Unions warn of escalating action as thousands strike across Northern Ireland

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Subscribe              Jan 18, 2024           Good afternoon readers,   Here are our latest reports on a day of Industrial action in Northern Ireland.   Also read: * Editorial: Stormont recall was another example of futile gesture politics * Letter: Unionism needs to get real on the need to cultivate friends at Westminster * Esmond Birnie: Immediate strike crisis is obscuring the fundamental question: what sort of public sector do we want in the future? * Letter: Instead of strikes, we should have communal demonstrations for a mutually beneficial social-economic-political system           LATEST: Unions warn of escalating action as thousands strike across Northern Ireland           Public sector strike affecting 'all aspects' of health and social care in Northern Ireland           Londonderry as Derry City and Strabane District Council suspend refuse collection in the interests of health and safety           One of the men accused over Michaela McAreavey chant in Orange Hall pleads guilty           Weather: Temperatures dipped to -6 °C last night - drivers asked to be 'think carefully about the need to travel'           'The new year brings renewed hope of economic growth for Northern Ireland'           'We expect demand to increase as the mortgage environment continues to improve'           'This year we are celebrating the trailblazing entrepreneurs that are contributing to the growth of NI's economy'           Men over the age of 50 are more likely to experience an enlarged prostate.           'The bigger problem is the prolonged period of low growth and the lack of policy focus to correct this'           Kevin Conway: Man arrested by detectives in murder investigation into shooting of 26-year-old               See how a herd of donkeys at a Belfast sanctuary enjoys the snow - or not!     With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates                           'I've said this before, you've got to be ruthless and relentless,' says Glentoran chief Warren Feeney             David Odumosu to remain at Cliftonville until the end of the season as loan extension is agreed     Cliftonville star Danielle Maxwell named as the Women's Premiership Player of the Year after fine season     "The manager has always been straightforward with me on what I need to do."                 View more news

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