Belfast

Belfast City Airport ‘operating as normal’ after emergency involving Aer Lingus plane

Runway closed and several flights redirected on Sunday when aircraft suffered a collapsed nose wheel on landing

Mon Dec 23 2024 - 08:40

Baby boy who weighed just 1lb 10oz at birth to spend first Christmas at home with family

Doctors feared Iarla Ace would not survive long when he was born prematurely at 25 weeks in the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast last October

Sun Dec 22 2024 - 12:23

Amanda Coogan: ‘Belfast is a great city to be an artist. I pay the same rent here as I did in Dublin in 1992’

Performance artist Amanda Coogan on growing up as a child of deaf parents, embracing her love of performance, and the Irish fear of the avant-garde

Fri Dec 20 2024 - 05:45

PSNI officer charged with conspiring to pervert course of justice

Prosecution is linked to events on Ormeau Road in Belfast in February 2021

Wed Dec 18 2024 - 14:12

Oscars 2025: Kneecap shortlisted for best international feature film and best original song

Two Irish films, TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Room Taken and Portia A Buckley’s Clodagh, land spots in the shortlist for best live-action short

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 19:29

Police targeting of Belfast journalists exposes ‘lack of legal safeguards’ for press freedom

Tribunal ruling on Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey underscores need to protect press freedom and confidential journalistic sources

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 15:54

Man jailed for abduction of girl (7) who was playing in her front garden

Marek Burieta from Spelga Park in Lurgan - who was unknown to the family - was drunk when he approached the children and asked if they wanted to go for pizza and ice cream

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 13:58

Twenty PSNI officers injured in less than 24 hours

Some officers sustained serious injuries that required medical treatment, superintendent says

Sun Dec 15 2024 - 09:51

Matt Cooper: I’m an only child. I’ve always been conscious of not having brothers or sisters

The journalist and broadcaster on his middle name Raphael, visiting Belfast in the 1970s and his experience as an only child

Sun Dec 15 2024 - 06:00

Anna Lo obituary: Fearless and trailblazing politician who stood for equality

A feminist and self-described humanist she campaigned against racial discrimination while herself suffering from racist threats and intimidation

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 00:15

No evidence of police collusion in investigation into 1978 La Mon House Hotel bombing, ombudsman says

Judge at trial said he could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that statements not ‘adduced by torture’

Wed Dec 11 2024 - 16:52

A Dante for Ireland: Exile and purgatory reinvented for the dislocated

Colcester, Florence, Belfast and elsewhere all intermingle in Philip Terry’s version of Dante’s Purgatorio

Wed Dec 11 2024 - 05:00

PSNI investigate sudden death of woman at Belfast nightclub

A second woman remains in hospital after the two women were found unconscious

Sun Dec 01 2024 - 16:46

Calling all meat eaters: Where to eat the best steaks in Ireland

When only a steak will cut it, these are 10 of our top restaurant choices

Fri Nov 29 2024 - 05:00

Former Christian Brother jailed for abusing children was ‘like a dark shadow’ in victims’ lives

Paul Dunleavy preyed on boys from deprived backgrounds, leaving them with feelings of worthlessness, self-hatred and guilt

Thu Nov 28 2024 - 18:20

Former Christian Brother (89) sentenced to further 10 years in prison

Paul Dunleavy found guilty in September of 36 charges of historical sexual abuse against nine boys

Thu Nov 28 2024 - 15:10

Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Cinderella: 25 Christmas pantos and shows to see around Ireland this festive season

Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights

Mon Nov 25 2024 - 05:22

Irish art sale: Standing room only anticipated at live auction return

Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, Roderic O’Conor and Louis le Brocquy are among the highlights at deVere’s Irish art sale

Sat Nov 23 2024 - 05:00

Punctuality of trains at Connolly continues to decline

Irish Rail received more than 1,000 written complaints after new timetable was introduced

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 16:34

‘No mercy’ shown by former Belfast Christian Brother to abuse victims, judge tells court

Judge was responding to request for leniency for Paul Dunleavy (88) on grounds of age ahead of sentencing for historic child sex offences

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 13:38

‘I feel Irish Rail are just running down the time and hoping I will go away’

Family trip to Belfast tarnished after paying a premium, only to be told when they got on board that there was no first class and no catering

Thu Nov 21 2024 - 07:42

North’s sports minister has ‘no objection’ to attending GAA match amid row over Casement funding

DUP minister Gordon Lyons plays down reports of ‘tetchy’ meeting with GAA president Jarlath Burns

Wed Nov 20 2024 - 17:18

Charli XCX announces two gigs in Ireland for 2025

Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts

Wed Nov 20 2024 - 14:42

Family of Pat Finucane call for ‘fully independent’ inquiry at Capitol Hill

Inquiry should have sufficiently wide terms of reference and should facilitate panel of judges with human rights law experience, Finucane family believes

Wed Nov 20 2024 - 00:01

Police officers injured during protest against Hillary Clinton Belfast visit

PSNI investigating scenes of public disorder outside Queen’s University as US presidential candidate spoke at summit

Fri Nov 15 2024 - 18:20

‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute Stormont department over Noah Donohoe’s death

Teenager found dead in north Belfast storm drain owned by Stormont Department of Infrastructure in 2020, six days after he went missing

Thu Nov 14 2024 - 18:43

From enchanted forests to winter wonderlands: 12 Christmas experiences to try around Ireland

Christmas events for the family, including light displays in Dublin Zoo and helicopter rides with Santa

Thu Nov 14 2024 - 06:00

The Day of the Jackal review: Eddie Redmayne is underwhelming in the cat and mouse drama that cries out for more heart

Television: Who better to embody an international man of mystery than Redmayne who seems half invisible even with the lights on?

Thu Nov 07 2024 - 11:41

Irishman in Canada for 50 years: ‘I was about to return home after three years but then things changed’

Patrick McKenna fitted right into the political hothouse in Montreal in 1978, which provided him with the adrenaline rush he had been missing since leaving Belfast

Thu Nov 07 2024 - 06:01

‘No criminal offences’ detected by PSNI in messages sent by Sinn Féin’s JJ Magee

Police service confirms review conducted after force received report regarding inappropriate messages

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 19:33

Profile: JJ Magee, Sinn Féin

The party member’s cross-community work to ease sectarian tensions has raised his media profile in recent years

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 16:45

Anti-immigration protester who fronted illegal Belfast parade while waving Irish Tricolour is jailed

Anti-immigration protester Bernard Lavery was seen at the front of the crowd, waving an Irish Tricolour

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 16:26

Great restaurants around Ireland for a night out

If you want to make a night of it, here’s where food, wine and interesting surroundings get top billing. Is there DJ in a bright orange booth too? Of course

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 05:00

Criminal barristers in Belfast to withdraw services in protest over fee levels

Barristers voted not to take on any new ‘Category A’ cases going forward, Bar of Northern Ireland says

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 00:01