Belfast

The Bulls went down fighting against Ulster in their United Rugby Championship clash at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on Saturday, going down 32-23 in a gripping round 16 fixture. The first half was a ding-dong battle as both sides threw everything at one another, but the Bulls had the…

Belfast Star coach Adrian Fulton aims to book his side’s ticket to the Super League decider in today’s semi-final before jetting off tomorrow to America, where son CJ will go under the knife. he 20-year-old will undergo treatment on Tuesday for a partially collapsed lung, picked up while playing for…

IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez has a date for his first title defense set for Saturday, May 27 when he faces Michael Conlan at The SSE Arena in Belfast. The pair squares off in the scheduled for 12 rounds world championship bout live on BT Sport in the UK…

Past the red carpet, next to the main reception, a door opens at Belfast’s prestigious Europa Hotel. Van Morrison exits the lift and a 70-year-old lady’s day has been made. “My two sons won’t believe I’ve shared a lift with Van the man,” she tells me in a friendly Scouse…

A 46-year-old woman has appeared at Belfast Crown Court where she denied sexual offences against a teenage boy. Isobel Murphy was told she will stand trial next month on a total of six charges involving a 14-year-old male. Read More

A local drama group in south Belfast turned its weekly meeting into a celebration after the success of member James Martin at the Oscars. The star of An Irish Goodbye has become the first person with Down’s syndrome to win at the Academy Awards. While Martin celebrated in LA, Babosh…

We spoke to Claire Hanna, nationalist SDLP MP for South Belfast...Read More

If the signals from Belfast yesterday were that a deal was imminent, the message from Munich was one of caution. Although Rishi Sunak and Ursula Von Der Leyen both agreed ‘very good progress’ had been made on the Northern Ireland Protocol, an issue which has paralysed power-sharing and toxified Britain’s…

White House officials have visited Belfast in advance of a potential trip by US president Joe Biden next month. Officials and members of the Secret Service are understood to have arrived in Northern Ireland last weekend to scope out possible venues for the expected visit. They also toured sites in…

Belfast skylineBelfast City Council is seeking to establish a long-term arrangement with an investor/developer to bring forward residential-led regeneration to support its ambitions for population growth in the city. Four city centre sites have been earmarked for development, with the potential for further sites to follow. The council is seeking…