Two young people from Co Tyrone have lost their lives following a RTC on the A5 near Omagh on Tuesday night. The fatal crash occurred just one day after young people from St Ciaran's College staged a protest calling for the road to be upgraded.

Another serious crash on the A5. A section of the road between Omagh and Beragh (where Doogary Road becomes Curr Road) has been closed since last night.

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I'll repeal and replace the Legacy Act

Immigration gardaí won't physically police border

One of Belfast’s oldest pubs, Kelly’s Cellars, has been bought by the Downey group in a multimillion pound deal
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So... The reward for winning Ulster is a home game against Tyrone. And the loser of the Ulster Final gets a home tie against Westmeath for their opening game? 🤔

🚗 Have you been struggling to get an MOT?

Infra Min John O' Dowd has just told Northern Ireland Assembly that from 1 June, one-year temporary exemption certificates (TECs) will be introduced for a 'specified range of private cars'

The move aims to reduce MOT waiting times

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LCCC confirm Felix O'Hare was initially awarded the Dundonald Ice Bowl contract, but withdrew. Understood some of 8 bids received were “excessively over budget”. Heron Bros was subsequently awarded the £55m capital works contract, with an adventure play and healthcare element cut

The north’s property market has experienced the weakest first quarter for home sales since 2015, new market data from HMRC suggests
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More than 330 Troubles related Police Ombudsman cases axed over Legacy Act irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has revealed it will axe around 1,500 jobs across the UK amid plans to slash its chain of branded restaurants by more than 200 in favour of building more hotel rooms
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Precast manufacturer Creagh Concrete is believed to be eyeing the potential acquisition of Co Armagh construction services firm Norman Emerson Group
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Companies House filings suggest the mid-Ulster based McQuade family have bought the Waterfront Plaza office building in Belfast, the former local HQ of PwC. Their main business is operating a chain of care homes.

Co Tyrone school impacted by death toll on A5 backs calls for upgrade of notorious road irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Pre-tax profit up by 62% to £6.9m at Hastings Hotel Group irishnews.com/news/business/…

Read all about how one of our investors James Ameen helped bring McConnell's Distillery into being!
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A Holywood-based consultancy has been contracted by Stormont’s Department for Communities to carry out a human resources (HR) investigation at Sport NI

Turnover at family-owned commodities group W&R Barnett grew to £1.8bn in 2023 irishnews.com/news/business/…

James Ammeen's entrepreneurial spirit remains undimmed in his 85th year. He may have no Irish ancestry to speak of, but the Pennsylvania native has become one of the most important figures in Belfast’s Irish whiskey revival.

In today's The Irish News Ryan McAleer covers Carers NI's new modelling on paid carer's leave in N.Ireland. We found the policy could support 1000 unpaid carers to say in employment and save Stormont £millions in welfare payments p/year.

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A charity working with some of the most vulnerable people in society is “urgently reviewing” the implications of a criminal ransomware attack that saw data leaked on the dark web
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