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The Dundalk institute will retain its current financial, staffing and governance autonomy. Alamy Stock Photo the big leagues Dundalk Institute of Technology will be established as a university college of Queen’s University Belfast. IRELAND IS GETTING its first cross-border college with a partnership between Queen’s University Belfast and Dundalk Institute…

BBC Finally, it’s official: “Line of Duty” is coming back. Jed Mercurio’s hit UK police procedural will return to the BBC for a seventh season with Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar all reprising their roles. The new six-part series, created and written by Mercurio, will begin filming in…

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s 11am and I’m having coffee. But as this is a ‘Belfast coffee’, it’s a cream-topped cold brew laced with a shot of poitín, served at the capital city’s snug-boothed 19th-century Garrick pub. “It’s the sort of thing you used to…

There’s an increasingly common new design feature in the ladies’ loos that one woman believes is an “absolute nuisance”.  On Moncrieff ,  Irish Independent columnist Sarah Carey said she most recently encountered it at the brand new Grand Central Station in Belfast, which opened last year to great fanfare.   “When…

Jack Lisowski pipped world No 1 and 'best friend' Judd Trump in the Northern Ireland Open to claim his first snooker ranking title after six previous defeats in finals. Lisowski won 9-8 in Belfast, taking the deciding frame 73-7 after Trump - who remains without a title since winning the…

Stock photo Adrian Rutherford Sat 25 Oct 2025 at 14:33 A baby was threatened with broken glass during “an absolutely shocking” hijacking in Belfast city centre. Police said the incident happened in the Donegall Place area in the early hours of this morning. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay…

Westlife has promised fans their 25th anniversary tour will be “best show ever”.  The boyband has announced concert dates in Dublin’s 3Arena and Belfast next September and October.  Westlife also promised that there are "more cities to be announced" in due course.  On Lunchtime Live , Shane Filan described it…

The damaged sign in Shandon Park (Credit: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Allison Morris Yesterday at 21:53 Loyalists who vandalised an Irish language street sign in Belfast say “it won’t be the last”, as police launched an investigation into the “hate-motivated” damage. The sign to Shandon Park in the east of the city…

Handré Pollard is expected to be named in the Bulls starting lineup for their URC match against Ulster in Belfast on Saturday night. The Bulls are expecting a major boost when Handré Pollard turns out for them in their first United Rugby Championship (URC) tour match of the season against…

The Christmas roadworks embargo is set to be brought forward by two weeks in Belfast city centre to keep traffic moving. Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins said it will cover all non-essential roadworks on key arterial routes from November 10 to January 2 2026. She said the move will keep traffic…