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Arsonists targeting 5G masts in Northern Ireland putting public ‘at serious risk’ Belfast

Arsonists targeting 5G masts in Northern Ireland putting public ‘at serious risk’

Arsonists targeting 5G masts are putting themselves and the public “at serious risk”, police have said. The warning comes after a 5G tower was set alight in the Beechmount Avenue area of Belfast on Saturday morning, shortly after midnight. It is the latest in a series of similar arson incidents…
bubmag
August 16, 2025
“No decisions have been made”: Staff at Ed Sheeran guitar builder Lowden Guitars reportedly slated for redundancy following “the natural end of the acoustic boom experienced during the Covid-19 period” Belfast

“No decisions have been made”: Staff at Ed Sheeran guitar builder Lowden Guitars reportedly slated for redundancy following “the natural end of the acoustic boom experienced during the Covid-19 period”

(Image credit: Lowden Guitars) Staff members at the world-renowned Lowden Guitars – the company that, in 2019, partnered with Ed Sheeran on the Sheeran by Lowden range – are allegedly facing redundancy. According to the Belfast Telegraph , “Sources close to staff at George Lowden Guitars Ltd told Business Telegraph…
bubmag
August 14, 2025
The message of the murals Belfast

The message of the murals

A mural depicting Nelson Mandela in Catholic Belfast. (Sherry McLean) On 11 July, Protestant loyalists in Northern Ireland burnt, in effigy, a boatload of immigrants on a giant bonfire. It was a redirection of the anti-Catholic hatred traditionally vented during “marching season”, with its 300-odd bonfires lit across the north.…
bubmag
August 9, 2025
One Nation senator warned against giving CPR to dying Belfast man while serving in British Army Belfast

One Nation senator warned against giving CPR to dying Belfast man while serving in British Army

A new One Nation senator who used to serve in the British Army warned a fellow soldier against performing CPR on a man suffering a heart attack in a Belfast home they were searching during the 1970s, according to a recent memoir. The circumstances of the man’s death caused outrage…
bubmag
July 28, 2025
‘F**k the pope and the IRA’ heard in Windsor Park after Shelbourne goal Belfast

‘F**k the pope and the IRA’ heard in Windsor Park after Shelbourne goal

Estimated 1,400 fans travelled from Dublin to Belfast for Champions League qualifier Eighteen coaches and an estimated 1,400 Shelbourne fans travelled from Dublin for the match at Windsor Park. Photograph: INPHO/Ryan Byrne Strains of “Ohhh the SFC” echoed around terraced streets in Belfast on Wednesday evening as Shelbourne FC fans…
bubmag
July 17, 2025
Máiría Cahill: What I saw at the foot of Belfast’s controversial bonfire made me want to scream Belfast

Máiría Cahill: What I saw at the foot of Belfast’s controversial bonfire made me want to scream

Politicians abdicated responsibility in the row over the bonfire situation between a mound of asbestos and a substation The controversial loyalist July 12 bonfire in the Broadway Industrial Estate off the Donegall Road in south Belfast which has hit the headlines due to its proximity to asbestos and an electricity…
bubmag
July 13, 2025