Belfast

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…

Gilbert-Ash managing director Ray Hutchinson at Belfast City Airport Gilbert-Ash managing director Ray Hutchinson said that the directors and shareholders had decided “the time was right” for the company to transition its ownership structure. Its most recent accounts show turnover of £267m in 2023 and 200 employees across its offices…

Winning the Masters means choosing the menu for the champions dinner the following year. Ben Hogan came up with the idea in 1952, but not until 1986 did champions begin honoring their heritage by choosing traditional dishes from their home countries or regions. Bernhard Langer, a West German in a…

Thousands of gaelic games players and supporters have marched to the derelict Casement Park stadium in Belfast to demand its redevelopment. Read More Following the noisy parade through west Belfast, a rally held adjacent to the crumbling ruins of the GAA ground heard calls for the Stormont Executive and UK…

File image of a train service between Dublin and Belfast Alamy Stock Photo Organised Crime Group In February 2016, cocaine with a street value of up to €219,000 was seized at Belfast Central Train Station – the group had been using the train network to transport cocaine from Dublin. THREE…

Bam has backed out out of a project to build a new £671m children’s hospital in Belfast just weeks after it was named as one of the contractors.   The firm was due to develop the Royal Victoria Hospital as part of its ongoing joint venture with Northern Ireland-based Graham…

Full of enterprise and endeavour the Stormers, much to their lament, were also full of errors in their United Rugby Championship clash against Ulster in Belfast on Friday night. Ill-discipline undermined much of the Stormers' toil allowing the hosts to overcome a poor start to win 38-34 in a game…

Tempo by Hilton Belfast City Centre - Image Credit Hilton    Tempo by Hilton Belfast City Centre, the first Tempo hotel in Europe, is set to open under a franchise agreement with Loughview Leisure Group. The city of Belfast is poised to welcome Europe's first Tempo by Hilton Hotel. The forthcoming…

A man has been arrested after a car chase in which two police vehicles were rammed in west Belfast. Four police officers suffered minor injuries during what the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) described as a “completely reckless and dangerous” incident. A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving…