Belfast

Demonstrators take part in a United Against Racism rally at Belfast City Hall. PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo Ballymena Riots Families in Northern Ireland have been forced to flee their homes this week because of racially motivated attacks. LAST UPDATE | 14 Jun AN ‘EMERGENCY RALLY’ against hate and racism was…

Jerusalem Post / World News Anti-migrant riots rage in Northern Ireland after alleged sexual assault of teenage girl Police said they were dealing with "serious disorder" in the town, which is about 45 km (30 miles) from the capital Belfast, and urged people to avoid the area. A vehicle burns…

Quham Babatunde Alan Erwin Fri 6 Jun 2025 at 19:23 Tests are being carried out on a knife and a glove seized after an asylum seeker was stabbed to death on the streets of Dublin, a court in Belfast has heard. Prosecutors revealed details of the forensic examinations as they…

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched a murder investigation after the death of a woman in a house in the Shore Road area of North Belfast. The woman has been named by police as Marie Green (71). She was pronounced dead at the scene in the early…

Administrators have been appointed for commercial building manufacturer Jans Offsite Solutions. The Antrim-based firm, which is a subsidiary of Jans Holdings Ltd, appointed insolvency experts from Keenan Corporate Finance in Belfast on 19 May. According to accounts for the year ending 31 December 2023, Jans Offsite Solutions has 79 employees.…

The 27-year-old from Belfast, Northern Ireland is accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag at the show. A performer from the Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap is facing a terrorism-related charge in the UK after allegedly showing support for Hezbollah during a concert in London late last year. Liam Og O'Annaidh, also…

A Co Kerry businessman has apologised in the High Court for his social media posts accusing prominent BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster Stephen Nolan of being “involved in sectarianism” and “inciting hatred and violence in Belfast”. Mr Nolan, of Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, brought defamation proceedings in 2021 against Eddie Barrett, of…

John Bradshaw Layfield, aka JBL, is remembered as one of WWE’s most iconic heels. With a decorated career and multiple championships, he was the go-to heat magnet for any top babyface. In fact, JBL played a key role in launching John Cena’s rise to stardom, losing to the GOAT and…

A primary school in south Belfast has been closed due to an ongoing security alert. Finaghy Primary School remains closed this morning on the advice of the PSNI which has declared a security alert in the area. The PSNI has also cordoned off parts of the nearby Benmore area of…

Pat Doherty has the distinction of having sat for three portraits – two paintings and a copperplate etching – by the legendary British painter Lucian Freud.  Several copies of the etching feature in the exhibition, Lucian Freud’s Etchings: A Creative Collaboration, which has just launched at Titanic Belfast in partnership…