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Belfast duo refine atmospheric heartbreak into something dangerously addictive… When Rio McGuinness cries in the studio, she knows they’re onto something. “If it’s not getting me like that, it’s not going to get anyone else like that,” she explains of Dark Tropics’ emotionally brutal creative process. It’s a philosophy that’s…

A five-decade quest for answers about the unsolved murders by the IRA of three Scottish soldiers will only end when the truth is finally uncovered, a relative has vowed. Brothers John and Joseph McCaig from Ayr, who were 17 and 18 respectively, and Dougald McCaughey (23), from Glasgow, were shot…

A dispute over which flags should be flown on public buildings is drawing renewed attention across the United Kingdom, as councils, politicians, and advocacy groups clash over national symbols, immigration, and public space. The issue accelerated following decisions by several local councils to raise the Palestinian flag on government buildings…

Saturday 27 December 2025 - 11:20am MPUMALANGA - At least 7 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two sedans on the N4 in Mpumalanga. The crash took place this morning between Machadodorp and Belfast. WATCH | Limpopo crash leaves 6 dead, 7 injured One person is seriously…

Hosting the Fleadh Cheoil in Belfast for the first time will create a tourism legacy similar to that delivered by staging golf’s Open Championship on the north coast, a tourism chief has predicted. More than 700,000 people are set to visit the city in early August when the world’s biggest…

In a colourful modular building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sat in front of seven squirmy four-year-olds and did something that some people here in Belfast – maybe the ones who occasionally throw raw eggs over the two locked security fences – consider an act of insurgency. She put…

The failure to bring back the catering trolley on all Irish Rail routes is “unacceptable”, Rail Users Ireland has argued.  During the pandemic, the service was scrapped as a non-essential service in a time of crisis.  Since then, the service has returned on the Dublin to Cork route and Enterprise…

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A postman in east Belfast has been fired after footage showed him kicking over a rainbow-coloured garden gnome. Ring Doorbell footage from the afternoon of Saturday December 6 show the ... The post Irish Postman Fired After Kicking Over Pride Garden Gnome appeared first on Star Observer...Read More

The final report into the activities of Stakeknife, the British army’s top IRA agent during the Troubles, will be released in Belfast later on Tuesday. It is understood it will not name Stakeknife – widely accepted to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, the former head of the IRA’s notorious…