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The remote North Antrim spot, facing the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, where campaigners want the remains of Roger Casement to be reburied.
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‘Have you ever wished something didn’t have to come to an end?… There is an old word to describe exactly how you are feeling: finifugal… based on the Latin for ‘fleeing the end’… [but] this emotion only comes at the end of something really good.’
Susie Dent #bookweekni
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Will Grigg playing in a wooden stadium is surely a health and safety concern
📝 We can confirm that Will Grigg has departed the club, joining Forest Green Rovers on a permanent basis.
The forward leaves North Derbyshire having made a momentous contribution to the club’s success in recent seasons, netting 42 times in total for the Spireites and finishing as the club’s top scorer in the National League title-winning season.
Everyone at the club wishes Griggy all the best for the future. 💙
🔗 shorturl.at/uDpju
#Spireites
Best of Belfast. 👏
An awards night in an 130 year old building (recently used at the Fleadh) 🎻
@ArchitectureNI #ArchitectureNight
(Nobody minded the brief power-failure. 💥🔌)
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Architecture Night underway with @BBCMarkSimpson @ArchitectureNI at the Electric Light Station
Business Personality of the Year for 2026 👏👏👏 Well
deserved, Alan. 🏆
With the illustrious @BBCMarkSimpson this evening at #AIBBE26 awards with @FSB_NI @WorldofESF @BusinessEyeNI @eye_business
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George Dockrell takes a wicket in his first over to become Ireland's greatest wicket-taker. His 327th, passing Dermott Monteith's long record of 326
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Our XI for the series opener! 🫡
Namibia Men have won the toss and decided to bowl first.
📺 Watch live on ICC.tv
#BackingGreen | #IREvNAM | #FailteSolar
They're quiet, safe, warm & full of books (and daily newspapers!) 🩷
Today is #LoveYourLibraryDay and we'd like to hear from you! 💜
Maybe you come for the books, a group or an activity – or just having a library nearby.
What do you love about your library? Tell us below or join in at your local library today! 😃
#BookWeekNI @BBCnireland
ALT Promotional poster for Love your Library Day on 21 October 2026, featuring a tree with a heart-shaped canopy of books.
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The FM & dFM were at the Executive Office scrutiny committee today.
Here’s how the question session ended at 3pm.
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BREAKING @bbcnewsni Jailed ex DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is being investigated by London police about an alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament.
The former MP has been accused of raping the woman in Westminster in 2016, at the very heart of the political establishment.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94g…
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Jeffrey Donaldson is to be interviewed by London police about an alleged rape of a woman, inside the Houses of Parliament, the BBC can reveal.
bbc.in/4z3FQcR
Politicians united at Stormont today to share their love of reading:
📚 Sinn Féin's @mcguigan_philip
📚DUP's @paulfrewDUP
📚Speaker @edwinpootsmla
📚Alliance's @KateNicholl
📚UUP's @mikenesbittni
📚SDLP's @CaraHunterMLA
#BookWeek
@LibrariesNI 📗📘📕📙📔
Portadown parade listed on Parades Commission website for 7pm in town centre on Saturday evening. 📌
paradescommission.org/viewpa…
From Belgium to Carlingford ... and soon from north to south.
