James Andrew Thomas McVeigh, 32, shot Mr Smyth in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun in 2019.
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Whistleblower vet awarded £1.25m and apology
Dr Tamara Bronckaers' £1.25m settlement with the agriculture department is thought to be Northern Ireland's highest industrial tribunal pay-out.
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Whistleblower vet awarded £1.25m and apology
Dr Tamara Bronckaers' £1.25m settlement with the agriculture department is thought to be Northern Ireland's highest industrial tribunal pay-out.

Man jailed for 18 years over Paul Smyth murder
James Andrew Thomas McVeigh, 32, shot Mr Smyth in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun in 2019.

Councils and schools hit by workers' pay strike
Council services likely to be affected include some bin collections and street cleaning.

Kidnappers 'threaten to set victim on fire'
A man is kidnapped and doused in fuel and a pensioner is assaulted in County Down.

Sinn Féin calls for £230 cost-of-living payment
The party also wants to freeze bus and rail fairs and has called for a date for a border poll.

Two youths in court over criminal damage to church
Items damaged in the Catholic Church in Magherafelt were valued at about £1,000.
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Whistleblower vet awarded £1.25m and apology
Dr Tamara Bronckaers' £1.25m settlement with the agriculture department is thought to be Northern Ireland's highest industrial tribunal pay-out.

Man jailed for 18 years over Paul Smyth murder
James Andrew Thomas McVeigh, 32, shot Mr Smyth in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun in 2019.

Councils and schools hit by workers' pay strike
Council services likely to be affected include some bin collections and street cleaning.

Kidnappers 'threaten to set victim on fire'
A man is kidnapped and doused in fuel and a pensioner is assaulted in County Down.

Sinn Féin calls for £230 cost-of-living payment
The party also wants to freeze bus and rail fairs and has called for a date for a border poll.

Two youths in court over criminal damage to church
Items damaged in the Catholic Church in Magherafelt were valued at about £1,000.

Man jailed for 18 years over Paul Smyth murder
James Andrew Thomas McVeigh, 32, shot Mr Smyth in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun in 2019.

Councils and schools hit by workers' pay strike
Council services likely to be affected include some bin collections and street cleaning.

Kidnappers 'threaten to set victim on fire'
A man is kidnapped and doused in fuel and a pensioner is assaulted in County Down.
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