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BBC News - Northern Ireland

Black armbands to mark tragedy
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:47:26 GMT
The Football Assocation of Ireland (FAI) has said its players will wear black armbands during the Italy match at Euro 2012 to mark the 18th anniversary of the Loughinisland tragedy.
Troubles survivors lobby Stormont
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:15:26 GMT
As research highlights a staggering shortfall in services for thousands injured as a result of the Troubles, survivors lobby Stormont.
'Fear' over body parts retention
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:29 GMT
Victims' campaigner Alan McBride said there is fear among families of victims following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths.
Victims 'need more information'
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:38 GMT
Victims of crime in Northern Ireland need to be given more detail when informed no-one is being prosecuted, a report finds.
Finance firm creates 164 new jobs
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:24:46 GMT
A London-based financial service firm, Augentius Fund Administration, is to create up to 164 new jobs in Belfast.
Substation fire treated as arson
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:47:14 GMT
Police are treating as arson a fire at an electricity substation which caused power cuts for 1,200 customers.
Intruder robs pensioner's home
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:27:23 GMT
A woman in her 70s and her daughter are recovering after being confronted by an intruder at their home in Newry.
Man is stabbed in head by burglar
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:13 GMT
A man has been stabbed in the head and back after he answered the door to a burglar in north Belfast.
Boy guilty of raping 5-year-old
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:55:01 GMT
A teenage schoolboy has been found guilty by a Belfast court of raping and sexually abusing a five-year-old boy.
'Go to anger classes or get shot'
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:16:56 GMT
A Londonderry man claims republican vigilantes told him to go to anger management classes or get shot.
Oil laundering plants discovered
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:18:02 GMT
Irish customs officers have uncovered two illegal oil laundering plants in Dundalk.
Soldier 'lawfully' killed IRA man
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:01:10 GMT
Soldiers acted lawfully in shooting dead a member of the IRA in Londonderry, a report has found.
Council reviews staff protection
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:46:06 GMT
Intimidation of Belfast City Council staff during a campaign to save a 'pit-bull type' dog has led to the council reviewing procedures to protect staff from abuse.
MLAs told Translink is 'well run'
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:04 GMT
There is "no evidence of poor financial management" at Translink, Stormont MLAs are told.
Ardoyne protest appeals rejected
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:43:05 GMT
Eight men who failed to overturn convictions for staging sit-down protests at a disputed Orange Order parade in Ardoyne, Belfast have vowed to go to jail rather than pay fines.
Teenager murder inquiry re-opened
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:01 GMT
An investigation into the murder of a teenager in west Belfast 11 years ago is re-opened by the police
Man beaten by masked abductors
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:02:49 GMT
A 28-year-old man has been beaten by three masked men who abducted him in Derry and abandoned him in Donegal.
Apology for golf club 'confusion'
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:47 GMT
Sinn Fein Junior Minster Martina Anderson apologises for any confusion over a reference to golf clubs in a speech on sectarianism.
Arson attack on derelict building
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:47:47 GMT
The Fire Service say a fire at a derelict industrial unit in Newbuildings on Wednesday was arson.
Man charged over £800k drugs haul
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:41 GMT
A man appears in court in connection with the seizure of drugs worth an estimated £800,000 in Londonderry.
Ceremony to remember bomb deaths
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:14:11 GMT
A ceremony will be held in Dublin on Thursday to mark the 38th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.
Shot man drove to prison for help
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:27 GMT
A 32-year -old man is shot in the arm and chest as he sat in a parked car in Ballyfermot, Dublin.
Taxi green lights 'xenophobic'
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:09 GMT
The Irish transport minister has described the green lights that have been put on some Dublin taxis as "inherently racist".
New checks for some EU flights
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:37:07 GMT
Additional security measures are being introduced on plans departing from Dublin Airport for other EU airports.
