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He's called them "my enemy..." 08 · 05 · 2025 John Lydon has lashed out at Belfast group Kneecap. The Northern Irish trio have been a talking point of late, with their Coachella sets – and attendant support of the Palestinian cause – triggering a right wing backlash. Footage of…

A photograph of the late journalist Lyra McKee has been unveiled in The Reporters Bar in Belfast to mark International Press Freedom Day. Ms McKee (29) died after being struck by a bullet fired at police during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry on April 18th, 2019. The New…

Kneecap at a film awards ceremony in the UK in December 2024 Alamy Stock Photo Apology Footage of the Belfast rap trio at two separate gigs was sent to the Metropolitan Police last week. LAST UPDATE | 29 Apr KNEECAP HAVE HAD a gig in the UK cancelled following widespread…

Kneecap have apologised to the families of two former British MPs who were murdered in recent years and said they do not support Hamas or Hezbollah. This comes after videos from past gigs came to the attention of police and politicians . The Belfast rap group released a statement after…

Belfast Harbour CEO Joe O’Neill (left) with chair Theresa Donaldson (centre) and Graham managing director Leo Martin at the site of the new D3 terminal John Graham Construction has been named main contractor for the initial phase of the development of a new deepwater terminal at Belfast Harbour The project…

Some career shifts happen gradually, but for Ryan Crown, founder and creative director of Crown Creative, it happened in an instant while sitting at a conference table in New York. "I was working on a branding project for Harry's NYC, sitting across from the design agency, thinking I could do…

An investigation by British police into Kneecap “just feeds a narrative of victimhood”, a former Ireland rugby player and Tory politician has said.  The West Belfast rappers are under investigation by the Metropolitan Police after footage emerged of one of the band’s gigs in which someone appears to tell the…

The scene at Dromara Street, in the Lower Ormeau area of south Belfast, this afternoon when PSNI ARV officers attended a house. Specialist officers restrained several dogs during the incident. Photo: Press Eye. A woman has been attacked by a number of dogs at her home in south Belfast. Images…

Sharon Osbourne wants Kneecap thrown out of the United States after their controversial Coachella performance. The Belfast rap group played both weekends of the desert festival, and used their platform to make a number of controversial statements. Weekend One saw Kneecap getting the crowd to chant something unsavoury about Margaret…

Gilbert-Ash managing director Ray Hutchinson Contractor Gilbert-Ash will be sold to an employee-ownership trust (EOT), the Belfast-headquartered contractor and fit-out specialist has announced. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The firm had a book value (net assets) of £26m as of 31 December 2023, the date covered…