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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 | REACTION and details as Parades Commission issues determination on Drumcree procession. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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DUP hails Drumcree ruling as ‘significant breakthrough’ while Sinn Fein condemns decision from Parades Commission
The procession down the Garvaghy Road has not taken place since 1997
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🏥 | A contract for maintaining NI's medical gas network was tendered with an annual callout rate of 70 in one trust. Figures obtained by the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk showed the actual average rate was 454. Health chiefs are now "assessing any impact" on the process.
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Trust medical gas tender contained ‘incorrect’ figures six times lower than actual number
Health chiefs are assessing any impact on the tender process
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Tommy Greene @tommygreene.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The second piece here in a series ('The Muck Files') digging into the lucrative and murky trade of the UK's chicken waste. With Andrew Wasley and @shaunacorr.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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The Muck Files: Dishing the dirt on the UK’s chicken waste trade
UK farm animals produce a monumental amount of waste. But where does it all go?
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎉 Very satisfying to be shortlisted for a second year running in the Regional Investigation of the Year category at the Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards. Well done to my @belfasttelegraph.co.uk colleagues and all who made shortlist.
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
⚖️ | Long read looking back at how the Noah Donohoe inquest panned out - from jury selection in January, the High Court in July and the findings in September. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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The search for answers: The story of eight months and 100 witnesses in the Noah Donohoe inquest
The lengthy journey to uncover what happened to schoolboy
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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 15/09/2026
"The jury heard repeatedly that there were still so many unanswered questions about the case." tinyurl.com/4a88j7nc ✍️ @ismiseliam.bsky.social
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 | NEW: Almost eight months after it began in January, an inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has released its findings. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury finds Department ‘erred’ in management of culvert where schoolboy died
The 14-year-old died in June 2020
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 | NEW: Jury in Noah Donohoe inquest has reached a unanimous verdict on its findings. The coroner will now consider those findings before the court delivers its final verdict. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Jury reaches a verdict in Noah Donohoe inquest
The 14-year-old died in June 2020
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 | Jury deliberations enter a fifth day at the Noah Donohoe inquest. Discussions resumed at 9.30am. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury begins its fifth day of deliberations
The 14-year-old died in June 2020
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔴 | NEW: Jury member discharged as deliberations resume in Noah Donohoe inquest. The inquest has returned today after a two-month adjournment. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Second juror discharged as deliberations resume after two-month break
The 14-year-old St Malachy’s College student died in June 2020
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🗳️ | The ex-Sinn Féin and SDLP councillor has been sitting on the council as an Independent for almost a year. Her move to Aontú was announced at the party's 'Think-In' event in Derry. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Former Sinn Féin and SDLP rep ‘delighted’ to join Aontú ahead of next year’s elections
Party revealed its newest NI recruit at a ‘Think-In’ event in Londonderry
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
💧 | The arms-length body said it had liaised with its Information Management Unit over the disclosure, part of which complained about the unit itself. NIW said proper procedures had been followed. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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NI Water whistleblower ‘shocked’ by internal auditors’ link to unit he complained about
Crisis-hit organisation has said proper procedures were followed
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🔴 | NEW: Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced a forensic audit into governance at NI Water. It comes just days after the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk revealed the body was under scrutiny over an approved payment to a contractor.
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Department for Infrastructure launches probe into governance at NI Water
Minister Liz Kimmins tells Assembly ‘internal checks and balances’ of organisation need scrutiny
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
💧 NI Water terminated a whistleblower's contract and then approved up to £250,000 extra to cover costs that should have been met by the incoming contractor. We asked why - NIW opted to treat that query as an FOI request. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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NI Water agreed £250,000 bailout to bridge contract gap after terminating whistleblower’s contract
The whistleblower’s work was terminated after raising concerns over potential fraud
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🏛 | Former Health Minister Mike Nesbitt's SpAd is facing a standards hearing in relation to the declaration of interests. The hearing relates to his role as a councillor on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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UUP councillor who was SpAd to Nesbitt faces standards hearing over declaration of interests
Ovens, who has served as special advisor to two health ministers, features on NI Local Government Commissioner for Standards’ list of upcoming sittings
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🔴 | Stormont officials say they will not conduct an investigation into a Covid-era project that has left the public with a bill of more than £5m for equipment that has never been used. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Department ‘washing its hands’ of disused oxygen generator project costing public thousands, says MLA
Officials have said they will not conduct probe into maintenance costs
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"We now live in a much more open society when it comes to baby loss. Older generations had to navigate a world that looked the other way." The baby loss cert scheme is a simple gesture that recognises the pain of losing a baby. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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I was cynical about Stormont baby loss certificate... but holding this recognition of our first baby totally changed my view
My wife and I lost our firstborn child, Fionnuala, at 21 weeks in December 2016. She would have been turning 10 this year.
