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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…

A woman has been charged with the murder of a baby boy in north Belfast. Picture: Jonathan McCambridge/PA Fri, 30 Jul, 2021 - 06:51 A woman has been charged with the murder of a baby boy in north Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said Liam O’Keefe died…

Updated Jul 30th 2021, 1:53 PM THE MOTHER OF a baby boy has been remanded in custody charged with his murder. Raluca Ioana Tagani, 29, appeared before a judge in Belfast Magistrates’ Court this morning. She is accused of murdering her son Liam O’Keefe in a house in the Ardoyne…

Some disappointment on the track but better news in the ring on another busy day for Team Ireland in Tokyo. Welcome to the latest of our overnight updates from the Olympic Games.  The Irish Eye There’s a lot to get through here, but we’ll start with Aidan Walsh’s brilliant win…

The Anjool Maldé Memorial Trust takes great pleasure in announcing its 2021 Awards – with extra admiration for this year’s winners, who have battled through such adversity for a second year running, and yet delivered in style. The Trust makes annual awards with prize money to a selection of UK’s…