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Kickboxing world championship is set to return to Northern Ireland on September 12 with the “made in Prokick” event titled “Knockdown Lockdown”. The fight card will take place at Stormont Hotel in Belfast, featuring four championship matchups. Johnny “Swift” Smith will battle it out in the main bout of the…

The London spotlight will shine on Belfast’s Michael Conlan and South African great Moruti Mthalane from Copper Box Arena on Friday, April 30. Advertisements Mthalane, who is undefeated since 2008, will defend his IBF flyweight world title in the main event against London native Sunny Edwards. In the co-feature, longtime…

Following its 4-1 victory over Jamaica on Thursday, the U.S. men's national team will face Northern Ireland in Belfast on Sunday in its last international match until May. The USMNT cruised to victory over Jamaica behind three second-half goals, including a stunning opener from Barcelona's Sergino Dest and two late…

Aer Lingus is asking staff in Ireland to move to Manchester where the company is expanding air services, the Dáil has been told. Sinn Féin transport spokesman Darren O’Rourke said the airline is also considering transferring routes from Cork and Shannon to Belfast. And Labour transport spokesman Duncan Smith warned…

Belfast Banter was yet another winner for Ireland when springing a 33-1 surprise for County Kildare trainer in the McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. Ridden by Kevin Sexton, who has having his first Festival winner, the six-year-old came with a terrific run after jumping the last in fourth…

People holding St Patrick's Day parties at the Botanic Gardens in Belfast have been cleared from the area. PSNI assistant chief constable Alan Todd said officers would take "operational action" at the location. Officers present in the park formed a line and walked across it, funnelling those gathered towards the exits. An…

Updated / Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021 23:25 The graffiti was on a wall at the junction of the Newtownards Road and Belvoir Street in the city Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the latest graffiti threat against Leo Varadkar in Belfast.  The Tánaiste's address was daubed on a wall at…

Europe's leading human rights body is to re-open its examination of the case of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. In November last year the British government again ruled out an immediate pubic inquiry into one of the most controversial killings of the Troubles. The 39-year-old was shot 14 times by…

Updated / Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021 22:42 The Green Army are taking on the highly rated Team GB ahead of this summer's Tokyo Games Ireland have named a much-changed squad for this weekend's SoftCo Series against Great Britain, which takes place at Queen's University in Belfast. Zoe Wilson is ruled out…

Boris Johnson’s plan for a tunnel or bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been dismissed as a “vanity project” by the Scottish transport secretary. SNP MSP Michael Matheson aid the Scottish government already had its own “robust process” for considering future transport infrastructure projects. He claimed the recently announced…