MLA tweets without using hands
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:12 GMT
MLA tweets without using hands
Robbie Keane a hit at White House
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:15 GMT
US president Barack Obama singled out Robbie Keane, captain of the Republic of Ireland football team, for a special mention at a White House reception, calling him "a cousin of mine".
Attwood may permit driving at 16
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:31:58 GMT
Radical changes are being considered to the rules governing learner drivers, Environment Minister Alex Attwood says.
Empey seeks Heathrow guarantees
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:47:14 GMT
Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey asks Westminster to guarantee landing slots at Heathrow for Northern Ireland flights.
Parties unite to beat trafficking
Tue, 15 May 2012 13:15:30 GMT
An all party Assembly group has been set up to tackle "modern day slavery."
NI Birthdays card shops to close
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:11:47 GMT
More than half of stores operated by Clinton Cards in Northern Ireland are to close.
Airtricity buys over Phoenix gas
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:16:00 GMT
One of the UK's largest energy suppliers, Airtricity, buys over the Northern Ireland Phoenix gas supply business.
NI unemployment rate has fallen
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:07:12 GMT
The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland falls however more people are signing on the dole.
Ulster ready to make 'statement'
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:42:07 GMT
Ulster are ready to make a 'statement' by winning the Heineken Cup against Leinster at Twickenham on Saturday.
Antrim include four Loughgiel men
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:51:23 GMT
Antrim include four players from All-Ireland club champions Loughgiel in the team for their championship opener against Westmeath.
North West 200 on BBC Sport NI website
Mon, 14 May 2012 13:25:36 GMT
The BBC Sport website's coverage of the North West 200 continues with live video streaming of the second practice session on Thursday.
VIDEO: Northern Ireland Assembly
Mon, 14 May 2012 16:10:39 GMT
The DUP brought a motion on agri-crime to the assembly, on 14 May 2012.
VIDEO: The Balmoral Show through the years
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:22:26 GMT
BBC Newsline's rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy looks back at the history of the Balmoral Show at the Kings' Hall.
VIDEO: Obama's Keane 'cousin'
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:12:11 GMT
US president Barack Obama singled out Robbie Keane, captain of the Republic of Ireland football team, for a special mention at a White House reception, calling him "a cousin of mine".
VIDEO: Police apology over body parts
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:28:05 GMT
Police in Northern Ireland have apologised for any distress caused to families following the revelation the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in some cases of unexplained deaths.
VIDEO: Motorway learners?
Tue, 15 May 2012 18:21:08 GMT
Radical changes are being considered to the rules governing learner drivers, Environment Minister Alex Attwood says.
AUDIO: My son 'had to be shot'
Tue, 15 May 2012 08:35:26 GMT
Community groups in Londonderry say the vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) has been carrying out paramilitary style shootings and is responsible for driving scores of people out of the city.
AUDIO: Harry Gregg recalls Munich air crash
Tue, 15 May 2012 11:58:07 GMT
Former Northern Ireland and Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg describes the moments after the Munich air disaster and how he managed to struggle out.
VIDEO: Agent's rant uploaded to Youtube
Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:44 GMT
A Belfast estate agent suspends a staff member after a recording of him threatening and verbally abusing a resident of a house was posted online.
VIDEO: NI political week in 60 seconds
Sun, 13 May 2012 12:11:41 GMT
Martina Purdy takes a 60-second look at the past week in Northern Ireland political life up to 13 May, as part of the Sunday Politics programme.
Inside the mind of the road racer
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:46 GMT
An insight into why riders are prepared to risk their lives in motorbike road racing.
Exodus for Heineken Cup begins
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:16:20 GMT
More than 20,000 rugby fans heading to London for crunch game
North Belfast's new royal chefs?
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:47:07 GMT
Pupils from north Belfast primary school hope to cook for the Queen
Bringing back the punt
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:24:34 GMT
How an Irish town is bringing back the old currency
Quinn Spotlight tracks down firm
Tue, 15 May 2012 05:10:12 GMT
BBC Spotlight investigates Sean Quinn's empire

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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