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Free Presbyterian Church Event Highlights Irish Language's Role in Northern Ireland's History
The Free Presbyterian Church in Antrim held an event, "Preispitéirigh agus an Ghaeilge," exploring the Presbyterian Church's history with the Irish language, attracting around 100 attendees from various political backgrounds, including Sinn Fein and DUP representatives.
Free Presbyterian Church Event Highlights Irish Language's Role in Northern Ireland's History
The Free Presbyterian Church in Antrim held an event, "Preispitéirigh agus an Ghaeilge," exploring the Presbyterian Church's history with the Irish language, attracting around 100 attendees from various political backgrounds, including Sinn Fein and DUP representatives.
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24% Bias Score
Fake Website Address on 300,000 NI Rate Bills Prompts Cyber Security Investigation
Nearly 300,000 ratepayers in Northern Ireland received tax bills with a misprinted website address that led to a site attempting malware downloads; the Department of Finance reported the issue to Action Fraud, apologized, and urged using www.nidirect.gov.uk/rates for rate information.
Fake Website Address on 300,000 NI Rate Bills Prompts Cyber Security Investigation
Nearly 300,000 ratepayers in Northern Ireland received tax bills with a misprinted website address that led to a site attempting malware downloads; the Department of Finance reported the issue to Action Fraud, apologized, and urged using www.nidirect.gov.uk/rates for rate information.
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16% Bias Score
Irish Government Funds Foras na Gaeilge to Reverse Cuts
The Irish government gave €630,000 to Foras na Gaeilge to reverse funding cuts announced earlier in 2025, while the Ulster-Scots Agency received £137,500, mostly from Stormont, following a North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) meeting.
Irish Government Funds Foras na Gaeilge to Reverse Cuts
The Irish government gave €630,000 to Foras na Gaeilge to reverse funding cuts announced earlier in 2025, while the Ulster-Scots Agency received £137,500, mostly from Stormont, following a North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) meeting.
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36% Bias Score
Community Resistance Thwarts Gold Mine in Northern Ireland's Sperrins
The Save Our Sperrins (SOS) campaign successfully blocked US gold mining company Dalradian from mining in the Sperrins mountains of Northern Ireland after an eight-year battle using peaceful protests and legal challenges, highlighting the environmental and community impacts of large-scale mining pro...
Community Resistance Thwarts Gold Mine in Northern Ireland's Sperrins
The Save Our Sperrins (SOS) campaign successfully blocked US gold mining company Dalradian from mining in the Sperrins mountains of Northern Ireland after an eight-year battle using peaceful protests and legal challenges, highlighting the environmental and community impacts of large-scale mining pro...
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48% Bias Score
Legal Challenge Delays Ireland's Electricity Grid Interconnection
A legal challenge in Northern Ireland threatens a €350 million plan to connect the island's electricity grids, with 150 landowners representing 6,500 residents claiming that Northern Ireland's renewable energy is being exploited to benefit the Republic's energy-hungry datacenters, and that the proje...
Legal Challenge Delays Ireland's Electricity Grid Interconnection
A legal challenge in Northern Ireland threatens a €350 million plan to connect the island's electricity grids, with 150 landowners representing 6,500 residents claiming that Northern Ireland's renewable energy is being exploited to benefit the Republic's energy-hungry datacenters, and that the proje...
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52% Bias Score
Northern Ireland Super-Councils: A Decade of Mixed Results
Ten years after the formation of Northern Ireland's 11 super-councils in 2015, BBC News NI assesses their impact, revealing unresolved staff issues, inconsistent parking policies, and concerns over business rates.
Northern Ireland Super-Councils: A Decade of Mixed Results
Ten years after the formation of Northern Ireland's 11 super-councils in 2015, BBC News NI assesses their impact, revealing unresolved staff issues, inconsistent parking policies, and concerns over business rates.
