Belfast news

• Crusaders suffer a major shock in the BetMcLean Cup as Warrenpoint Town book spot in next round

  21-10-2026 23:31 via Belfast Telegraph
  Warrenpoint Town 5 Crusaders 2 (after extra-time)
  
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• Pressure builds on Michael Carrick after Manchester United suffer humiliating loss at Como

  21-10-2026 22:11 via Belfast Telegraph
  Como 4 Manchester United 1
  
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• Hiker died in 100ft fall while on Wales' highest mountain

  21-10-2026 21:58 via BBC News
  
  Adrian McAnarney had travelled to north Wales with a group to climb Yr Wyddfa and go sightseeing.
  
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• Champion boxers provide character references for ‘gentleman’ death driver

  21-10-2026 21:09 via Belfast Telegraph
  Martin Olali was jailed last week for causing the death of Richard Boyle in a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast five years ago
  
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• World champion boxers provide character references for ‘gentleman’ death driver

  21-10-2026 21:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Martin Olali was jailed last week for causing the death of Richard Boyle in a hit-and-run incident in west Belfast five years ago
  
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• Sinn Féin MP demands apology from Tory MP over ‘IRA lawyers’ remark in Commons

  21-10-2026 20:52 via Belfast Telegraph
  John Finucane says comments echo those made weeks before his father’s murder
  
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• Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald leave police station following Garvaghy Road protest interview

  21-10-2026 19:26 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Family of prison officer killed by IRA receives state apology

  21-10-2026 18:58 via BBC News
  
  Brian Stack was crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 when he was shot in the back of the neck and died 18 months later.
  
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• Investigation after man and woman found dead

  21-10-2026 18:45 via BBC News
  
  The bodies of a man in his 30s and a woman in her 40s are discovered at the same house in Bray.
  
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• Man tells inquest he 'definitely' did not kill former partner

  21-10-2026 18:37 via BBC News
  
  Two years after being arrested and charged with her murder, all charges against Marshall's former partner, Gary O'Dowd, were dropped.
  
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• Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald attend police station for Garvaghy Road protest interview

  21-10-2026 18:04 via Belfast Telegraph
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• O'Neill and McDonald attend police interview over Garvaghy Road protest

  21-10-2026 17:38 via BBC News
  
  Unionist parties have called for action against O'Neill and others over the protests, accusing nationalist parties of acting unlawfully.
  
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• Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald arrive at police station ahead of interview over Garvaghy Road protest

  21-10-2026 17:20 via Belfast Telegraph
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• First Minister Michelle O’Neill leaves Stormont to attend interview with police over Garvaghy Road protest

  21-10-2026 17:11 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Jeffrey Donaldson under investigation for further rape allegation while serving as MP

  21-10-2026 16:50 via Belfast Telegraph
  The Met confirmed for the first time they have been given a report of an alleged rape in the House of Commons in 2016
  
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• Masked gang beats teenager with metal pipes in 'sectarian' attack

  21-10-2026 16:35 via BBC News
  
  Police said the teenager was attacked after being chased in the Waterside area of Londonderry on Tuesday night.
  
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• Jailed former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson being investigated over alleged rape inside Parliament

  21-10-2026 16:26 via BBC News
  
  While not naming the disgraced former MP, the Metropolitan Police has issued a statement confirming a 63-year-old man is being investigated.
  
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• Belfast comedian criticised for rape 'joke' about assault victim

  21-10-2026 16:19 via BBC News
  
  Vittorio Angelone referred to content creator Rebecca Goodwin in a remark about rape.
  
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• Share Energy: helping challenge the way Northern Ireland thinks about power

  21-10-2026 14:44 via Belfast Telegraph
  Share Energy now boasts 41,500 customers, two years after launching in 2024. Chief executive Damian Wilson says transparency, profit-sharing and a fundamental rethink of Northern Ireland’s energy system are at the heart of its challenge to the established market, and looks to the future and the firm’s expansion
  
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• Ask a money coach: ‘My husband wants to retire early, but I don’t think we can afford it’

  21-10-2026 13:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  He has come up with a plan that involves him using his tax-free lump sum and some of our shared savings to buy a doer-upper
  
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• Irish weather warning ahead of Storm Austen

  21-10-2026 13:48 via BBC News
  
  The Republic of Ireland's weather service warns of potential of flooding and travel disruption.
  
