Belfast

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.…

Estimated 1,400 fans travelled from Dublin to Belfast for Champions League qualifier Eighteen coaches and an estimated 1,400 Shelbourne fans travelled from Dublin for the match at Windsor Park. Photograph: INPHO/Ryan Byrne Strains of “Ohhh the SFC” echoed around terraced streets in Belfast on Wednesday evening as Shelbourne FC fans…

Politicians abdicated responsibility in the row over the bonfire situation between a mound of asbestos and a substation The controversial loyalist July 12 bonfire in the Broadway Industrial Estate off the Donegall Road in south Belfast which has hit the headlines due to its proximity to asbestos and an electricity…

“He’s a rupture. A split. A mirror cracked!” 11 · 07 · 2025 London future-pop maven Babymorocco today shares the deluxe edition of his debut album, titled ‘Amour: The Jean Paul Deluxe’, via New York label True Panther Records. Where last year’s ‘ Amour ’ was a carousel of trashy…

Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two controversial loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland as time ticks down to when they are due to be lit. In Belfast, a city council committee voted to send contractors to remove a towering pyre close to an electricity substation in the south of the…

Concern has been expressed over the siting of a loyalist bonfire close to an electricity substation in Belfast. The location of the towering pyre is also close to two major Belfast hospitals, and is set to be lit on July 11 ahead of annual Orange Order parades on July 12.…

Kneecap have completed their Glastonbury set. The Belfast band have become a cultural lightning rod, with their outspoken support of the Palestinian cause garnering a right wing backlash. At a show in O2 Forum Kentish Town last year, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh / Mo Chara is alleged to have waved…