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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
Begley scores with Swifts' Irish Cup final soundtrackNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster ReporterMossey MediaPhilomena Begley recently put on a special performance for Dungannon Swifts' fans and playersDid you ever hear the one about the Queen of Country and the County Tyrone football club? Philomena Begley is one of Irish country music's most loved and celebrated entertainers who has been working in the industry for more than 60 years.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
'We waited 25 years to open village mystery chest'Niall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster ReporterBBCThe Caledon Millennium Chest had been kept under lock and key for 25 yearsIn the basement of an old County Tyrone court house a large wooden chest has been gathering dust for a quarter of a century, on top of it was a plaque with just one instruction - "To be opened in the year 2025".
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
Theft and damage of defibrillators 'obscene'Niall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster ReporterGettyThere are thousands of community defibrillators across Northern Ireland in places like schools, sports centres and shopsConcerns have been raised about the number of publicly accessible defibrillators that have either been damaged or stolen in Northern Ireland in recent years. Defibrillators are used - alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best chance of survival during a cardiac arrest.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
Man found guilty of Damien Heagney's murderNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid-Ulster reporterFamily handoutMr Heagney was last seen in Dromore on New Year's Eve in 2021A man has been found guilty of murdering Damien Heagney, as well as dismembering and disposing of his body. Cookstown man Damien Heagney, 47, was last seen alive at the end of December 2021.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken |Cormac Campbell
'More to be done after 10 years of super councils'Niall McCracken & Cormac CampbellPA MediaThere have been bin strikes in a number of council areas, with the biggest being in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in 2022We are 10 years on from the biggest change in local democracy in Northern Ireland. When the super-councils were formed in 2015, they promised more efficiency and better delivery of services.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
Men in court over murder of pensioner Adam KrzanNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster reporterFamily HandoutAdam Krzan was found with three stab wounds to his chest and two to his neckA 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pensioner in County Tyrone in February this year. A second 34-year-old man also appeared charged with a number of offences connected to the case including assisting an offender, withholding information and perverting the course of justice.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
How a garage gym became a boxing club uniting diverse communitiesNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster ReporterBBCDungannon Boxing Club was formed in 1987"A few years ago I was going through a really rough period in my life, then I joined the boxing club, and honestly it gave me a reason to live."Eoin Mellon from County Tyrone only started boxing in his late teens, but said it has had a profound impact on his life.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
Calls for new bus safety laws after schoolgirl's deathNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster reporterBBCCaitlin-Rose McMullan died after being hit by a car There have been fresh calls for new laws to improve school bus safety in Northern Ireland. Caitlin-Rose McMullan was a pupil at St Pius X College in Magherafelt who was described in a statement by the school as being "a very popular pupil who was always smiling".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Niall McCracken
A woman's wait to find the body of her murdered sisterNiall McCrackenBBC News NI Mid Ulster ReporterMurray familyCharlotte Murray went missing in 2012 and her body has never been found"Every morning you wake up wondering will today be the day that we find her body?"This is a thought that Sinead Corrigan has been living with for more than 12 years. Her sister Charlotte Murray went missing in 2012 and her body has never been found.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Niall McCracken
The trial of a man accused of the murder of 46-year-old Damien Heagney from Cookstown, in County Tyrone has begun. Stephen McCourt, 41, from Riverview in Augher denies murdering Mr Heagney on a date unknown between 29 December 2021 and 7 January 2022. Mr Heagney was last seen in Dromore on New Year's Eve in 2021. He was reported missing in July 2022 and the following month his partially dismembered remains were recovered from Cappagh Reservoir in County Tyrone.
