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Jennifer O'Leary

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Investigative Journalist @BBCSpotlightNI [email protected] https://nitter.cf/t.co/r6670yCWM6

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Joined November 2011
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'Dissident republicans may be responsible' for hotel explosive device - PSNI bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly…
Londonderry: Viable explosive device sent to hotel in package

Londonderry: Viable explosive device sent to hotel in package

The package was discovered at about 15:20 GMT on Tuesday at Ebrington Square in the Waterside.

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Dozens feared dead after two trains collide south of Madrid bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv1j309d…
Families desperate for news as rescuers work to identify Spanish train crash victims

Families desperate for news as rescuers work to identify Spanish train crash victims

The disaster occurred when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville barrelled into a stationary train on Wednesday morning.

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Londonderry: Viable explosive device sent to hotel in package

Londonderry: Viable explosive device sent to hotel in package

The package was discovered at about 15:20 GMT on Tuesday at Ebrington Square in the Waterside.

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Luxury cruise ship that left Belfast two years ago strands passengers in Cambodia. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lux…
They bought cabins to live on a luxury cruise ship. High fuel costs got them kicked off in Cambodia.

They bought cabins to live on a luxury cruise ship. High fuel costs got them kicked off in Cambodia.

Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship.

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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice - a new series about the killing of Robert McCartney starting tonight at 22.30 on BBC One NI.
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Jeffrey Donaldson is to be interviewed by London police about an alleged rape of a woman, inside the Houses of Parliament, the BBC can reveal. bbc.in/4z3FQcR
Jeffrey Donaldson to be interviewed over alleged rape inside Houses of Parliament

Jeffrey Donaldson to be interviewed over alleged rape inside Houses of Parliament

While not naming the disgraced former MP, the Metropolitan Police has issued a statement confirming a 63-year-old man is being investigated.

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Family of prison officer shot dead by IRA to get state apology bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck20…
Brian Stack: Family of prison officer killed by IRA receives state apology

Brian Stack: Family of prison officer killed by IRA receives state apology

Brian Stack was crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 when he was shot in the back of the neck and died 18 months later.

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Dissident republicans may have mounted gun attacks on police had officers cleared a path for an Orange parade on the Garvaghy Road, the High Court has heard. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmje…
Drumcree: Dissidents may have mounted gun attacks on Garvaghy Road, court hears

Drumcree: Dissidents may have mounted gun attacks on Garvaghy Road, court hears

The case has been brought by a Portadown Orangeman against Sir Chris Bryant and Jon Boutcher.

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Firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer will not be livestreamed, US President Donald Trump says after backlash bbc.in/4yU11xY
Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad

Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad

Trump said some would "rather not watch" the killing of Nidal Hasan, the first military execution in over 60 years.

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MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief

MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief

Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".

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Former mid-Ulster UVF gang member Laurence Maguire today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder all male members of the Cairns family in 1992, the year before young brothers Rory and Gerard Cairns were shot dead in their home in Co Down.
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The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard that an Irish army camp received a warning that the town was to be the target of a bomb the day before the fatal explosion. bbc.in/4rXYUX8
Omagh Bombing Inquiry: Irish army received warning day before bomb, inquiry told

Omagh Bombing Inquiry: Irish army received warning day before bomb, inquiry told

A journalist has told the inquiry that a warning call was received on 14 August 1998 at Finner Camp near Ballyshannon, County Donegal.

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A major incident has been declared near RAF Fairford after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, Gloucestershire police say bbc.co.uk/news/live/c65y7nl2…
RAF Fairford incident involves 'foreign actor', says Marco Rubio, as some evacuated residents...

RAF Fairford incident involves 'foreign actor', says Marco Rubio, as some evacuated residents...

The secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail.

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CNN, Politico and MS NOW have sued the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0e…
CNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban

CNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban

Major US networks later suspended White House TV coverage of Trump as he headed to New York for a UN summit.

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Fourteen people linked to evidential activity at time of Omagh bomb, inquiry told bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmz6…
Omagh bomb: Fourteen people linked to evidential activity, inquiry told

Omagh bomb: Fourteen people linked to evidential activity, inquiry told

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the bombing in the County Tyrone town on 15 August 1998 - the biggest single atrocity in the Troubles.

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Valletta today. For my mother. For justice. ❤️
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A US embassy staffer accused of possessing indecent images of children, was detained at his south London flat and flown out of the UK in August, without being first questioned by British police. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj…
US embassy child abuse images suspect flown from UK before police interview

US embassy child abuse images suspect flown from UK before police interview

The individual worked at the US embassy in Vauxhall, south London, had diplomatic protection, despite not being a diplomat.

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9/11 anniversary: How the lessons of the attacks are still being learnt - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l6…
9/11 anniversary: How the lessons of the attacks are still being learnt

9/11 anniversary: How the lessons of the attacks are still being learnt

Twenty-five years on, the attacks have come to define a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy, the BBC's security correspondent writes.

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PSNI investigation of Creswell indecent exposure allegation 'failed victim' - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge4…
PSNI investigation of Creswell indecent exposure allegation 'failed victim'

PSNI investigation of Creswell indecent exposure allegation 'failed victim'

The Police Ombudsman finds that "police failed the complainant, both as a woman and as a victim".

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Our newsroom has lost both Stephen Walker and Sharon Bradford today. Two wonderful colleagues and two of the best of people gone far too soon. All my thoughts and sympathy to their families. A sad day.
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We also mourn the loss of my beautiful, witty, steadfast friend Sharon Bradford. A Ballinamallard woman and talented news producer who was a kind and courageous soul. Her husband Thierry and their children were her greatest joy. Two friends gone too soon today. Rest in peace 🙏
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