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John Laverty

Belfast Telegraph

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NI kids are having less underage sex... so why are their parents more concerned than ever?

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yesterday 4

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John Laverty

Northern Ireland’s Motability fraudsters are taking our taxpayers for a ride

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28.03.2025 10

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An NI ‘fleg’ for all? Nah, because what value is there in something no one would want to burn?

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21.03.2025 10

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Our dirty little secret… how NI became the porn capital of the UK

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14.03.2025 20

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Stormont replacing consultants, spads (and that Programme for Government) with AI robots would clean up the mess

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07.03.2025 5

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The one thing NI people won’t be giving up for Lent... social media

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28.02.2025 2

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Welcome to Northern Ireland... where the sex is free but people are still unhappy

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20.02.2025 30

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Northern Ireland had the best of both worlds... until that big orange man turned up

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14.02.2025 40

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Coffee shop owners have finally lost patience with ‘table hoggers’ like me

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07.02.2025 8

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What goes around doesn’t always come around... even in the Ballymena bible belt

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31.01.2025 10

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Still dreaming of Celtic and Rangers in the Premier League? Dream on...

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24.01.2025 8

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‘Terraced house tax’ is unplugging NI from electric car revolution

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17.01.2025 10

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If you’re silly enough to get wound up by Jamie Bryson’s comical observations on social media, then the joke is on you

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10.01.2025 20

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Ireland’s big love affair with the United States is about to hit the buffers

03.01.2025 5

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Marcus Rashford is beginning to emulate George Best at Man United… but not in the way he had hoped

27.12.2024 40

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All I want for Christmas is ... ‘the new Viagra’. But not before my big dinner

20.12.2024 5

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James McClean is no longer football’s only rebel — and that’s a good thing

13.12.2024 10

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We’ll all be long dead (without any assistance) before Stormont makes a Really Big Decision

05.12.2024 4

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Why tennis legend and former jailbird can claim credit for the NI peace process

28.11.2024 5

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Stephen Nolan is edging closer to a top spot at the BBC that none of their stars want

21.11.2024 10

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Airport owners need to stop treating their customers like animals

14.11.2024 10

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Another election, another Tory vowing to ditch the Good Friday Agreement

31.10.2024 10

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‘Michael Stone is innocent’ — The shock headline that could be coming our way

03.10.2024 4

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Ex-BBC NI chief’s probe into Russell Brand fiasco is a chalice of slow poison

12.09.2024 2

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Sex and fertility is behind NI population surge, not a handful of immigrants

05.09.2024 20

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Sign of the Cross should no longer be regarded as a purely Catholic gesture

29.08.2024 2

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What’s happened to one former NI Secretary may surprise many of us on this side of the Irish Sea

22.08.2024 3

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Thank goodness we have Mr Benn, not Mr Bean, at the NIO

22.08.2024 7

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Rhys McClenaghan’s fans now know what ‘excludes NI’ means

08.08.2024 10

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Armagh GAA story just the ticket for ‘ultimate’ in exaggeration – take it from one who knows

01.08.2024 4

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Surviving a ruthless assassin’s bullets is a good career move

25.07.2024 4

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