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Northern Ireland

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Capital Belfast
Dialing code +44
Population1. 875 million (2017)
Currency Pound sterling
Destinations Belfast
Londonderry
Antrim
Mourne Mountains
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About Northern Ireland


Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The country is known for its Norman castles, glacial valleys and mountains, Celtic and Christian monuments, and coastal links golf courses. Capital city Belfast is home to the political murals of the 20th-century ‘Troubles' conflict, and the Titanic Quarter, showcasing the redeveloped dockyards where the famous ship was built and a contemporary museum, Titanic Belfast.

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... Interim compensation would be paid within a month to bereaved children, parents and siblings not covered by the first interim payment in October 2022, psychological support would be provided for victims within a month in England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland already provide this support)...

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... He said he had a good relationship with health ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and compared their meetings together to " therapy sessions"...

UK weather: Snow forecast and warnings in place as temperatures plummet

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Dec 1,2023 6:01 am

... Overnight from Thursday into Friday morning, some of the coldest places were: Yellow warnings for ice for Northern Ireland and south-west England ended at 10:00, but in some central and south-eastern areas of England freezing fog posed an additional hazard on Friday morning...

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UK cold snap persists with sub-zero nights to come

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... A warning just for ice is in place in the east of Northern Ireland...

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... However by 1973 his government had been struggling with industrial disputes and British troops were on the streets in Northern Ireland...

Chilly UK dips to -8C as snow and ice forecast

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... Freezing fog is making travel treacherous in parts of the Midlands, north-west England and Northern Ireland, and could develop elsewhere...

Excluding us from meetings harmed Covid response, mayors tell inquiry

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... The inquiry is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland...

Coronavirus: "We need a designated shielding an hour'

Nov 27,2023 12:11 pm

hundreds of people behind Natasha Howard campaign, the introduction of a "shield hour'.

The idea is to set a time when people who do not remain in the shielding in the house, so that those, the shield can leave their homes and do not know that you come close to someone with the coronavirus.

2. 5 million people in the letters were on the 22 March, not tell them to leave their homes, because they are the most exposed to the risk of Covid-19.

The current advice on shielding expires, in England and Northern Ireland on the 30. June; in Scotland, at 31. July and in Wales on 16 August.

The Group of National voices, which for hundreds of health and social journey called associations, is urging the government to carefully consider the questions with which those in the shield, to avoid the creation of a "two-classes-pandemic society".

The Department of health and Social care says it is looking "to make life easier" for those with the shield.

Video-health and science correspondent Laura Foster



Source of news: bbc.com

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