NI folk can no longer afford to fall in love with foreigners

Top Stories

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• Politics

  Nationalist party wants Irish Sea border for people – but doesn’t seem to realise that would end the Common Travel Area

  

• Courts

  Teen died after taking drugs on night out at Belsonic gig

  

• News

  UVF torches disabled drug baron’s mobility car as warning to dealers in Belfast

  

• Courts

  Dad jailed after having sex with his adult daughter

  

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• Music and Gigs

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• UK

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• Northern Ireland

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• Republic of Ireland

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• UK

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• Music and Gigs

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• Columnists

  Give us more of Georgia and co at the Euros… time for the tournament to consist of 32 teams

  

• Republic of Ireland

  Tributes paid to Waterford physiotherapist who died on holiday in Majorca

  

• World

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