Belfast news

• £15m for zero-emission testing at Belfast Harbour

  15-10-2026 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes after a £15m investment from UK Research and Innovation's Local Innovation Partnerships Fund.
  
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• Disgraced GAA hero Kevin McGourty dodges prison over fake solicitor scam

  19-10-2026 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Glasgow court spares McGourty jail but orders him to do 200 hours’ unpaid work
  
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• Ninety thousand children living in poverty in Northern Ireland, and no sign of numbers falling

  19-10-2026 10:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Stark warning as charity releases latest figures
  
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• New Glentoran manager Duncan Ferguson recalls terrifying first night in notorious Glasgow jail: ‘The lights went out, the doors shut and people started shouting at me’

  19-10-2026 08:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Scottish hardman feared for his life while serving time for match assault
  
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• Nine thousand children living in poverty in Northern Ireland, and no sign of numbers falling

  19-10-2026 07:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Stark warning as charity releases latest figures
  
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• ‘We’re going to be dealing with the death on our streets here very soon’: E-scooter injuries in A&E up six-fold in just five years

  19-10-2026 07:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Consultant warns children will live with effects for years
  
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• Right wing politician to be reported for purporting to identify Donaldson victim on social media

  19-10-2026 07:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Despite repeated warnings, former Tory MP has not deleted post
  
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• Pollution breaches, explosions and a complaint from Amazon: Correspondence gives insight into Belfast recycling plant that keeps catching fire

  19-10-2026 07:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Environment chiefs ‘very concerned’ over recent incidents at site
  
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• Former bomb investigator raises questions over undisclosed ‘Omagh, Omagh, Omagh’ warning hours before atrocity

  19-10-2026 06:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ex lead detective questions whether further intelligence remains undisclosed
  
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• Give My Head Peace: Comedies axed as BBC makes deep cuts

  19-10-2026 01:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Perforated Ulster, Give My Head Peace, and The Long and the Short of it, all produced by the Hole in the Wall gang are being axed by the BBC.The Blame Game has also been culled.The BBC is making major cuts across the corporation as budget cuts take hold.BBC bosses say they have to make difficult decisions – but the cuts mean there will be no more local comedy on our screens.Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Tim McGarry and Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell from the Hole in the Wall Gang.
  
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• Four members of suspected car theft and burglary gang arrested after M50 chase

  18-10-2026 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Shocking footage circulated online shows brazen thugs smashing up car and windows after homeowner confronted thieves
  
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• ‘It is just huge relief’: Oisin O’Neill dedicates Crossmaglen Rangers triumph to lost club stalwarts

  18-10-2026 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Crossmaglen Rangers 1-19 Killeavy 0-17
  
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• ‘My dad was murdered by the IRA and the State let him down badly’: Family of prison officer Brian Stack receives Irish Government apology

  18-10-2026 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Austin Stack tells how his personal mission to find out what happened to his father has taken him into the dark and murky world of the paramilitaries
  
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• Rory McIlroy defends lucrative India appearance after Kevin Kisner’s ‘dogsh*t’ and ‘money grab’ jibes

  18-10-2026 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  World number two justifies appearance in New Delhi
  
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• Last-gasp two-pointer earns dramatic Tyrone county final replay for Edendork

  18-10-2026 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Errigal Ciaran 0-15 Edendork St Malachy’s 1-12
  
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• Paedophile loyalist bandsman under UVF death threat after admitting sexual communication with a child

  18-10-2026 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Pervert kneecapped by gang as a teenager told to stay out of east Antrim
  
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• ‘I never in all my days thought I would see something like this’: Hundreds line streets for Waterford arson victims

  18-10-2026 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Funeral mass for four members of the English family will take place in Sacred Heart Church on Monday afternoon
  
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• “JefJeffrey Donaldson’s incessant trips to the developing world raise dark new questions about shadow career abroad

  18-10-2026 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  DUP leader visited African country ten times in less than three years, helped flog weapons alongside a British general, and worked with special forces officer
  
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• South Belfast joy as St Brigid’s finally reach promised land with historic win over Rossa

  18-10-2026 17:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  O’Donovan Rossa 1-16 St Brigid’s 0-21
  
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• ‘It makes my job a bit harder’ — Rory McIlroy looks to Race to Dubai play-offs as Eugenio Chacarra goes top with India win

  18-10-2026 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Holywood star finished 17 shots behind new Race to Dubai leader in New Delhi
  
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• Jailed cocaine kingpin ‘Trigger’ expelled from UDA amid suspicions he was stealing from crime cartel

  18-10-2026 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Paramilitary gang move against former commander jailed last week for three years
  
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• Taoiseach says ‘partition was a disaster’ during Wolfe Tone commemoration speech

  18-10-2026 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Micheál Martin said the division of Ireland made the island ‘less diverse and less successful’
  
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• Mark Gyves: ‘I credit Maeve Binchy and her books with sparking that initial hunger in me to write’

  18-10-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The author shares his favoured reads
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson’s incessant trips to the developing world raise dark new questions about shadow career abroad

  18-10-2026 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  DUP leader visited African country ten times in less than three years, helped flog weapons alongside a British general, and worked with special forces officer
  
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• With dinner party panic like this, no wonder the art of hosting is in decline

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A recent survey showed the share of people who have family or friends round at least once a month has fallen over 70pc since 1975
  
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• ‘This is such a shame’: Young BMX stars forced to travel to Dublin after Lisburn club bars parents from entering facilities

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dad says group robbing his daughter of opportunity to test her skills on Northern Ireland’s only national standard track
  
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• ‘Sisters are great... they give you their honest opinion’: Armagh twins take beauty industry by storm with at-home brow kits

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Siblings bringing tinting from the salon to the bathroom
  
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• Sinn Féin distances itself from calls for memorial to alleged paedophile councillor, despite City Hall photo op

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Lord mayor pictured holding portrait of Larry Kennedy, who was gunned down by UDA in 1981
  
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• Man (41) held over one of Northern Ireland’s largest ever cocaine busts is remanded in custody after van raided

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  PSNI raid on van in Lisburn uncovered £2.4m of the drug
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson ‘cried himself to sleep’ amid secret plans to move him from cushy hospital wing to sex offender unit

  18-10-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Paedophile ex-politician set for transfer to Magilligan Prison once dust on sentence settles
  
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