Belfast news

• Two people killed in separate house fires

  12-12-2025 23:26 via bbc.com
  A man in his 20s and a woman in her 50s died at the scenes of the two house fires on Friday.
  
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• Two early Belfast strikes douse Flames - Pro Hockey News

  12-12-2025 22:45
  Two early Belfast strikes douse Flames  Pro Hockey News
  
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• Jackson Whistle shut-out helps Belfast Giants toast teddy toss night with victory over Flames - Belfast Telegraph

  12-12-2025 22:36
  Jackson Whistle shut-out helps Belfast Giants toast teddy toss night with victory over Flames  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast Star ace: ‘I wouldn’t be the player I am today without having my dad’s influence’ - Belfast Telegraph

  12-12-2025 21:48
  Belfast Star ace: ‘I wouldn’t be the player I am today without having my dad’s influence’  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Two people die in separate fires in Belfast and Bangor - RTE.ie

  12-12-2025 21:06
  Two people die in separate fires in Belfast and Bangor  RTE.ie
  
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• Two people die in fires in Belfast and Bangor - Ireland Live

  12-12-2025 21:00
  Two people die in fires in Belfast and Bangor  Ireland Live
  
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• Tragedy strikes as two people die in Friday house fires - Belfast Live

  12-12-2025 20:57
  Tragedy strikes as two people die in Friday house fires  Belfast Live
  
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• Enquiries are ongoing but it is not believed that the deaths are suspicious at this time - Belfast News Letter

  12-12-2025 20:38
  Enquiries are ongoing but it is not believed that the deaths are suspicious at this time  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Two people killed in house fires in Bangor and Belfast - BBC

  12-12-2025 20:30
  Two people killed in house fires in Bangor and Belfast  BBC
  
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• Catch The Ellsworth Boys And Girls Basketball Games Against Belfast This Saturday Afternoon - WDEA AM 1370

  12-12-2025 19:42
  Catch The Ellsworth Boys And Girls Basketball Games Against Belfast This Saturday Afternoon  WDEA AM 1370
  
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• Catch The Ellsworth Boys And Girls Basketball Games Against Belfast This Saturday Afternoon - WDEA

  12-12-2025 19:42
  Catch The Ellsworth Boys And Girls Basketball Games Against Belfast This Saturday Afternoon  WDEA
  
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• Man arrested after West Belfast assault leaves victim in hospital - The Irish News

  12-12-2025 19:35
  Man arrested after West Belfast assault leaves victim in hospital  The Irish News
  
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• Cars still driving down pedestrianised street | ITV News - ITVX

  12-12-2025 19:21
  Cars still driving down pedestrianised street | ITV News  ITVX
  
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• Belfast to host new format Ice Hockey World Cup next summer - Extra.ie

  12-12-2025 19:15
  Belfast to host new format Ice Hockey World Cup next summer  Extra.ie
  
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• PA code of conduct raises free speech concerns among councillors - Belfast News Letter

  12-12-2025 19:08
  PA code of conduct raises free speech concerns among councillors  Belfast News Letter
  
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• West Belfast assault investigation leads to arrest - Belfast Live

  12-12-2025 18:54
  West Belfast assault investigation leads to arrest  Belfast Live
  
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• Watch: Winter Circus returns to Belfast for its ninth year - Belfast Telegraph

  12-12-2025 18:52
  Watch: Winter Circus returns to Belfast for its ninth year  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Rising Belfast star Lola Petticrew cast in Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series - Belfast Telegraph

  12-12-2025 18:50
  Rising Belfast star Lola Petticrew cast in Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• 'We congratulate each of them': Belfast commercial law firm announces five solicitor promotions - Belfast News Letter

  12-12-2025 18:48
  'We congratulate each of them': Belfast commercial law firm announces five solicitor promotions  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Nazareth House pupils will move to different school in New Year

  12-12-2025 18:09 via bbc.com
  The aim is to have the Nazareth House school community return to learning on their own site by half-term break in February 2026.
  
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• Belfast actor Lola Petticrew joins Assassin’s Creed cast - Hotpress

  12-12-2025 17:52
  Belfast actor Lola Petticrew joins Assassin’s Creed cast  Hotpress
  
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• 'He really was a pathfinder': How the life of Belfast's unsung film hero took him from fighting in the First World War to directing a classic Christmas movie - Belfast News Letter

  12-12-2025 17:51
  'He really was a pathfinder': How the life of Belfast's unsung film hero took him from fighting in the First World War to directing a classic Christmas movie  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Barristers set to fully withdraw from all Crown Court cases

  12-12-2025 17:42 via bbc.com
  An ongoing withdrawal from cases will be extended to involve the full withdrawal from all current Crown Courts.
  
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• Exhibition celebrates Ireland's first urban Gaeltacht in Belfast - RTE.ie

  12-12-2025 17:31
  Exhibition celebrates Ireland's first urban Gaeltacht in Belfast  RTE.ie
  
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• Belfast concert will raise money to help people of Gaza access safe water - The Irish News

  12-12-2025 17:30
  Belfast concert will raise money to help people of Gaza access safe water  The Irish News
  
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• 'Spectacular day' as Tipperary stars visit Belfast - BBC

  12-12-2025 16:40
  'Spectacular day' as Tipperary stars visit Belfast  BBC
  
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• Attackers attempt to set pensioner on fire in his Keady home

  12-12-2025 16:29 via bbc.com
  Six masked men armed with bats entered the man's living room on the Clay Road.
  
