Belfast

There was standing room only in a windowless arts venue in Belfast where a neuroscientist recorded the brain activity of a harpist as she played a melody about trees. The audience was enrapt. This was a lunchtime fringe event in the city’s Cathedral Quarter on the second day of Fleadh…

A cross-Border music project supported by the Ed Sheeran Foundation took centre stage on the second day of the first Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to take place in Belfast. Young people from Belfast and Cork involved in North South Sounds 2026 gave a rendition of The Cranberries’ hit Zombie during…

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 is a celebration of the “universality” of music, President Catherine Connolly said at its opening ceremony in Belfast. Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill told the hundreds gathered outside City Hall that the fleadh is for all “who call this place home”, while Deputy First…

Labour's Bev Craig makes a speech after she was declared winner of the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection Alamy Bev Craig Belfast native Bev Craig was declared the winner more than 24 hours after polling stations closed. LABOUR CANDIDATE AND Belfast native Bev Craig has won the largest byelection in British…

WEBWIRE – Friday, July 24, 2026 easyJets has announced three more winter routes are on sale today providing a greater range of destinations and supporting regional connectivity The airline is relaunching a route from the UK to Kosovo as well as launching new routes to France and between Northern Ireland…

Fri Jul 24 2026 - 13:26 • 1 MIN READ A man has appeared before court charged with the murder of a man in north Belfast. Thomas McCauley (41), of Queens Parade, Belfast, was present at Laganside court on Friday where, in addition to murder of Paul Mackin, he faced…

Image caption, Dr Hugh O'Connor developed the 3D-printed cell when he discovered a commercial flow battery for his research would cost up to £3,000 By Agriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NI A 3D-printed battery developed at Queen's University Belfast could "make a genuine impact" on the road to net…

(file picture) Residents have been evacuated after an early morning security alert in North Belfast (Image: Getty) Homes in north Belfast have been evacuated due to a security alert. The incident is ongoing in Rosapenna Parade, and it follows the search of a property in the area in the early…

A 24-year-old Tipperary woman has died and a man has been arrested following a hit-and-run crash in north Belfast. Raven Adams died after she and a man were struck by a car. The man was also seriously injured in the crash in the York Street Area at around 2.40am on…

A man has died after falling from an Eleventh Night bonfire in Belfast. The incident occurred at a bonfire in the Braniel estate in the east of the city on Friday night. In a statement on social media, the man was named as Warren “AKA” Lyttle. The statement from the…