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By Alan Haslam
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image captionIt is the first time the endangered species has been spotted anywhere on the island of Ireland
A rare Egyptian vulture has been spotted circling the skies above the village of Dunfanaghy, County Donegal.
It is the first time the species has been recorded anywhere on the island of Ireland.
Bird watchers have been flocking to the area to catch a glimpse of the raptor, believed to be the same bird seen on the Isles of Scilly in June.
Listed as endangered since 2007, the Egyptian vulture is in decline worldwide.
It is the only long-distance migratory vulture.
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By Alan Haslam
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image caption I ve pleaded with them to change the door so I could get out - Brian Campbell is waiting for essential work to be carried out at his Housing Executive home
Brian Campbell has not left his house for more than two years.
A wheelchair user, he is unable to manoeuvre his way through the porch at his own front door, leaving him trapped inside.
Mr Campbell is one of hundreds of Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) tenants waiting for essential work to be carried out at their homes.
But delays to maintenance schemes have left some tenants feeling like they have been forgotten.
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By Alan Haslam
image captionNature reclaims the overgrown Lissummon Tunnel
There was a time when almost everyone in Northern Ireland lived within five miles of a railway station.
More than 750 miles of track once linked towns and communities in every county, but most of this infrastructure was abandoned in the 1950s.
A new review into an all-Ireland rail network was announced in April to look at the possibility of reviving the golden age of rail travel.
But why did Northern Ireland s rail network disappear in the first place?
image copyrightDownpatrick & County Down Railway Archive
image captionThe creation of a border led to huge delays for passenger trains