It’s official – Hurricane Lorenzo is moving towards Northern Ireland – heavy rain and gale-force winds on the way

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2 Oct, 2019 It's official – Hurricane Lorenzo is moving towards Northern Ireland – heavy rain and gale-force winds on the way The Met Office is "increasingly confident" the remnants of Hurricane Lorenzo will arrive in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Latest News IRA 'realised it had so many informers it couldn't kill them all' The IRA was so compromised by informers at every level that it realised it had to give up violence and move towards politics, republican and senior intelligence figures have said. Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness defended murders of IRA men by key British agent A BBC Spotlight programme screeened tonight featured archive footage of Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness approving of the murder of fellow IRA men who were probably actually killed by a British agent. Yellow weather warning issued for NI – danger for traffic and travel The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for NI. Ministers: DUP should concede a standalone Irish language act to stop abortion Without the restoration of Stormont the law on abortion in Northern Ireland will change drastically in a few short weeks. All explicit protection for the unborn throughout the first 28 weeks of pregnancy will be removed and abortion will be permitted until at least 24 weeks and potentially beyond for any reason, including abortion on the grounds of the sex of the baby. Sport Update Stunning mural in Ulster housing estate pays tribute to five-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea A stunning mural paying tribute to five-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has been officially unveiled in a Newtownards housing estate. Taylor Mackenzie joins Tyco BMW for penultimate British Superbike round at Donington Park Scotland's Taylor Mackenzie will join Christian Iddon in the Tyco BMW team for the penultimate round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park this weekend. TERRACE TALK: Irish League fans' weekend video review Each week we will run video reviews from fans representing each of the 12 clubs in the Danske Bank Premiership. And finally... Boris Johnson gets hero's welcome at DUP reception, shortly before his Brexit plan for Northern Ireland is reported The DUP drinks reception has become a must-attend event at the Conservative Party conference since the two parties came together in a confidence and supply agreement in 2017. See all the day's news here

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