Belfast news

• Belfast and Holden police departments team up for soup kitchen donation - WABI

  22-12-2025 22:29
  Belfast and Holden police departments team up for soup kitchen donation  WABI
  
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• Holden PD brings 25 days of kindness to Belfast - foxbangor.com

  22-12-2025 22:14
  Holden PD brings 25 days of kindness to Belfast  foxbangor.com
  
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• Belfast council backs motion over pro-Palestine hunger-strikers… despite concerns over ‘poor way to operate’ - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 21:38
  Belfast council backs motion over pro-Palestine hunger-strikers… despite concerns over ‘poor way to operate’  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast City Council backs motion supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 20:58
  Belfast City Council backs motion supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers  The Irish News
  
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• Special meeting of Belfast City Council to discuss Palestinian hunger strike criticised by DUP - Belfast News Letter

  22-12-2025 20:36
  Special meeting of Belfast City Council to discuss Palestinian hunger strike criticised by DUP  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Man who stabbed west Belfast woman to death loses appeal to overturn conviction | ITV News - ITVX

  22-12-2025 20:07
  Man who stabbed west Belfast woman to death loses appeal to overturn conviction | ITV News  ITVX
  
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• Man ‘barricaded himself into Belfast hotel and caused £5k of damage’ - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 19:30
  Man ‘barricaded himself into Belfast hotel and caused £5k of damage’  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Boom Strutt Brass Band - Belfast City Council

  22-12-2025 19:02
  Boom Strutt Brass Band  Belfast City Council
  
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• Belfast City Airport marks busiest day of the year - ITVX

  22-12-2025 19:00
  Belfast City Airport marks busiest day of the year  ITVX
  
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• Belfast Giants win big as Dundee Stars continue ‘horrendous’ festive run - British Ice Hockey

  22-12-2025 18:57
  Belfast Giants win big as Dundee Stars continue ‘horrendous’ festive run  British Ice Hockey
  
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• Sudden death in Belfast city centre being attended to by emergency services - Belfast Live

  22-12-2025 18:55
  Sudden death in Belfast city centre being attended to by emergency services  Belfast Live
  
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• Brendan Mulgrew: Raise a glass to Belfast’s thriving (and surviving) pub scene - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 18:02
  Brendan Mulgrew: Raise a glass to Belfast’s thriving (and surviving) pub scene  The Irish News
  
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• Sudden death in Belfast city centre after man takes unwell on street corner - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 17:37
  Sudden death in Belfast city centre after man takes unwell on street corner  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast city centre sudden death ‘not being treated as suspicious’, police confirm - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 17:37
  Belfast city centre sudden death ‘not being treated as suspicious’, police confirm  The Irish News
  
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• Belfast schools have strong hand ahead of MacLarnon Cup knock-out stages - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 17:36
  Belfast schools have strong hand ahead of MacLarnon Cup knock-out stages  The Irish News
  
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• Christmas reunions fill Belfast City Airport with hugs and homecomings: ‘The family’s complete again’ - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 17:29
  Christmas reunions fill Belfast City Airport with hugs and homecomings: ‘The family’s complete again’  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• LIVE REVIEW: Gurriers Ignite Belfast’s Limelight with a Ferocious, No-Holds-Barred Post-Punk Assault - XS Noize

  22-12-2025 17:10
  LIVE REVIEW: Gurriers Ignite Belfast’s Limelight with a Ferocious, No-Holds-Barred Post-Punk Assault  XS Noize
  
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• M Mob: Belfast drug dealer almost £200,000 out of pocket after admitting charge over wads of cash found at his home - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 16:00
  M Mob: Belfast drug dealer almost £200,000 out of pocket after admitting charge over wads of cash found at his home  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Gun attacks linked to 'toxic world of drugs' - DUP MLA

  22-12-2025 15:52 via bbc.com
  Brian Kingston told BBC News NI those involved needed to "get off the backs" of people in the community.
  
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• Belfast gun attacks: Linked to 'toxic world of drugs' - DUP MLA - BBC

  22-12-2025 15:52
  Belfast gun attacks: Linked to 'toxic world of drugs' - DUP MLA  BBC
  
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• Police attend sudden death in Belfast city centre after person takes unwell - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 15:41
  Police attend sudden death in Belfast city centre after person takes unwell  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in Belfast city centre - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 15:41
  Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in Belfast city centre  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Uilleann Piper Paddy Keenan to Receive ANAM Award in Belfast - The Journal of Music

  22-12-2025 14:42
  Uilleann Piper Paddy Keenan to Receive ANAM Award in Belfast  The Journal of Music
  
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• World Snooker Tour Cues Up For Belfast - World Snooker Tour

  22-12-2025 14:33
  World Snooker Tour Cues Up For Belfast  World Snooker Tour
  
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• Man loses appeal to overturn murder conviction

  22-12-2025 14:08 via bbc.com
  Raymond Martin Gabriel O'Neillwas sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in prison in 2022 for the murder of Jennifer Dornan.
  
