NI severe weather warning issued – ice, hail, sleet and snow on the way

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27 Oct, 2018 NI severe weather warning issued – ice, hail, sleet and snow on the way The Met Office has issued a yellow status severe weather warning of ice for Northern Ireland. Latest News Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald defends commemoration for IRA Shankill bomber Thomas Begley Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has defended party members attending a commemoration to Shankill bomber Thomas Begley days after victims' families marked the 25th anniversary of the blast. RHI Inquiry: Máirtín Ó Muilleoir's top civil servant suspected he may not be decision-maker The most senior civil servant in Máirtín Ó Muilleoir's Stormont department believed that the then finance minister may have been "acting under instruction" in a period where it is now clear that the minister was in constant contact with senior republicans. DUP Spad told me "we could fill our boots" with RHI cash, says top civil servant Arlene Foster's long-standing special adviser who is accused of having deliberately delayed cost controls on the RHI scheme later told a top civil servant he thought "we could fill our boots" with money, the RHI Inquiry has heard. The unlikely link between Halloween ghouls and World War One's flu pandemic You'll probably encounter at least one ghoulishly-costumed youth over the Halloween period wearing a white, hairless, skull-like facemask with enormous, empty eyes, wide open with shock, and a gaping mouth emitting a 'silent scream'. Sport Update Ryan Farquhar says Derek McGee 'deserves more credit' after stellar season Ryan Farquhar says 'Mullingar Missile' Derek McGee did not 'get the credit he deserved' this season. WSBK: Imperious Jonathan Rea equals Doug Polen's victory record in Qatar Jonathan Rea equalled American rider Doug Polen's record of 17 World Superbike victories in a season as he chalked up a staggering 11th win in a row in Qatar. Fundraising drive underway for stricken wife of Fermanagh road racer Paul Gartland A GoFundMe page has been set up for the wife of Irish road racer Paul Gartland, who had to have her lower leg amputated. And finally... McKeever's magic: Why Nuala is laughing through middle age Local comic Nuala McKeever is about to tour with her new show about the joys and sorrows of middle age, Letting Go or Losing It See all the day's news here

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