Belfast news

• UVF Ian Ogle murder suspect back on streets days after bail revoked

  04-01-2020 20:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A UVF murder suspect is back walking the streets five days after having his bail revoked for breaching strict conditions.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run Tollymore 5K & 10K - Video, pictures and results

  04-01-2020 20:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run race has taken place in Tollymore.
  
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• Woman caught drink-driving after attending party to tackle agoraphobia

  04-01-2020 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An over-the-limit motorist caught at 6am thought she was okay to drive after stopping drinking at midnight at a house-warming party where she had gone to see if she could beat agoraphobia.
  
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• Late medium Derek Acorah claimed he could contact ghost of George Best

  04-01-2020 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TV mystic Derek Acorah, who has died aged 69 after a short illness, had once claimed he would conjure up the ghost of football legend George Best.
  
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• Miami Showband survivor 'has name' of British Army officer at scene of massacre

  04-01-2020 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Miami Showband massacre survivor says he knows the name of the British Army officer who he alleges was present during the massacre.
  
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• Campaigners want Stormont return to tackle mental health crisis

  04-01-2020 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mental health campaigners rallied today to call for Stormont to return and tackle the growing crisis.
  
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• Carl Frampton leads tributes to young Belfast boxer Eoin Hamill after crash death

  04-01-2020 17:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for Belfast teenager Eoin Hamill after he was killed in a crash on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Irish Cup sixth round draw: Queen's University handed home tie against Glentoran after shock win over Linfield

  04-01-2020 17:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Queen's University will have the opportunity to oust both of the Big Two from this season's Irish Cup at The Dub.
  
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• Man dies after collapsing on Belfast street

  04-01-2020 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died after collapsing on a south Belfast street in the early hours of Saturday morning.
  
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• In pictures: Linfield ousted from Irish Cup as Queen's University cause huge shock at The Dub

  04-01-2020 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Championship side Queen's University have caused one of the biggest Irish Cup upsets in recent memory by ousting Premiership champions Linfield in the fifth round.
  
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• House significantly damaged in Dungiven arson attack

  04-01-2020 12:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A house was significantly damaged during an arson attack in Dungiven on Friday night.
  
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• Restaurant review: Pizza Boutique, Nonnas, Pizza on the Square, Belfast Woodfired Pizza and Little Wing

  04-01-2020 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Is pizza the north's favourite food? Judging by the number of mobile, takeaway, sit-down, posh and punky pizzerias around our towns and cities, probably. Yet of the 50 (and counting) pizza places in Belfast alone, very few are any good.
  
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• Jonathan Bradley: John Cooney has won the battle with Conor Murray and must be named as Ireland's Six Nations number nine

  04-01-2020 11:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With an expanded fixture list and the insertion of European rugby as the final stepping stone to the Test arena, the days of the interpros acting as pseudo Ireland trials can be seen as an anachronism in rugby's professional era, yet there was something of an old-school feel to the first derby of 2020.
  
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• Irish golfing great Ernie Jones laid to rest in Co Down

  04-01-2020 10:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of Irish golfer Ernie Jones has taken place.
  
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• Postman who scalded mum with boiling water before beating her sent to prison

  04-01-2020 10:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Royal Mail worker has been jailed for 18 months for throwing a kettle of scalding water at his mother and then beating her with her walking stick.
  
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• Nicole Adams: It feels so good to just breathe in air after six weeks... I'm proof three little tablets can save a life

  04-01-2020 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fortnight ago, cystic fibrosis (CF) sufferer Nicole Adams was fighting for her life in a hospital intensive care unit. Four days into the new year and decade, she is relaxing on her sofa in her Newtownabbey home and feeling hugely glad to be alive.
  
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• Drug addict accountant jailed for theft of £1m at care home

  04-01-2020 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An accountant who stole over £1m from a south Belfast care home has been jailed.
  
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• Chair of police union slams 'parasite' who tried to shoot PSNI officer at his home

  04-01-2020 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chairman of the Police Federation has hit out at the attempted murder of a policeman and said the "parasite" responsible is lucky he was not shot.
  
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• Son's hope for 'closure' as Garda resumes search for Northern Ireland man missing since 2002

  04-01-2020 09:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The son of a Co Fermanagh man last seen 18 years ago has said his family will not give up hope as fresh searches for his body continue.
  
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• MP's 'blood on carpet' remark over Troubles prosecutions criticised

  04-01-2020 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Conservative MP and former soldier has been criticised for saying "there will be blood on the carpet" over the issue of prosecuting members of the armed forces.
  
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• Man arrested after body discovered in Dungannon

  04-01-2020 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 32-year old man has been arrested after the body of a 19-year-old was discovered in Dungannon on Friday morning.
  
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• Heartbreak for families as two young Belfast boys die in separate tragedies

  04-01-2020 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Belfast communities have been left in shock after the deaths of two children in separate tragedies.
  
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• Experts warn NHS in Northern Ireland has fallen off the cliff edge as strikes loom

  04-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stroke patient was one of hundreds of people languishing on a trolley for hours waiting for a hospital bed in the last week.
  
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