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• 'One of the proudest moments in our 65 years': Belfast amateur musical company wins Royal Variety seal of approval with Albert Hall appearance - Belfast News Letter

  22-12-2025 13:41
  'One of the proudest moments in our 65 years': Belfast amateur musical company wins Royal Variety seal of approval with Albert Hall appearance  Belfast News Letter
  
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• Vital role of Sure Start programme recognised by Lord Mayor of Belfast - Belfast City Council

  22-12-2025 12:52
  Vital role of Sure Start programme recognised by Lord Mayor of Belfast  Belfast City Council
  
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• How a Belfast community built Ireland’s first urban Gaeltacht - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 12:50
  How a Belfast community built Ireland’s first urban Gaeltacht  The Irish News
  
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• Bumper Year For Business Events At ICC Belfast - Business Eye

  22-12-2025 12:25
  Bumper Year For Business Events At ICC Belfast  Business Eye
  
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• North Belfast young people make their podcast voices heard - Belfast Media Group

  22-12-2025 11:45
  North Belfast young people make their podcast voices heard  Belfast Media Group
  
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• North and West Belfast groups share £63,000 in community funding - Belfast Media Group

  22-12-2025 11:32
  North and West Belfast groups share £63,000 in community funding  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Man charged following serious assault

  22-12-2025 11:03 via bbc.com
  The 18-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.
  
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• Royal Mail Belfast and NI delivery problems update Dec 22 - as 9 postcodes listed - Belfast Live

  22-12-2025 11:01
  Royal Mail Belfast and NI delivery problems update Dec 22 - as 9 postcodes listed  Belfast Live
  
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• Adam Keefe salutes lethal trio after Belfast Giants romp: ‘They’re a big piece of the puzzle here’ - Belfast Telegraph

  22-12-2025 11:00
  Adam Keefe salutes lethal trio after Belfast Giants romp: ‘They’re a big piece of the puzzle here’  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Videos share the life-changing impact of Belfast Black Santa - Down and Dromore

  22-12-2025 10:19
  Videos share the life-changing impact of Belfast Black Santa  Down and Dromore
  
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• Conway Nets Four as Giants Soar Past Stars - Belfast Giants

  22-12-2025 10:00
  Conway Nets Four as Giants Soar Past Stars  Belfast Giants
  
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• 'We need a new bridge', say villagers after months of closure

  22-12-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  People in Kilrea welcome the reopening of a bridge into the village but say they fear it will not last.
  
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• Villagers fear reopened bridge fixes are only 'sticking plaster'

  22-12-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  People in Kilrea welcome the reopening of a bridge into the village but say they fear it will not last.
  
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• A new bridge is 'common sense', say villagers after months of closure

  22-12-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  People in Kilrea welcome the reopening of a bridge into the village but say they fear it will not last.
  
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• 'We're part of the community' - businesses pumping life into Belfast's arterial routes

  22-12-2025 07:26 via bbc.com
  A council scheme is turning abandoned buildings into vibrant business hubs in Belfast.
  
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• From abandoned buildings to 'vibrant hubs' - the businesses pumping life into city's arterial routes

  22-12-2025 07:26 via bbc.com
  A council scheme is turning abandoned buildings into vibrant business hubs in Belfast.
  
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• Belfast: From abandoned buildings to vibrant businesses - BBC

  22-12-2025 07:26
  Belfast: From abandoned buildings to vibrant businesses  BBC
  
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• John Bell was one of Belfast’s greatest ever thinkers and ranks among the most important physicists of the 20th century, so why have you never heard of him? - The Irish News

  22-12-2025 07:00
  John Bell was one of Belfast’s greatest ever thinkers and ranks among the most important physicists of the 20th century, so why have you never heard of him?  The Irish News
  
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• 'Sobriety is my superpower at Christmas', says recovering addict

  22-12-2025 04:20 via bbc.com
  A 33-year-old comedian from Londonderry is preparing for his third Christmas substance-free.
  
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• The cross-border shoppers 'looking for a day out, rather than savings'

  22-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  Dundalk Chamber of Commerce said most cross border shopping is now for a day out rather than the expectation of making large savings.
  
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• Cross-border shopping now on 'even keel', business leaders say

  22-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  Dundalk Chamber of Commerce said most cross border shopping is now for a day out rather than the expectation of making large savings.
  
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• In pictures: Winter solstice celebrated at Newgrange

  22-12-2025 00:36 via bbc.com
  A chamber inside the ancient burial tomb is illuminated by sunrise on the shortest day of the year.
  
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