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• Education scheme didn't discriminate against Catholics, judge rules

  12-12-2025 16:26 via bbc.com
  A judge dismissed a legal challenge to the methods used by DE to decide funding under the RAISE programme.
  
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• Divided Youth of Belfast: Interview with Toby Binder - World Photography Organisation

  12-12-2025 16:15
  Divided Youth of Belfast: Interview with Toby Binder  World Photography Organisation
  
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• Holiday World unveils star-spangled addition to Belfast show - Belfast News Letter

  12-12-2025 15:28
  Holiday World unveils star-spangled addition to Belfast show  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Dexter wrestling grapples in Belfast - Piscataquis Observer

  12-12-2025 15:15
  Dexter wrestling grapples in Belfast  Piscataquis Observer
  
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• I took a teen and a tween to Belfast for the day and it made its Primark on them - Daily Record

  12-12-2025 14:51
  I took a teen and a tween to Belfast for the day and it made its Primark on them  Daily Record
  
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• Safe stolen by thieves who smashed back door and damaged alarm - Belfast Live

  12-12-2025 14:23
  Safe stolen by thieves who smashed back door and damaged alarm  Belfast Live
  
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• Police and defence ministry asked to pay damages in legacy cases

  12-12-2025 13:59 via bbc.com
  The application was made by lawyers acting for two families whose relatives were killed in the mid-1970s by the so-called Glenanne gang.
  
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• Belfast native edits monumental first-of-its-kind Irish language dictionary - Belfast Media Group

  12-12-2025 13:19
  Belfast native edits monumental first-of-its-kind Irish language dictionary  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Men plead not guilty to manslaughter of three teens outside disco

  12-12-2025 13:15 via bbc.com
  Two men are charged over a crush in County Tyrone in 2019 in which three teenagers lost their lives.
  
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• Shoppers warned after fake Labubu and KPop Demon Hunters toys seized

  12-12-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  Some counterfeit goods have been sold for as high as £80 as thousands of pounds of fake toys are seized.
  
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• ‘Affordability is off the scale’: Belfast’s red-hot rental market - Financial Times

  12-12-2025 13:00
  ‘Affordability is off the scale’: Belfast’s red-hot rental market  Financial Times
  
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• Man denies murder of woman in County Londonderry town

  12-12-2025 12:52 via bbc.com
  Andrzej Pajaczkowski is accused of the murder of Sophie Watson in August 2024.
  
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• Warning about 'fragile' health care system amid flu surge

  12-12-2025 12:18 via bbc.com
  A surge in cases is adding to pressures on hospitals and front-line staff with some health trusts encouraging mask wearing.
  
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• Man jailed for blackmailing woman over intimate images

  12-12-2025 12:04 via bbc.com
  Jordan McKeever, 27, from Glenview Drive, Limavady, will serve two years in prison and two on supervised license.
  
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• BREAKING BENJAMIN: THE TELEGRAPH BUILDING, BELFAST: 13 July 2026 - Metal Planet Music

  12-12-2025 11:40
  BREAKING BENJAMIN: THE TELEGRAPH BUILDING, BELFAST: 13 July 2026  Metal Planet Music
  
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• BELFAST HARBOUR AWARDED PLATINUM STATUS FOR 17TH YEAR RUNNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS - Belfast Harbour

  12-12-2025 11:31
  BELFAST HARBOUR AWARDED PLATINUM STATUS FOR 17TH YEAR RUNNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS  Belfast Harbour
  
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• Man killed in crash in County Fermanagh

  12-12-2025 11:25 via bbc.com
  Francis Lynch, 69, was killed after the single-vehicle crash in County Fermanagh on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by car in Belfast - Belfast Live

  12-12-2025 11:07
  Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by car in Belfast  Belfast Live
  
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• Families question use of do-not-resuscitate orders

  12-12-2025 10:36 via bbc.com
  Families of two women who died in hospital have questioned the use of "do-not-resuscitate orders".
  
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• Where poetry meets technology: why Queen’s University Belfast is a storytelling hub for the 21st century - The Guardian

  12-12-2025 10:34
  Where poetry meets technology: why Queen’s University Belfast is a storytelling hub for the 21st century  The Guardian
  
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• BOXING: Belfast's Pádraig Walsh leads team Ireland to U17 European Championships - Belfast Media Group

  12-12-2025 10:07
  BOXING: Belfast's Pádraig Walsh leads team Ireland to U17 European Championships  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Houses searched as part of fire murder inquiry

  12-12-2025 09:55 via bbc.com
  Irish police are searching houses in counties Kildare and Offaly after two people died in an arson attack last week.
  
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• 'No empty shelves at Christmas' as Guinness workers strike

  12-12-2025 09:39 via bbc.com
  About 90 workers at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast have walked out in protest over pay.
  
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