Belfast

Fans, families and friends were in attendance this past Sunday, September 12 when Billy Murray presented the “Fight Club” international kickboxing promotion in Belfast. The “made in Prokick” event saw rising stars from Northern Ireland squaring off against opponents from Malta and Wales in the back-to-back WKN championship bouts. Advertisements…

Craig Ervine. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Ireland secured a 1-1 series draw after beating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in a rain-disrupted third one-day international in Belfast. Having won the toss and elected to field, Ireland bowled their opponents out for 131 in 34 overs. Captain Craig Ervine…

Kenneth Branagh broke down in tears while discussing his new movie Belfast following its Toronto Film Festival premiere on Sunday. The black-and-white coming-of-age film, which Branagh wrote and directed, takes inspiration from the veteran actor's childhood and follows a young boy and his parents as they navigate the tumultuous political…

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A lorry driver was threatened and his vehicle set alight during an attempted hijacking in North Belfast on Thursday. Police received reports shortly before 1.30pm that a lorry carrying stones was parked at the Hillview Road area. It was reported that the armed man then entered the vehicle and threatened…

LONDON: Zimbabwe claimed their first one-day international win for nearly a year with a 38-run victory over Ireland in Belfast on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza saw the tourists post a competitive 266-7 from their 50 overs before Blessing Muzarabani took 4-29 with the ball to strangle…

Craig Ervine. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Zimbabwe claimed their first one-day international win for nearly a year with a 38-run victory over Ireland in Belfast on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza saw the tourists post a competitive 266-7 from their 50 overs before Blessing…

One of the standout achievements and fan favorites at this year’s Telluride Film Festival is Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast, an autobiographical film about Branagh’s childhood in Northern Ireland as the Troubles quite literally exploded around him. The dramedy had its world premiere here in the Rockies on Thursday and has been…

I have to say I’m really appreciating what Ted Lasso is doing in season 2, and this week’s episode had some really great work from Jason Sudeikis and Sarah Niles. I won’t spoil it, but it was remarkable how the couch scene, which would have been just another “Ted being…

Until watching Kenneth Branagh’s wistfully autobiographical “Belfast,” I don’t think I realized that one of Britain’s greatest living actors — a talent who’s embodied everything from Henry V to Hercule Poirot, Kurt Wallander to Laurence Olivier — had been born in Northern Ireland. Maybe that’s because his family got out…