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Boxer John Cooney dies a week after suffering brain injury in Belfast bout Updated / Sunday, 9 Feb 2025 10:22 John Cooney was in the Royal since last Saturday's fight in Belfast Irish boxer John Cooney has died after his bout against Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday, his…

2 min reading time Published on 06/02/25 - Updated on 06/02/25 Hilton has announced the signing of the DoubleTree by Hilton Belfast City Ten Square, as part of a franchise agreement with Loughview Leisure Group. This new hotel is part of a series of openings and renovations that highlight Hilton's…

Luke Littler has responded to Michael van Gerwen's criticism after the world champion kept his Premier League rivals waiting at a media day ahead of the 2025 Premier League Darts. Defending champion Littler and six-time winner Van Gerwen are among the eight competing players who gathered in Belfast on Wednesday,…

LUKE LITTLER is “annoyed” that oche rivals are raising their game to extraordinary levels against him – then flopping in their next assignments. On the eve of the start of his Premier League title defence in Belfast, The Nuke expressed his frustration that he is facing fired-up opponents who are…

room2 Aparthotel in Belfast    room2 Belfast is an exceptional new aparthotel development comlpleted in October 2023. The building extends over nine storeys with 175 guest bedrooms and ensuite facilities, a number of the rooms also include a kitchenette area. Additional accommodation within the aparthotel includes the main reception, four collaborative…

A problematic £400m stadium project in Northern Ireland is closer to finally getting underway, after the first steps were taken by the client to find a contractor to clear the site. The Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) published a prior information notice (PIN) on Monday (3 February) for remediation works…

It was a pile of rubble on a vacant site in a loyalist east Belfast heartland up until two months ago. Today sunlight streams through the windows of a bright pink-and-green tiled building at the site – a former textile factory that had lain derelict for a decade. “Fáilte” is…

The number of construction projects breaking ground across four major regional UK cities fell by more than a third last year, according to research. Data published by professional services firm Deloitte showed that 47 schemes got underway in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Belfast in 2024. This was down from 64…

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Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of Belfast man John George, who was murdered in Spain. The father-of-two’s coffin was carried from the family home in the Lagmore area of west Belfast early on Saturday morning and taken onward for a service at nearby St Luke’s Church in Twinbrook.…