Belfast

A man has been remanded in custody accused of setting fire to two 5G masts on the same night. At Belfast Magistrates Court, Michael Clarke (45) confirmed his identity and that he understood the two charges against him. Clarke, from the Monagh Road in west Belfast, is charged with two…

The sprawling Jeffrey Epstein scandal has claimed a new casualty after the disclosure of “reprehensible” emails led to the sacking of UK Labour peer Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to Washington. Mr Mandelson featured in a 2003 scrapbook of 50th birthday greetings to the disgraced financier and sex offender which…

On the inside of a front door in a Belfast housing development, a letterbox is fitted with a lock to stop petrol bombs being thrown in. Each morning, the couple living in their redbrick new-build home unlock the specially designed mechanism before opening a padlock on their front gate to…

Fit-out specialist Portview has seen its pre-tax profit grow by 257 per cent but predicts revenue will drop by a fifth this year. Its latest accounts for the year ended 30 November 2024 revealed that the Belfast-based firm saw turnover rise by 48 per cent from £73.9m to £109.6m. This…

Schoolboy Brian McDermott disappeared from Ormeau Park in 1973 PSNI Legacy investigation Schoolboy Brian McDermott’s remains were recovered from the River Lagan after he disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday September 2 1973. THE PUBLIC HAS been urged to help in a review of the murder of a 10-year-old boy…

The public has been urged to help in a review of the murder of a 10-year-old boy in Belfast more than 50 years ago. Schoolboy Brian McDermott disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday September 2nd, 1973. His remains were recovered from the river Lagan almost a week later close to…

A 17-year-old girl who died at a musical festival in Belfast last weekend will be remembered for being “feisty, loving and full of life”, mourners at her funeral Mass have heard. Mia Keevan from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, had been attending the Emerge Music Festival in Boucher Road Fields, south Belfast,…

A former teacher and school principal convicted of historical child sex abuse has died. Former Christian Brother Paul Dunleavy (89), with an address in Glen Road, Belfast, was in prison serving sentences for several sexual offences against children in his care. He had been convicted of a total of 72…

A man has been arrested by police in Belfast after three children were hit by a car as they played on a footpath. The three children – two girls and a boy – were taken to hospital for treatment following the incident, which happened in west Belfast on Sunday evening.…

The victim has been named locally as Shane Lowry. Alamy Stock Photo Stabbing Police say they are not seeking anyone else in connection with this investigation at this point. LAST UPDATE | 22 Aug A MAN HAS been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in west Belfast last night.…