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I rish premier Leo Varadkar and UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer are to travel to Belfast on Thursday as efforts to resolve the dispute over the protocol ramp up. The Taoiseach and Sir Keir are to meet with the main Stormont parties to discuss the deadlock over the post-Brexit…

The Taoiseach has said he hopes the decision not to allow the Sinn Féin leader to attend a meeting with the British Foreign Secretary today was a "one off" and will not set a new precedent. Leo Varadkar this evening spoke to President of the European Commission Ursula von der…

Belfast Harbour spies a more efficient and flexible future on the horizon as it sets sail with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP By Ollie Withers Published: 10 Jan 2023 9:45 Belfast Harbour has chosen Oracle cloud-delivered business applications to streamline its financial operations, increase agility and improve insights, according to a statement…

All the key details for every darts tournament in 2023; the Premier League returns in 2023 as the SSE Arena in Belfast hosts the first of 17 individual venues from February 2 with the Play-Offs returning to The O2 in London on May 25 Last Updated: 06/01/23 11:54am Please use…

Murals of unionist paramilitaries loom over the streets of west Belfast's Shankill Road neighbourhood, which is largely Protestant.Photography by Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail Every time Pamela Muirhead steps out her front door in west Belfast, she runs into a stark reminder of this city’s dark past. Just down the…

A Belfast woman who made headlines around the world when, as a schoolgirl, she asked Tony Blair to bring peace to Northern Ireland, has said she believes current politicians have betrayed the Good Friday Agreement. Margaret Gibney, from the Shankill Road, became one of the faces of the peace process…

Updated / Friday, 30 Dec 2022 12:34 Peter O'Mahony is among those likely to be rested in the coming weeks Munster look set to rest some of their Ireland internationals for Sunday's BKT United Rugby Championship meeting with Ulster in Belfast, while there is mixed news on the injury front.…

Belfast Hills Partnership have been chasing fly-tippers throughout 2022 with quite a measure of success, passing on details and images of over 20 incidents of fly-tipping to local councils for investigation and often prosecution. “Most urban fringe areas suffer from ongoing fly-tipping”, said Partnership Manager Jim Bradley, “with many assuming…

When Willie Jack unrolled a blue vintage carpet he bought at auction he thought it was never going to stop. “It was magnificent but went on forever. I wondered how the hell we were going to get it in anywhere,” the Belfast publican recalls. “It was rolled out once and…

T he “horrifically violent” murders of Sean Fox and Mark Hall have been formally linked by police. Both men were killed at close range in broad daylight in West Belfast just under a year apart. Detectives believe the murders were carried out by “the same two gunmen”. Mark Hall, 31,…