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Thursday 11 June 2026 Dublin: 15°C
Northern Ireland
Police will be 'back on the ground' in Northern Ireland this evening after days of unrest
Police and were pelted with bricks and petrol bombs by balaclava-clad rioters in Co Antrim on Wednesday evening.
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Northern Ireland
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