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48% Bias Score
MI5 Review Clears Agency of Intentional Withholding of Stakeknife Documents
A review found no evidence that MI5 intentionally withheld documents from Operation Kenova's investigation into Freddie Scappaticci, the IRA agent known as Stakeknife, who died in 2023 and was linked to at least 14 murders; however, it criticized MI5's document management.
MI5 Review Clears Agency of Intentional Withholding of Stakeknife Documents
A review found no evidence that MI5 intentionally withheld documents from Operation Kenova's investigation into Freddie Scappaticci, the IRA agent known as Stakeknife, who died in 2023 and was linked to at least 14 murders; however, it criticized MI5's document management.
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44% Bias Score
Study Shows Stark Economic and Social Disparities Between Northern Ireland and the Republic
A new study by the ESRI and the Shared Island Unit reveals significant disparities between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in areas such as waiting lists, household incomes, and education, with Brexit cited as a contributing factor to increased trade, while Northern Ireland faces challe...
Study Shows Stark Economic and Social Disparities Between Northern Ireland and the Republic
A new study by the ESRI and the Shared Island Unit reveals significant disparities between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in areas such as waiting lists, household incomes, and education, with Brexit cited as a contributing factor to increased trade, while Northern Ireland faces challe...
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20% Bias Score
RUC Investigative Failures Hindered 1988 Murder Probe
A Police Ombudsman report details how investigative failures by the RUC, including the misattribution of a rifle recovered in 1988, hindered the investigation into the sectarian murders of Seamus Morris and Peter Dolan in Ardoyne, depriving investigators of key leads and delaying justice for their f...
RUC Investigative Failures Hindered 1988 Murder Probe
A Police Ombudsman report details how investigative failures by the RUC, including the misattribution of a rifle recovered in 1988, hindered the investigation into the sectarian murders of Seamus Morris and Peter Dolan in Ardoyne, depriving investigators of key leads and delaying justice for their f...
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44% Bias Score
Belfast Opens First Women-Only Emergency Housing Facility
Belfast opened Northern Ireland's first women-only temporary crisis accommodation facility, addressing a more than threefold increase in women sleeping rough in five years (from 17 in 2019/20 to 65 in 2024/25); the facility, funded by the Housing Executive, currently houses 10 women, with plans to e...
Belfast Opens First Women-Only Emergency Housing Facility
Belfast opened Northern Ireland's first women-only temporary crisis accommodation facility, addressing a more than threefold increase in women sleeping rough in five years (from 17 in 2019/20 to 65 in 2024/25); the facility, funded by the Housing Executive, currently houses 10 women, with plans to e...
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36% Bias Score
UK Awaits EU Response Before Assessing Impact of US Tariffs on Northern Ireland
The UK government will take a "calm and considered" approach to US tariffs on Northern Ireland goods, which face a 10% tariff, while the Republic of Ireland faces a 20% tariff. The government has conducted an impact assessment but awaits EU response before publishing it, while the First Minister voi...
UK Awaits EU Response Before Assessing Impact of US Tariffs on Northern Ireland
The UK government will take a "calm and considered" approach to US tariffs on Northern Ireland goods, which face a 10% tariff, while the Republic of Ireland faces a 20% tariff. The government has conducted an impact assessment but awaits EU response before publishing it, while the First Minister voi...
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36% Bias Score
UK Committee Urges Multi-Year Funding for Northern Ireland's Public Services
A UK parliamentary committee recommends multi-year funding for Northern Ireland's executive to address chronic underfunding of public services, noting that over \£235 million intended for transformation was diverted to immediate needs, and urging a needs-based funding approach.
UK Committee Urges Multi-Year Funding for Northern Ireland's Public Services
A UK parliamentary committee recommends multi-year funding for Northern Ireland's executive to address chronic underfunding of public services, noting that over \£235 million intended for transformation was diverted to immediate needs, and urging a needs-based funding approach.
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32% Bias Score
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