Belfast news

• Nations League: Republic of Ireland draw 0-0 with dominant Danes in Dublin

  13-10-2018 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The Republic of Ireland earn their first Nations League point with a defensive display against a Denmark side minus Christian Eriksen.
  
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• Pressure mounts on Theresa May as Brexit summit looms

  13-10-2018 23:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May faces a Tory mutiny and increased pressure from her DUP allies over Brexit as a key summit with EU leaders looms.
  
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• Strictly fans think Seann Walsh and Katya Jones were marked too generously

  13-10-2018 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Strictly Come Dancing judges were accused by some fans of giving “sympathy” votes to Seann Walsh and Katya Jones following their turbulent week.
  
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• World Superbikes: Jonathan Rea equals record for consecutive wins with Argentina success

  13-10-2018 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  World champion Jonathan Rea equals the record of nine consecutive World Superbike race wins by taking victory in Argentina.
  
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• Man charged with aiding and abetting rape in Belfast

  13-10-2018 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The 18 year old is also charged with administering a substance with sexual intent.
  
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• Eir apologises for broadband outage

  13-10-2018 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Eir customers report widespread problems accessing the internet across the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• European Rugby Champions Cup: Ulster beat Leicester Tigers 24-10

  13-10-2018 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster run in three tries as they beat Leicester Tigers 24-10 in their Heineken Champions Cup opener at Kingspan Stadium.
  
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• Belfast drugs seizure: Four appear in court

  13-10-2018 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A court is told the Belfast defendants, who include a married couple, are part of a criminal gang.
  
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• Irish Premiership round-up: All the results and the League Cup quarter-final draw

  13-10-2018 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Saturday's action has seen wins for Crusaders, Ballymena, Linfield and Warrenpoint - as well as one of the quickest goals ever scored in an Irish Premiership match.
  
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• Pomeroy pensioner tied up and robbed by masked men

  13-10-2018 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The gang, armed with a crowbar, left a man in his 70s tied up and unable to call for help.
  
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• British Superbikes: Glenn Irwin secures race win at Brands Hatch

  13-10-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Glenn Irwin wins the first British Superbike race of the weekend at Brands Hatch while Eunan McGlinchey clinches the Junior Supersport crown.
  
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• Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank release official wedding photographs

  13-10-2018 18:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are pictured holding hands and kissing on their wedding day in official photographs released to mark the event.
  
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• Bangor attack: Masked gang beat man with hammers

  13-10-2018 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A man suffers a serious head wound and a broken ankle in an overnight attack in County Down.
  
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• Arlene Foster warns Theresa May over 'dodgy' Brexit deal

  13-10-2018 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP leader has drawn an explicit parallel with Margaret Thatcher's signing of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
  
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• Gang of six tie up pensioner before ransacking home

  13-10-2018 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pensioner has been tied up by a balaclava-wearing gang before they set about ransacking his house in a Co Tyrone village.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Crusaders score in 10 seconds while Linfield go top

  13-10-2018 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Matthew Snoddy scores 'quickest goal' as Crusaders beat Glentoran while a Jimmy Callacher hat-trick sends Linfield top of the Irish Premiership.
  
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• Great War: NI soldiers commemorated in Belgium

  13-10-2018 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Wreaths are laid in the village of Morsele, Belgium, in memory of men from Northern Ireland who died.
  
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• Gang of masked men break into Bangor home and beat occupant with hammers

  13-10-2018 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gang of masked men have broken into a Bangor home and beaten the occupant with hammers.
  
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• Victims of three-vehicle Newry crash named by police

  13-10-2018 16:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The man and woman killed in a three-vehicle collision in Newry have been named by police.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Matthew Snoddy scores after 10 seconds

  13-10-2018 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Matthew Snoddy scores after only 10 seconds for Irish Premiership champions Crusaders against Glentoran.
  
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• Newry crash kills two members of one family

  13-10-2018 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Raymond Halliday, 87, and Anna Dodds, 47, are killed in a collision near Newry.
  
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• Three people hospitalised after incident outside house in north Belfast

  13-10-2018 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three people have been hospitalised after an incident outside a house in north Belfast.
  
