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BELFAST — John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on Monday at the age of 83, his SDLP party said.Hume, who is credited with kick-starting peace negotiations…

January 18th, 1937: Born in Lower Nassau Street, Derry, to Sam and Annie Hume. 1958: Hume graduates from Maynooth with a BA in French and history. Continues to study for MA, writing a thesis on the social and economic development of his native city. 1960: Hume, now a schoolteacher, marries…

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Updated / Sunday, 2 Aug 2020 10:34 James Tennyson produced the goods James Tennyson produced a pulsating performance at the matchroom Fight Camp in Essex on Saturday night to stop Gavin Gwynne in the sixth round and claim the British lightweight title. The 26-year-old Belfast man was supposed to take on…

Belfast’s LGBTQ Pride parade is being held online this year with a virtual celebration instead of the usual colourful street parade. The city’s 30th LGBTQ celebration was postponed due to the pandemic and an online event has been organised on Saturday instead on Facebook. Last year’s parade was the biggest…

Updated / Saturday, 1 Aug 2020 19:14 Belfast City Hall is being lit up with rainbow colours for Pride (pic @belfastcc on Twitter) Belfast's LGBTQ Pride parade is being held online this year with a virtual celebration instead of the usual colourful street parade. The city's 30th LGBTQ celebration was…

Two former police officers will not be prosecuted over fatal shootings in Belfast 50 years ago. The first child to be killed in the Troubles, Patrick Rooney, nine, along with 20-year-old Hugh McCabe and Samuel McLarnon, 28, died in separate incidents amid significant civil disorder in Belfast on 15 August…

Updated / Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 18:40 Christine Connor pictured today outside Belfast Crown Court A north Belfast woman was today found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer in 2013.    Christine Connor, 35, described by police previously as a lone wolf dissident republican, was remanded in custody…

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A coroner in Belfast has appealed to members of the public with any information about the movements of teenager Noah Donohoe on the day he disappeared last month to help his family establish what happened. The body of the 14-year-old boy was found in a storm drain in north Belfast on…