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Irish Rail has apologised to passengers who travelled on its Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service on Saturday, after complaints it was so “jam-packed” that people were unable to socially distance amid fears of contracting coronavirus. One passenger, who contacted The Irish Times, said the 11:20am train “was so busy” that…

Searches are continuing in the United States for a Belfast-born priest who has been missing since a boating accident on Sunday evening. Fr Stephen Rooney, who is the pastor at St Joseph’s parish in Trenton, Michigan, and parishioner and friend Robert Chiles were reported missing after Mr Chiles’ boat capsized…

A woman who was seriously injured in a bombing 48 years ago is to begin legal action against the Northern government today over delays to a compensation scheme for victims of the Troubles. Jennifer McNern is taking a judicial review against the Executive Office at Belfast High Court over its…

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Michael Conlan boasts one of the most passionate fan bases in boxing. The 13-0 Irish star has drawn sizeable crowds at the Feile festival in Belfast and across the pond for St Patrick’s Day in New York. However, when he takes on Sofiane Takoucht at York Hall on Saturday night,…

Updated / Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020 16:24 A number of police officers were injured while supporting contractors who removed bonfire material Police in Northern Ireland have released six images of people they wish to speak to in relation to disorder at Distillery Street in west Belfast last Saturday. Twenty-nine police officers were…

Belfast singer Colm McIntyre has released his new song, I'm Your Man. We asked him the BIG questions . . .  Tell us three things about yourself? I'm a singer/songwriter from Belfast and I have a seven-piece band called The Slipstream Band complete with a full brass section. My musical…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates A leading grammar school has announced that it will send pupils home if they arrive at the school gates without a face covering in September. The oldest school in Belfast, the Belfast Royal Academy…

Police are “sick of being a punch bag for the failures of society”, the head of the North’s Police Federation has complained after at least 26 PSNI officers were injured on Saturday while assisting contractors remove an internment anniversary bonfire in west Belfast. The officers were attacked with petrol bombs,…

MORE than two dozen police officers were attacked with petrol bombs and bricks as they facilitated the removal of a bonfire in west Belfast. At least 26 PSNI officers were injured at Distillery Street as workers removed material from a bonfire pyre. 1Officers were injured in the incidentThe planned bonfire…