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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…

Drive out of Derry on the main road to Belfast and it is only minutes before you hit the first set of roadworks. This is the way it is now on the A6 – the road that links Northern Ireland’s two main cities, Belfast and Derry – and the way…

Michael Conlan and Karim Guerfi battle it out in the main event at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday, December 10. The contest pits two-time Irish Olympian and former European champion from France. The bout is scheduled for ten rounds at featherweight. In Australia the fight card airs…

Two-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan (17-1, 8 KOs) takes on former European champion Karim Guerfi (31-6, 9 KOs) in the main event at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday December 10, which makes it Sunday December 11 in Australia. A day before the fight show the athletes step…

Image source, Pacemaker The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children has postponed all routine procedures due to the pressures caused by a rise in bacterial and viral infections. The Belfast Trust said it was facing "significant pressures" with 214 children attending its A&E on Tuesday. A five-year-old from Belfast died…