Belfast

Tommy McCarthy has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing. He will face Chris Billam-Smith for the European, British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Titles at Fight Camp this summer. Advertisements The big-punching Belfast native captured the vacant EBU crown after a hard-fought majority decision victory over Bilal Laggoune…

Patrick Hovarth, aged five, and his older brother Fabricio, aged eight, were last seen in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, getting into a black Ford on Friday eveningRead More

Police in Northern Ireland say they are "increasingly concerned" over the welfare of two boys who have been missing since Friday. The PSNI are appealing for the public's help to locate the children - five-year-old Patrick Hovarth, and his older brother Fabricio, eight, from north Belfast. Officers believe they could…

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Dundalk will fine the players who broke Covid-19 travel restrictions to attend a team outing in Belfast…

image captionTen people were killed in the wake of an Army operation in west Belfast in 1971The prime minister has "apologised unreservedly" for the "events that took place in Ballymurphy" in 1971, Downing Street has said. A spokesperson said during a phone call with NI's first and deputy first ministers…

Two journalists have initiated legal proceedings against former Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris and social media platform Twitter, alleging campaigns of online abuse. Mr Harris last week revealed he was one of the operators of the “Barbara Pym” Twitter account and was dropped from his role as a columnist in…

After the longest running inquiry to date in the North, coroner Mrs Justice Keegan finally cleared the names of 10 innocent people killed in the Ballymurphy massacre almost 50 years ago. The inquests were treated as five separate incidents which occurred over three days in the immediate wake of the…

A coroner has concluded that all of the ten people who were shot and killed in Ballymurphy in west Belfast almost 50 years ago were "entirely innocent" and that their deaths were unjustified. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan delivered her findings in relation to the deaths of the ten victims over…

"When the law makers become the law breakers, there is no law." The words of Carmel Quinn, who has waited almost half a century for this day. A coroner in Belfast, Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan, today delivered the findings of her inquests into the deaths of 10 people in the…

F resh inquests into the fatal shootings of 10 people in west Belfast in 1971 came following two decades of campaigning by the bereaved families. They contend the deaths in the Ballymurphy area were never thoroughly investigated. One woman and nine men were killed in five separate incidents between August…