Belfast

Rating: B+ (Very Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Universal Pictures It’s not uncommon for directors to make films inspired by their own childhood and Kenneth Branagh is the latest to depict his younger days. Immediately establishing the film as taking place during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Branagh successfully shows the events…

Focus Features Focus Features has released a tease for the trailer for “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” the second film to continue the immensely popular period TV series. The trailer will be attached exclusively to copies of “Belfast” in cinemas from Friday (and so likely online next week) and comes…

Cattle on British and Irish farms are to be fed seaweed as part of a project aimed at cutting their methane emissions by almost a third. The trial, which is being led by academics from Queen's University Belfast, will involve seaweed harvested from the Irish and North seas being added…

The music of Belfast is about friction and tradition and change. It’s about fierce blues and banging dance music and voices with an emotional pitch that reflects our twisted story. he endorsement of Belfast as a UNESCO City of Music is an important moment. It’s a chance to reflect on…

Sir Kenneth Branagh has attributed the circumstances created by the coronavirus pandemic as allowing him to write a film inspired by his childhood in Belfast. Arriving at the premiere of Belfast in his home city, Sir Kenneth admitted he had not expected to write the story but said it “needed…

WBO European welterweight champion Lewis Crocker and challenger Artem Haroyan square off at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday, November 5. The scheduled for ten round championship bout headlines boxing fight card live stream on ESPN+ in the US. The start time is scheduled for 2 pm ET…

A "no hard border" sign is pictured on the Irish border in Newry in Northern Ireland, Britain, on January 31, 2020. File Photo by Aidan Crawley/EPA-EFE Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Riot police responded to protests against the Northern Ireland Protocol on Wednesday in north Belfast after participants allegedly aimed missiles…

George Best Belfast City Airport ditches ageing Dell iSCSI SAN for Nutanix HCI for half the price of nearest contender, and gets DR site into the bargain. Cloud storage was a no-go for cost reasons By Antony Adshead, Storage Editor Published: 01 Nov 2021 15:45 Belfast City Airport has made…

THE HEAD OF a major peace fund has warned of growing alienation after the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit. International Fund for Ireland (IFI) chairman Paddy Harte said it is impossible to rule out future disorder such as the scenes at the Lanark Way peace line in west Belfast in April.…

The Border Game at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast run concluded What is it like to live on the Border? This is the question tackled by Northern Irish writing duo Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney in their second major political play. Here, living on the Border is filtered through a failed…