text: Claire McNeilly | Belfast Telegraph Journalist | Muck Rack
  Consumer Correspondent — Belfast Telegraph
  Belfast Telegraph Consumer Corresondent. Nine major journalism awards, including three UK. Opinions and comments are my own.
  belfasttelegraph.co.uk — Princess Margaret became a target for the IRA 40 years ago after she branded Irish people "pigs", it has been claimed. A biography of the Queen's sister, who was 71 years old when she died in 2002, reveals the Provisionals plotted to kill her for a remark she is said to have made during an official visit to America in 1979. Referring to a reception in Chicago, the book says the city's mayor Jane Byrne and the princess were discussing the recent assassination of her cousin, Lord Mountbatten.
  belfasttelegraph.co.uk — Northern Ireland drivers are paying out more than £1,000 on average for their car insurance. Premiums here have ramped up over the past 12 months, forcing motorists to fork out an extra £62 on average, new data suggests. Typically, insurance costs £1,006, with prices expected to reach their highest levels ever in 2018. Our bills are £179 above the UK average, according to the latest quarterly analysis by price comparison website Confused.com.
  belfasttelegraph.co.uk — THE devastated father of a teenage girl knocked down and killed has described her as a gifted student who had her whole life ahead of her. Paul McQuillan was speaking after it emerged that the Police Ombudsman is now investigating the accident that left 19-year-old Shannon McQuillan dead and her boyfriend Owen McFerran (21) fighting for his life in hospital.
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  My MLA interview this week: DUP's Poots could have become involved with paramilitaries 'but for Ian Paisley's influence' https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/dups-poots-could-have-become-involved-with-paramilitaries-but-for-ian-paisleys-influence-36508893.html
  £1k average premium for car insurance in Northern Ireland https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/1k-average-premium-for-car-insurance-in-northern-ireland-36513775.html
  IRA targeted Princess Margaret for 'calling Irish people pigs' https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/ira-targeted-princess-margaret-for-calling-irish-people-pigs-36514083.html
  Shannon McQuillan road death to be probed by police watchdog https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/shannon-mcquillan-road-death-to-be-probed-by-police-watchdog-36514272.html