Belfast

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,…

Ottawa Fire Services Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia At about 11:45 Saturday night, Ottawa Fire Services received a 911 call from a resident reporting a fire in a basement bedroom in a single family home on Tremblay Road between Belfast Road and St. Laurent Boulevard. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts after signing the hull of a ship in production as he visits the Harland & Wolff shipyard factory accompanied by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and H&W CEO John Wood on December 16, 2022 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. — Charles McQuillan/Pool/Reuterse pic Follow…

P rime Minister Rishi Sunak has met Northern Ireland political leaders amid the ongoing powersharing impasse at Stormont. Mr Sunak held informal talks with senior representatives of the main parties at a hotel near Belfast at the start of his first visit to the region as Prime Minister. He met…

Pic by Simon Walker/ No 10 Downing Street. # Powersharing Sunak says he is working 'flat out' to restore the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland Powersharing in Northern Ireland is in cold storage due to a dispute over post-Brexit trading arrangements. FOLLOWING HIS FIRST meeting with Northern Ireland’s political…