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Jun 2023
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What control should there be around bonf...

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A bonfire so big it could break a Guinness world record - aim of bonfire builders in Larne 
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First Minister distances herself and Sinn Féin from Michelle Gildernew's comments to Borderland podcast over Troubles murders
Nolan talks to the TUV's Timothy Gaston and political commentator Mick Fealty. 
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Relatives of Troubles’ victims hit back at claims on Borderland that some murders were justified
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