Belfast news

• Growing land prices in NI ‘increasing pressure on farmers’: Union

  10-02-2026 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rising per acre values ‘not helping farm incomes’
  
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• Health trusts taking 'punitive' approach to discipline, union says

  10-02-2026 16:55 via bbc.com
  A total of 1,834 healthcare workers across the six health trusts in Northern Ireland have been dismissed in the last five years due to breaches of, or actions taken under, attendance management policies.
  
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• Despair as time runs out for SEN school leavers' law

  10-02-2026 16:40 via bbc.com
  A young person's statement of special educational needs ends with school and campaigners had been hoping that would change.
  
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• Kingfishr surprise fans with impromptu pub gig

  10-02-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  The indie-folk chart toppers thrilled the crowd in Derry's Peadar O'Donnell's pub on Sunday evening.
  
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• 'Just working towards her pension' - woman settles discrimination case

  10-02-2026 16:28 via bbc.com
  The woman said a senior colleague at PwC raised concerns about her knowledge of new technology.
  
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• Dozens of jobs at risk at the Belfast office of US law firm

  10-02-2026 16:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Headcount affected by increasing use of AI at global practice
  
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• Assembly expresses no confidence in communities minister

  10-02-2026 15:28 via bbc.com
  Gordon Lyons insists there is no evidence that he breached Stormont's ministerial code.
  
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• Pat Spillane: ‘The caveman tactics of the past that operated in Gaelic football are now, like the Dodo, extinct’

  10-02-2026 14:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Jimmy McGuinness and Kieran McGeeney have been caught out, no wonder they are complaining
  
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• Co Antrim firm announces redundancies blaming rising insurance and other issues

  10-02-2026 13:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Company vows to handle job losses ‘respectfully and fairly’
  
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• Hate mail won't stop Bloody Sunday campaign, says victim's brother

  10-02-2026 13:26 via bbc.com
  Thirteen people were shot dead when the Army opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the Bogside in 1972.
  
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• Dog groomers, business complex and shops hit by burglars over two weeks in west Belfast

  10-02-2026 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Police confirmed there will be increased patrols after ‘potential link’ between incidents
  
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• What happens to your heart as you get older

  10-02-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  As we age, the heart and blood vessels undergo several, often significant, changes, writes Camila Foster
  
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• Business optimism is strong — now our economic policy must support that ambition

  10-02-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Excellence in Exporting
  
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• Belfast digital agency backing the next generation of business talent in NI

  10-02-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Young Business Person of the Year
  
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• Epstein files - Keir Starmer on the brink, and Irish connections explored

  10-02-2026 10:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Keir Starmer is trying to drown out an increasingly noisy chorus of politicians and the public calling for him to step down. Last week, the prime minister apologised to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking network as he sought to calm the storm surrounding his previous appointment of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the US. Starmer said he regretted the appointment, given Mr Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein. Pressure on the prime minister has since increased
  
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• ‘My parents were told I wouldn’t survive’: NI woman opens up on her journey after suffering severe burns as a child

  10-02-2026 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After three decades of continuous and intensive treatment for her severe injuries, Emma Armstrong feels that she has turned a significant corner
  
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• Top chef on his vision for Belfast’s newest luxury hotel: ‘My attachment to local food will be at the centre’

  10-02-2026 08:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Noel McMeel, executive head chef at Belfast’s Bedford Hotel, talks to James McNaney about his newest role
  
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• ‘I don’t think anyone expected it to reach this level’: Belfast creative who worked on Netflix K-pop hit says film was a ‘gamble’

  10-02-2026 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  James Carson, whose work includes the Oscar-nominated Netflix animation which has become a global phenomenon, talks about the growth of the TV and film industry in NI
  
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• Sporting legend’s Blue Plaque honour at home of Ulster Rugby 100 years after his birth

  10-02-2026 07:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Humble sporting hero Jack Kyle was happier to see his surgical career be reason he was remembered
  
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• Cinema boss takes court action against Finance Minister’s rates U-turn

  10-02-2026 07:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Omniplex chief says John O’Dowd’s decision favours hospitality sector over other industries
  
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• ‘Appalling’ roads in Co Antrim commuter village called ‘tragedy waiting to happen’

  10-02-2026 07:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Councillor insists ‘death trap’ main thoroughfare looks like off-road track
  
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• Iconic European city breaks everyone should experience

  10-02-2026 07:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Uncover the cities that belong on your travel list
  
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• Widow of murdered US activist Charlie Kirk to recruit students on NI visit

  10-02-2026 06:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ex-DUP MP Ian Paisley backing plan to launch branch of Christian-right group Turning Point here
  
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• There’s a paradox in George Mitchell being lauded for management of Gerry Adams but being cancelled for Jeffrey Epstein links

  10-02-2026 06:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former US senator has denied allegations levelled against him by young woman trafficked by Epstein as a teenager
  
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