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Prince William has praised emergency service workers who responded to the ‘dreadful’ stabbings in Birmingham, during a surprise visit to Belfast today to meet with frontline staff. A knifeman rampaged across the English city centre in the early hours of Sunday, stabbing a student to death and leaving several others injured. The Duke of Cambridge, 38, referenced the … Read more
Seven men and two women are arrested in New IRA probe in Belfast after major cross-border operation Nine people between 26 and 50 are being questioned at a Belfast police station Gardai in Republic of Ireland carried of searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry The searches came as part of an investigation into activities … Read more
Police are pelted with rocks in second night of violent clashes in Belfast ahead of July 11 bonfires which will be lit at midnight Officers dressed in riot gear carried out a number of searches in the Belfast area It’s the second consecutive day that police have come under attack by youths It comes just … Read more
The family of Noah Donohoe said his mother ‘always told him that he would change the world’ as hundreds gathered to pay tribute to the schoolboy. The body of missing Belfast teenager Noah Donohoe was found in a storm drain on Saturday, six days after he vanished while cycling through the city. Hundreds gathered at … Read more
Belfast man is shot dead in ‘brutal’ murder as police reveal victim had links to dissident republicans and was arrested over the killing of a Dublin gangland boss A man with links to dissident republications was shot dead in west Belfast today Sinn Fein MP Paul Maskey said the man was shot in a ‘brutal and … Read more
Game of Thrones actor Michael Condron has taken up a job as an Asda delivery driver at Northern Ireleand’s Belfast Shore Road store, as he does his bit to help frontline workers. Canadian born Michael, 42, who is self isolating alone at his Belfast home, played Bowen Marsh, Lord Steward of the Night’s Watch, in … Read more
Heartbroken daughter who lost both her elderly parents to coronavirus just 12 hours apart begs the public to follow social distancing advice Christopher Vallely, 79, and his wife Isobel, 77, died within 12 hours of each other The Belfast couple, who had been married 53 years, died at the Mater Hospital Their daughter Fiona: ‘Do … Read more
Brilliant breweries, culinary delights and the Titanic Quarter: Soak up the best of dramatic Belfast Belfast has enjoyed a tourism boom thanks to its links to Game Of Thrones The Titanic Belfast museum is a popular attraction – tickets start from £19 Visit one of Ireland’s oldest breweries on the Hidden Brewery Bike tour By Neil … Read more
Great Scot! We are only an hour or so into our trip to Northern Ireland and we have just discovered a DeLorean straight out of the Back to the Future films. Having departed the ferry at Larne, we headed straight for the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in, ironically enough, Holywood, just north of Belfast. … Read more