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A postman in east Belfast has been fired after footage showed him kicking over a rainbow-coloured garden gnome. Ring Doorbell footage from the afternoon of Saturday December 6 show the ... The post Irish Postman Fired After Kicking Over Pride Garden Gnome appeared first on Star Observer...Read More

The final report into the activities of Stakeknife, the British army’s top IRA agent during the Troubles, will be released in Belfast later on Tuesday. It is understood it will not name Stakeknife – widely accepted to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, the former head of the IRA’s notorious…

Sunday 07 December 2025 3:58 pm  |   Updated:  Monday 08 December 2025 6:23 am A deal has been struck The world’s biggest aircraft marker, Airbus, is set to announce the rescue of 2,750 UK manufacturing jobs after striking a long awaited deal with rival Boeing. According to reports in The…

Overheard gets all its best investment ideas from ads on political podcasts. Only this week did we realise that this might not be the best idea. Greenman Open, a fund that buys buildings that Lidls and Aldis operate out of in Germany, this week blocked withdrawals for up to 18…

Councillors in Belfast have voted to erect the Palestinian flag over City Hall. A Sinn Féin motion to raise the flag on the next available day was passed by 32 votes to 28 at a council meeting on Monday evening. An Alliance Party amendment that proposed illuminating the City Hall…

Who was Chaim Herzog and why is a park in Dublin named after him? Chaim Herzog was Israel’s president from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast in 1918, Herzog spent his childhood in Dublin when his father Issac Herzog was chief rabbi of Ireland. He celebrated his bar mitzvah in…

Noah Donohoe was found dead in June 2020. PA NOAH DONOHOE The latest pre-inquest hearing heard that new examinations were carried out inside the storm drain where the 14-year-old was found in 2020 A PRELIMINARY INQUEST hearing into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe has taken place at the…

A proposal to rename Herzog Park in Dublin “should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with”, Ireland’s premier Micheal Martin has said. The Office of the President of Israel expressed concern on Saturday over the proposed renaming of the park in south Dublin. It is named after Chaim…

The children's football coach has been permanently banned from the league for sending the cocaine message. Photo / Darrian Traynor, Getty Images for Football Australia The children's football coach has been permanently banned from the league for sending the cocaine message. Photo / Darrian Traynor, Getty Images for Football Australia…

There's a particular kind of coherence that only comes from thinking about everything at once. A recent project from Crown Creative demonstrates exactly that: it's work where brand identity, interior design and digital experience aren't just aligned, but built from the same idea. The Belfast-based studio was working with Birch…