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Michael Conlan and TJ Doheny battle it out for the interim WBA featherweight title live from Falls Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday, August 6, which makes it Saturday August 7 in Australia. A day before the fight show the athletes stepped on the scales to make it official.…

A recent study by the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) suggests that while they are no more likely to catch Covid-19, they are recognised to be at a slightly increased risk of becoming severely unwell. Picture: Pexels Fri, 06 Aug, 2021 - 08:36 Belfast Trust has confirmed that it has…

The funeral service has taken place for a two-month old baby who died in north Belfast last week. The private service for Liam O’Keeffe took place at Brown’s Funeral directors on the Old Park Road in North Belfast before heading on to Roselawn Crematorium. Liam O’Keeffe’s small white coffin was…

Michael Conlan hopes to author a career-best victory Friday, August 6 when he faces former junior featherweight world champion TJ Doheny. The contest headlines the fight card live from Falls Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, around the corner from where the two-time Irish Olympian “Mick” was raised. Advertisements The pair…

AIDAN WALSH HAS been forced to withdraw from his Olympic semi-final bout due to injury. The Belfast boxer had been due to take on Pat McCormack of Great Britain at 4.03am Irish time on Sunday morning for a place in the final of the welterweight competition at the Tokyo Games.…

Pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners have held separate protests in Belfast amid the deepening political row over the commissioning of abortion services in Northern Ireland. The small-scale demonstrations in the city centre came after DUP First Minister Paul Givan threatened to block the British government’s move to formally direct Stormont to…

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12.04am BST 00:04 Sayōnara from me. The Guardian’s American bureau are taking over on a brand, spanking new Day Eight blog which you can follow here. 11.59pm BST 23:59 Triathlon mixed relay: Germany’s Jonas Schomberg is first out of the water, closely followed by McDowell, Van Der Stel and Brownlee.…

A co-commission from Fact and Art Night, filmed in Doherty’s home city, Belfast. For the final instalment of a series of co-commissions from Fact and Art Night, artist and choreographer Oona Doherty translates her movement work Hope Hunt & The Ascension Into Lazarus and an audiovisual installation centering around a…

Westlife are the final act confirmed for Radio 2 Live. The chart-topping boy band - comprising Shane Filan, Markus Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne - will play to a small room of fans on August 26 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the BBC radio station's summer concert series. The…