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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Peter Coulter |Jake Wood
Amateur wildlife photographers have been flocking to a north Belfast park to spot a tropical new arrival. Bedecked with emerald green feathers and a rose-red beak, the ring-neck parakeets have become the star attraction at the Waterworks Park. Originally from the Himalayas, the Indian sub-continent, and parts of Africa, ring-necked parakeets are regularly spotted across the UK, with large populations in London and the south-east of England.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jake Wood
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
aol.com | Jake Wood
October 5, 2024 at 9:50 AMMichael McMonagle pleaded guilty in September to a series of child sex offences [BBC]The British Heart Foundation has said it told a senior Sinn Féin official that two of its press officers had provided references for Michael McMonagle in August 2023. The charity employed the former Sinn Féin press officer, who was under investigation for child sex offences, in September 2022 after neither reference "raised a concern about his suitability for employment".
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jake Wood
Amongst the noise of chaos that dominated the soundscape in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, peace for some could be found at the end of the telephone line. Cara-Friend is a befriending and support service set up by volunteers in 1974 to help LGBTQ communities find connection within the conflict. A Belfast theatre company is marking the 50th anniversary of the helpline with a UK and Ireland tour of an acclaimed play.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jake Wood
Jake Wood - BBC News NISeptember 12, 2024 at 7:09 PM·3 min readAlmost 23,000 homes are to receive glass recycling bins in east and west Belfast as part of the first phase of Belfast City Council's (BCC) recycling expansion plans. Over the next three years the scheme will be expanded to include 66,000 more homes, according to the council. The projected total cost of the scheme is £1.6m.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
aol.com | Jake Wood
September 7, 2024 at 12:47 AMWhen Matt Shields floated the idea of bringing free weekly park runs to Northern Ireland in 2010, he wasn't met with much enthusiasm. “They basically said ‘good luck’," he says. "They didn’t think we could get enough volunteers every weekend and marshall the events, but I had seen its success in London.”Fast forward 14 years, and Northern Ireland is punching above its weight when it comes to Parkrun participation.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jake Wood
Jake Wood - BBC News NISeptember 2, 2024 at 7:43 AM·3 min readChoctaw leaders have unveiled a sculpture in Oklahoma dedicated to their people's connection with Ireland. The connection was founded on the gift - a donation made to Ireland in 1847. The Eternal Hearts sculpture was created by Samuel Stitt and was a joint commission, funded by the Irish government and the Chahta Foundation.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Jake Wood
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jake Wood
Jake Wood - BBC News NIAugust 14, 2024 at 2:06 AM·4 min readA new 'living mural' at the home of an Irish league premiership team is bringing more than just a splash of colour to the grounds. Cliftonville Football Club in north Belfast is offering a new home to endangered house martins. Their numbers are in decline across the UK and Ireland partly due to a lack of suitable nesting sites. Nesting cups have been incorporated into the mural at one of the stands in the club's Solitude stadium.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
mywinet.com | Abigail Taylor |Jake Wood
11 minutes in the pastBy Abigail Taylor and Jake Wood, BBC News NI Some passengers who’ve booked summer flights with Aer Lingus are to find out if their flights have been cancelled due to industrial motion by pilots. On Thursday the airline announced that it could have to cancel between 10% and 20% of flights over the primary 5 days of the motion. The motion is being taken by members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA).