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🎶🏆 Tonight Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will come to its finale with the final of the senior céilí band competition. No Ulster band has won it since 2018 - here's what its like to win it. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Who will win at the Fleadh 2026? The inside story of traditional music’s ‘World Cup’
Ulster bands have won the senior céilí band title just four times in its history
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🎶 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 officially underway in Belfast. Spoke to Belfast Bands Forum during the week about their sold-out event on Thursday and how the bands are building on the work of the Londonderry Bands Forum in the city thirteen years ago. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Belfast marching bands prepare for landmark Fleadh role: ‘Festival had to include Ulster-British identity’
Marching bands to build on Derry success 13 years ago
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚴 "Our aim is to ensure that she has a level of independence in her adult life." Spoke to Conor Herron from Lámh Dhearg ahead of a fundraiser with VC Glendale for four-year-old Ciarla. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Dad hails community’s support ahead of cycling fundraiser for Belfast girl with cerebral palsy
Ciarla Herron (4) with cerebral palsy undergoing specialist physio in London
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
⚖️ | 24-year-old Fraser Bohm is to stand trial in September. Prosecutors told the court the defendant had been travelling at 104mph prior to the collision. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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US judge rejects motion to drop murder charges in crash that killed NI-born student and three others
Bohm (24) will stand trial over the horror Pacific Coast Highway incident
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🏨 | A briefing document identifying issues with the generators has never been shown to the Dept. The units have cost the public £634k to maintain since 2021. They have never been used. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Trust didn’t tell Department of Health about problems with oxygen generators before they were donated to India during pandemic
Medics’ concerns the three units would be unable to cope with demand in virus-hit country were not passed on to minister
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🗳️ Northern Ireland's electoral canvass and registration system could be set for an overhaul. 🗣️ @dmcbfs said anything aimed at getting more people on the register was a welcome move. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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NI’s voter canvass ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says Chief Electoral Officer
Dr Marshall has recommended automated voter registration be considered
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🏦 | Will Andy Burnham's tenure in Downing Street have an impact in NI? Two thirds of voters here are shrugging their shoulders at the prospect. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Two-thirds of NI voters have little hope of Andy Burnham’s premiership changing much
New Prime Minister took Downing Street reins on Monday
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🏥 | This generator is lying unused in the corner of a hospital car park, yet is costing the public thousands of pounds a year to maintain. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Unused emergency Covid oxygen generator that cost £412k now gathering moss in hospital car park
Another £454k has been spent maintaining five unused generators since 2021 during pandemic
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🏥 | The cancellations were recorded over two days in June, with the majority on June 10. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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More than 750 hospital appointments cancelled in Belfast during race riots last month
The Belfast Trust put measures in place to assist with staff safety during days of unrest
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There's gonna be a new PM. What he needs is an op-ed telling him what to do, of which there's no doubt a lamentable absence. Here's the time-hallowed method for creating one: 1. Set out the problem cleanly, as if the PM had literally no idea that growth, the cost of living and deficit matter. 1/
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🔴| The clock on jury deliberations in the Noah Donohoe inquest has now ticked past the 19-hour mark. All parties have had to relocate to an alternative court due to the late hour. Deliberations continue. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Jury deliberations resume for third day in Noah Donohoe inquest
Panel has discussed case for more than 10 hours
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🔴 | The jury in the Noah Donohoe inquest has resumed deliberations for a third day. "We're all happy to stay as long as is necessary," the coroner told the eight men and two women. They were sent out again at 9.46am. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Jury deliberations resume for third day in Noah Donohoe inquest
Panel has discussed case for more than 10 hours
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🔴 | The jury in the Noah Donohoe inquest has now begun deliberating over its verdict. The 14-year-old’s body was discovered in north Belfast on June 27, 2020, six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Jury sent out to consider verdict in Noah Donohoe inquest
Case has been sitting for 22 weeks
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🔴| The coroner in the Noah Donohoe inquest is continuing his charge to the jury. They will ultimately be asked to deliberate over a verdict and will be asked to determine whether the police response contributed to his death in June 2020. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest jury asked to determine whether police response contributed to teen’s death
The coroner has been continuing his charge to the jurors
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"I think when you come out of it, you’ve survived it, which is a much more positive situation, because you’re not a victim any more." Sat down recently with new @sinnfeinireland Chair of FODC Debbie Coyle to hear her remarkable story. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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‘I had to get out’: How NI council chair found herself in Enniskillen after fleeing abusive relationship
Debbie Coyle has vowed to champion Women’s Aid during her spell in office after accessing its support during a critical time 30 years ago
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
⚖️ | Two final statements of evidence in the Noah Donohoe inquest today. Jury on standby as legal arguments remain outstanding, due to be charged later this week. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Email used to memorialise Noah Donohoe’s Instagram account was used for same process three days earlier
An agreed position read into evidence indicated that the address had previously been used to memorialise another account
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
⚖️ | "I can’t imagine what Fiona is going through, what the past six years have been like, what that week was like." The final witness in the Noah Donohoe inquest has completed his evidence. The jury is set to be charged next week. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Police may ‘never have answer’ to some questions around Noah Donohoe’s death, coroner’s court told
The jury has been hearing from the inquest’s final witness
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 | The final witness - DCI Tom Phillips - has been continuing his evidence to the Noah Donohoe inquest. Updates from court here: 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Witness questioned over police head injury hypothesis at press conference
The inquest into Noah Donohoe's tragic death in 2020 continues at Belfast Coroner’s Court
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
⚖️ | The Noah Donohoe inquest has begun hearing from its final witness, DCI Phillips. Here's what was said today. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Senior officer denies telling witnesses what to say on stand
The co-ordinator of house-to-house enquiries also gave evidence today
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
⚖️ A significant day at the Noah Donohoe inquest today as the psychiatry and psychology experts fielded questions. "We do not think that Noah was planning to end his own life." 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe unlikely to have died by suicide, experts tell inquest
Teenager’s ‘bizarre’ behaviour on evening he disappeared ‘are not indicative of suicide but are unexplained and prompt further questions that do not currently have answers’, consultant psychiatrist te...
