Belfast

I joined the Royal Marines as an officer in 2011. We did 64 weeks of the longest, hardest training in Nato.  The prize for passing out was the top six going straight to Afghanistan. I was one of the six — on a plane 12 days later, December 2012. I…

Kneecap has accused police in London of trying to ‘distract from war crimes that the British State support’ ahead of Liam Óg hAnnaidh’s trial.  Today, the Belfast rapper, commonly known as Mo Chara, is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with a terror offence - which he denies. …

File image of 'Welcome to East Belfast' sign Alamy Stock Photo Belfast He had been arrested yesterday on suspicion of assault, theft and causing criminal damage. PSNI OFFICERS INVESTIGATING reports of alleged vigilante behaviour in east Belfast have charged a man to court. The man, aged 37, has been charged…

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…

(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…

The woman was arrested at a protest in Belfast on Saturday. Police said she was arrested on suspicion of possession of an article that indicates support for a proscribed organisation in the Linenhall Street area of Belfast. It comes after the British Government in July made expressing support for, or…

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.…

A controversial Jesus impersonator at Belfast Pride has prompted backlash, raising questions about religious respect, taxpayer funding, and double standards in freedom of expression. A man sparked backlash after dressing up as Jesus Christ in a crown of thorns while he attended the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland last…

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…

Thousands of people have filled the streets of Belfast for the city’s annual Pride parade. Spectators lined the city’s footpaths to cheer on the thousands who took part in the parade. Belfast Pride Festival is one of the biggest festivals in the city’s calendar, with hundreds of events taking place.…