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Public needle bin 'not a silver bullet' for drugs issue
A proposed trial to install a waste needle bin in Belfast city centre is not a "silver bullet" but one step to dealing with drugs issues in the city, a councillor has said. Brian Smyth was speaking ahead of a Belfast City Council vote on Thursday on whether or not to install the bin in the …
The Evening Standardflipped into Opinion | Evening StandardKneecap, you wanted to provoke people — now suck up the consequences
It would be deceiving the reader to suggest that I would recognise the work of the Belfast rap group, Kneecap, if I heard it on a loop in the lift, …
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Healthy ready meal company enters liquidation
Products from the healthy ready meal company Karri Kitchen have disappeared from shelves across Northern Ireland as the business has entered liquidation. The firm, which was based in Craigavon, County Armagh, had expanded rapidly over the past few years securing deals with Tesco, Lidl, Asda and Spar …
Masters champion Rory McIlroy makes expected announcement
Newly-crowned Masters champion Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will play the Scottish Open before heading to Northern Ireland for the final major of …
No Irish signage at station for at least six months
Work to install Irish language signs at Grand Central Station in Belfast will not go ahead for at least six months, the High Court has heard. Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson is challenging Sinn Féin Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins' decision to approve the £150,000 scheme at the city's new public …
