Belfast

When Brian Roche was appointed director of IT at George Best Belfast City Airport (BCA) in November 2019, it was a first for him personally and the business. An experienced IT professional who had previously worked in consulting and in senior roles for technology firms, Roche took his first IT…

A 75-year-old grandmother has died after being struck by a council bin lorry while she was walking along a road in Belfast on her way to buy a newspaper. Police have named the victim, who had been in a critical condition in hospital since the incident on Thursday but who…

Long-serving St John Ambulance volunteer Valmai Dempsey is the 2022 Senior Australian of the Year. The ACT woman has been recognised for her efforts responding to the Black Summer bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic. The 71-year-old has dedicated more than 50 years to St John Ambulance after starting as a cadet…

A 65-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the killing of Mark Hall in Belfast. Mr Hall (31) was shot through the window of his family’s west Belfast home last month. The 65-year-old was arrested in Belfast on Sunday and taken to a custody suite for questioning on suspicion…

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Ashers Bakery, in Belfast, has won a seven-year-long legal case against Gareth Lee. Lee requested they bake him a cake decorated with the slogan “support gay marriage.” The cake was also meant to have images of the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie. Lee is an LGBTQI activist. He was…

Kenneth Branagh on the set of Belfast. Photo: Rob Youngson/B) 2021 Focus Features, LLC. With the idea of the future losing much of its luster, many of us spent the COVID era thinking about the past. But few took it as far as Kenneth Branagh, who used his sudden downtime…

“Belfast” opens, literally, with a bang. Kenneth Branagh’s memoir film of his childhood in Northern Ireland begins with a brief modern-day prologue and then thrusts us into the world of 9-year-old Branagh-avatar Buddy (newcomer Jude Hill). The date is August 15, 1969, and Buddy is playing with his friends in…

Cash seized from two women stopped in the Republic of Ireland was alleged payment for the contract killing of crime boss Robbie Lawlor, which has links to Sligo, a court in Belfast has heard. he pair were said to be among more than 20 suspects identified as part of the…

Film lovers roll up. Here’s our annual list of movies that could have festivals drooling in 2022. Our list kicked off last year with The Power of the Dog and The Tragedy of Macbeth and also included the likes of Belfast, Benedetta, The Hand of God and A Hero. Fair to say those…