Belfast news

• St Patrick's Day Parade 2026 | Events in Belfast - Belfast City Council

  23-12-2025 23:37
  St Patrick's Day Parade 2026 | Events in Belfast  Belfast City Council
  
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• From Belfast to the Big Leagues - Midcoast Villager

  23-12-2025 21:00
  From Belfast to the Big Leagues  Midcoast Villager
  
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• Residents advised to leave homes due to security alert

  23-12-2025 20:53 via bbc.com
  It is understood some residents have been advised to leave their homes while the policing operation continues.
  
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• Rising demand at Belfast food kitchen | ITV News - ITVX

  23-12-2025 19:52
  Rising demand at Belfast food kitchen | ITV News  ITVX
  
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• Men arrested at Belfast International Airport in connection with summer ‘brawl’ released on bail - Belfast Telegraph

  23-12-2025 19:30
  Men arrested at Belfast International Airport in connection with summer ‘brawl’ released on bail  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Irish citizen detained in US freed after husband appeals to Congress

  23-12-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  Donna Hughes-Brown has reunited with her family after five months in an immigration detention unit in Kentucky.
  
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• Belfast man jailed for Belfast International Airport attack - Belfast Live

  23-12-2025 18:16
  Belfast man jailed for Belfast International Airport attack  Belfast Live
  
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• NI farm families 'in a better place' after inheritance tax plan climbdown

  23-12-2025 17:53 via bbc.com
  Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m.
  
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• Man jailed for sexually assaulting a woman outside a Belfast hospital - U105

  23-12-2025 17:43
  Man jailed for sexually assaulting a woman outside a Belfast hospital  U105
  
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• Christmas homecomings spell busiest time of the year for Belfast's airports - and cap a busy year for them generally - newsletter.co.uk

  23-12-2025 17:23
  Christmas homecomings spell busiest time of the year for Belfast's airports - and cap a busy year for them generally  newsletter.co.uk
  
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• ‘I’m living for our son now’: Belfast mum dreading first Christmas without her late wife - Belfast Telegraph

  23-12-2025 16:00
  ‘I’m living for our son now’: Belfast mum dreading first Christmas without her late wife  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• West Belfast woman gets suspended prison sentence for nearly £6K benefit fraud - Belfast Live

  23-12-2025 15:39
  West Belfast woman gets suspended prison sentence for nearly £6K benefit fraud  Belfast Live
  
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• Belfast International Airport Achieves Platinum Success for Sustainability in 2025 - ittn.ie

  23-12-2025 15:07
  Belfast International Airport Achieves Platinum Success for Sustainability in 2025  ittn.ie
  
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• Man arrested after €3.7m cocaine seizure

  23-12-2025 13:07 via bbc.com
  The suspected cocaine was seized following a search of a vehicle which had disembarked from a ferry in Rosslare.
  
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• Belfast City Council supports Palestine Action Hunger Strikers - Slugger O'Toole

  23-12-2025 13:00
  Belfast City Council supports Palestine Action Hunger Strikers  Slugger O'Toole
  
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• Firefighters put out blaze at water treatment works

  23-12-2025 12:55 via bbc.com
  Firefighters were called to a report of a fire on the roof of an NI Water treatment facility in Portrush.
  
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• Belfast City Council backs motion supporting pro-Palestinian hunger strikers in England - Belfast Media Group

  23-12-2025 10:47
  Belfast City Council backs motion supporting pro-Palestinian hunger strikers in England  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Take part in the GOAL Mile this Christmas Day in Belfast - Belfast Media Group

  23-12-2025 10:22
  Take part in the GOAL Mile this Christmas Day in Belfast  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Belfast Zoo helps to bring Christmas joy to Children’s Hospital - Belfast Media Group

  23-12-2025 10:22
  Belfast Zoo helps to bring Christmas joy to Children’s Hospital  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Organisations gather to shape the future of community development in West Belfast - Belfast Media Group

  23-12-2025 10:17
  Organisations gather to shape the future of community development in West Belfast  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Belfast Charitable Society makes £47k donation to the People’s Kitchen - Belfast Media Group

  23-12-2025 10:17
  Belfast Charitable Society makes £47k donation to the People’s Kitchen  Belfast Media Group
  
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• Meet the 12-year-old racer who is making waves in her sport

  23-12-2025 09:13 via bbc.com
  Meet Andie Stewart, the 12-year-old from Northern Ireland, who is breaking new ground in go-kart racing.
  
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• Can rugby star's stolen caps be found after 40 years?

  23-12-2025 07:32 via bbc.com
  Ken Goodall's haul of Irish international caps were taken from his home in Londonderry in 1987.
  
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• Unwrapping historic 'presents' at the Ulster Museum

  23-12-2025 07:23 via bbc.com
  Anne Stewart, senior curator at the Ulster Museum, invited BBC News NI behind the scenes to see these early presents installed.
  
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• 'We've tried to hide the gaps in the walls with Christmas decorations'

  23-12-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  In the Republic of Ireland, thousands of family homes are affected by defective concrete blocks.
  
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• ‘Horrific’ - One thousand babies sent to Liverpool for autopsy while Belfast trust didn’t know if it had advertised for a new pathologist - The Irish News

  23-12-2025 07:00
  ‘Horrific’ - One thousand babies sent to Liverpool for autopsy while Belfast trust didn’t know if it had advertised for a new pathologist  The Irish News
  
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• Belfast apartment rents reaching towards £2,000 per month - The Irish News

  23-12-2025 07:00
  Belfast apartment rents reaching towards £2,000 per month  The Irish News
  
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• Clinics in GB supply almost half of NI's private ADHD drugs

  23-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  Last year at least 4,000 prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued by private clinics to people in Northern Ireland, up from just six in 2019.
  
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