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• Two teens stabbed in Portadown housing estate - police condemn 'mindless violence'

  13-10-2018 14:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have condemned the "reckless and mindless violence" which resulted in two teenagers being stabbed.
  
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• NI striker Will Grigg out of Bosnia-Herzegovina game with hamstring injury

  13-10-2018 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Wigan forward Will Grigg will miss Northern Ireland's Nations League game away to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday with a hamstring injury.
  
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• Ulster v Leicester Tigers LIVE: Searing second half sees Ulster soar past Tigers in Europe

  13-10-2018 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  THREE second half tries saw Ulster silence the Leicester Tigers yet again in Belfast as they won 24-10 to open their Heineken Champions Cup account with a victory.
  
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• Teen (14) charged over criminal damage in north Belfast

  13-10-2018 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old male has been charged with criminal damage in north Belfast.
  
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• Restaurant review: Zizzi has good service but is let down by the food

  13-10-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Do you complain about poor service or bad food? How bad does it have to be before you'll give an honest answer to: "Everything all right, folks?" I know people who lose the plot entirely when they are served substandard food.
  
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• Man charged over north Belfast creeper-style burglary

  13-10-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with offences connected to a creeper-style burglary in north Belfast.
  
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• Ex-Strictly star: Walsh and Jones should not have apologised on TV

  13-10-2018 11:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff has said she does not think Seann Walsh and Katya Jones should have apologised for their kiss on spin-off show It Takes Two.
  
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• Belfast's Central Library celebrates a birthday

  13-10-2018 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The 130-year-old building was designed by WH Lynn
  
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• Family of tragic crash victim hail Air Ambulance fundraising

  13-10-2018 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a Co Tyrone woman who lost her life in a road crash almost two months ago say they are overwhelmed to have reached their fundraising target for Northern Ireland's Air Ambulance.
  
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• Sadness as falling congregation forces landmark Belfast church to close its doors after 133 years

  13-10-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The final chapter in the history of one of Belfast's landmark churches will be written tomorrow morning.
  
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• MP calls for end to delays over north west medical school plans

  13-10-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A much-delayed report exploring the need for a new medical school in the north west is understood to be complete.
  
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• Family of tragic hospital fall mum want 'urgent systematic changes' in treatment of vulnerable patients

  13-10-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A sister of a woman who died after falling from a fourth-floor hospital landing has called for "systematic changes" after an inquest found a "significant gap" in her mental health care.
  
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• Best defends decision to go to court days before match

  13-10-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland captain Rory Best has stood by his decision to attend the Belfast rape trial of team-mates Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding and hopes that his kids would do the same if placed in a similar scenario.
  
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• Rape claim ‘destroyed’ star Olding’s reputation, court is told

  13-10-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ireland and Ulster rugby player Stuart Olding "suffered a huge financial detriment" defending himself in a trial which lasted almost 10 weeks, a court heard yesterday.
  
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• Fergie offered warm greeting from a formerly frosty Philip

  13-10-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh "took quite a big step" towards reconciliation with Sarah, Duchess of York at Friday's royal wedding, according to a body language expert.
  
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• Eugenie marries in a ceremony fit for a princess

  13-10-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Royal bride Princess Eugenie shared two shy kisses with her new husband Jack Brooksbank after their lavish royal wedding ceremony.
  
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• Don't make same error as Thatcher, Foster warns PM on Brexit

  13-10-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has warned Prime Minister Theresa May not to have the same “deep regrets” over a Brexit deal as Margaret Thatcher had when she signed the Anglo-Irish agreement.
  
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• Apple a day

  13-10-2018 07:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Bramley apples and the decline in boiler sales also make the weekly papers.
  
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• Belfast Central Library at 130: 'No longer are we just librarians'

  13-10-2018 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  As Belfast Central Library marks its 130th birthday, BBC News NI meets both users and staff.
  
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• Suicide in Northern Ireland: 'I have no sons left'

  13-10-2018 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Patricia lives in Northern Ireland, the place with the highest rate of suicide in the UK.
  
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