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Anyone who has lost an elderly relative has no doubt been left with the feeling that they should have listened more, taken more in." Personal one today - losing elderly relatives is painful for families, but it also has a wider impact on communities. @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Why our rural communities need to rage against the dying of their lights
I recently lost two elderly relatives... It’s important to keep memory alive and the lights burning
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"Over the past two years, communication with staff on this matter has increased, in line with a rise in reported incidents." NI health trust reports rise in incidents of inappropriate access to patients' medical records. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Medical records in NI’s largest health trust inappropriately accessed more than two dozen times since 2023
Belfast Trust has increased staff messaging following the recent rise
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🏦 If your car dashboard was lit up like that of Stormont's Wellbeing Framework, you'd be in for a hefty bill. What is it, why was it established, and what does it tell us about life in NI? 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Explainer: What is the ‘framework’ buried deep in Stormont’s annual report and what does it tell us about life in NI?
Data a ‘damning indictment’ of the Executive, says Opposition leader
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🏥 NI spend on agency nursing staff has tripled since 2018 NIAO report finds: 🔸 £161.6m spent in 24-25 🔸 Safe staffing shortfall of more than 2,000 nurses 🔸 Higher costs than Eng, Scot and Wales RCN NI says "decisive, sustained action" needed. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Stormont’s agency nursing bill has tripled to £162m since 2018 — more than Wales or Scotland
Total could fund more than 2,600 full-time nurses, as auditors warn shortfall in staffing levels much worse than official figure
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
⚖️ An expert who analysed CCTV appeared at the Noah Donohoe inquest today as the jury were shown fresh footage of Noah's journey the night before he disappeared. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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No footage missing from CCTV seized from Noah Donohoe’s flat complex, witness tells inquest
A video analyst has also produced a report on part of the 14-year-old’s journey through Belfast city centre
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
⚖️ A witness has told the inquest the death of Noah Donohoe is the most tragic case on which she has ever worked. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Conditions in culvert where Noah Donohoe’s body was found would have been terrifying, inquest hears
The situation facing Noah Donohoe as the tide rose in the culvert where his body was found would have been “terrifying”, the inquest into his death has heard.
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
⚖️ A health and safety expert said the waste ground close to the entrance of the culvert in which Noah Donohoe was found was in regular use - he noted a child's frisbee among items on the land during a site visit. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Noah Donohoe inquest: Waste ground around culvert entrance was being used as a playground, expert says
An area of waste ground close to the entrance of the culvert in which Noah Donohoe was found was being used as a “playground”, the inquest into his death has heard.
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
⚖️ An expert witness cannot explain Noah's phone call to himself the night before he disappeared. The jury also heard statements from some of the officers who entered the culvert and found the boy's body on June 27 2020. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Expert tells inquest he ‘cannot explain’ Noah Donohoe’s phone call to himself the night before he went missing
The inquest hears evidence from officers who examined the teenager’s mobile phone
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
⚖️ A man who saw Noah on Northwood Road the night he disappeared has stood over a claim he phoned police that night. Police have indicated they have no record of the call. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Witness stands over evidence he called police on night Noah Donohoe went missing, inquest hears
Conor McConnell has appeared before coroner for a second time
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨 In 2021, NI gifted three oxygen generators to India to help their fight against Covid. DoH then turned down a £1.5m reimbursement from Westminster. Pharmacists raised doubts about the remaining five which haven't been used but have cost over £450K to maintain. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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NI health chiefs rejected London’s £1.5m offer towards cost of oxygen generators later donated to India to fight pandemic
The remaining units have not been used in NI despite £450,000 maintenance spend
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
⚖️ The jury today heard from Daryl Paul, who was convicted in 2021 of stealing Noah Donohoe's laptop. Mr Paul denied ever having Noah's green coat. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Man who stole Noah’s laptop denies ever having schoolboy’s missing coat in his flat
Thief tells inquest into death of Belfast teenager that another witness’s claim over item of clothing not true
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
⚖️ A day of legal arguments at the Noah Donohoe inquest today - here's why there was no evidence. Inquest coverage here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/6vxms6yh 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
⚖️ The jury heard from an anonymous witness today in relation to a call made to police about Daryl Paul. A juror was also discharged. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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‘He’s a bit of a Walter Mitty’: Witness denies calling police over theft of Noah Donohoe’s laptop
One of the jurors was also discharged during Monday’s hearing
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