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• I don’t mean to scare you, but... 2030 is three years and two months away

  21-10-2026 13:42 via Belfast Telegraph
  Three things I learned about travel at a big-shot transatlantic summit in Dublin — and a refreshing ‘word of the year’
  
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• ‘A Course Called Ireland’ review: Bill Murray’s shambolic golf trip around Ireland and Northern Ireland wastes our time and his talents

  21-10-2026 12:38 via Belfast Telegraph
  The star seems to be having a good time, but does little to ensure viewers have one too
  
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• Ulster coach to lead Ireland XV to face Fiji in Cork next month

  21-10-2026 12:33 via Belfast Telegraph
  Ulster coach Mark Sexton will be in charge for the game on November 20
  
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• Andy Farrell to cast eyes on World Cup hopefuls as Ireland XV to face Fiji in Cork next month

  21-10-2026 12:26 via Belfast Telegraph
  Connacht coach Mark Sexton will be in charge for the game on November 20
  
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• Melanie Finn: Women like Joanne McNally should not have to pay the price when men like Conor McGregor aren’t called out

  21-10-2026 12:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Comedian hits back at criticism of decision to appear on US chat show that soft-soaped the disgraced fighter
  
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• ‘Jimmy McGuinness will be absolutely seething’ — Dick Clerkin on Finnbarr Roarty’s shock Donegal departure to AFL side Collingwood

  21-10-2026 11:26 via Belfast Telegraph
  Former Monaghan midfielder believes something must be amiss in the Tír Chonaill set-up
  
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• Judge's trial of the facts review will assess if victims are 'sidelined'

  21-10-2026 11:14 via BBC News
  
  Sir John Gillen is carrying out a review of the legal framework on trial of the facts cases in Northern Ireland.
  
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• PSNI investigating report of former Tory MP ‘identifying Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims online’

  21-10-2026 09:17 via Belfast Telegraph
  The paedophile was sentenced to 15 years in jail last week
  
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• PSNI investigating further report of Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims being identified

  21-10-2026 08:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  The paedophile was sentenced to 15 years in jail last week
  
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• NI department store crowned best in the UK after beating John Lewis and Harrods

  21-10-2026 08:41 via Belfast Telegraph
  Wardens of Newtownards has been in business for nearly 150 years
  
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• ‘There was a horrific bang… I could smell the airbags’: Dashcam footage played at A5 crash inquest

  21-10-2026 08:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  Inquest hears head-on collision between minibus and HGV caused deaths of three family members
  
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• Dance rebels wanted as Ulster Hall goes back to the 1930s for one night only

  21-10-2026 08:18 via Belfast Telegraph
  New show set during the parish dance hall era making debut in Belfast
  
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• From kimchi to chorizo: How pupils at one south Belfast primary school are embracing adventurous, locally sourced food

  21-10-2026 07:54 via Belfast Telegraph
  School launches pilot scheme designed to widen children’s palates
  
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• A grumpy cloud and a happy sun - the book that catches children's feelings using weather

  21-10-2026 07:27 via BBC News
  
  A group of primary school pupils have turned their ideas about feelings and emotions into a book.
  
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• NI department store crowned best in the UK after beating brands John Lewis and Harrods

  21-10-2026 07:14 via Belfast Telegraph
  Wardens of Newtownards has been in business for nearly 150 years
  
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• Failure to isolate NI care home patients during pandemic caused ‘significant risk’, Covid Inquiry finds

  21-10-2026 07:05 via Belfast Telegraph
  Almost 5,000 patients discharged to care facilities in first half of 2020
  
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• PSNI investigating further report of Donaldson’s victims being identified

  21-10-2026 06:59 via Belfast Telegraph
  The paedophile was sentenced to 15 years in jail last week
  
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• Legal battle over Garvaghy Road parade may clarify law on public processions but leaves political tensions unresolved

  21-10-2026 06:54 via Belfast Telegraph
  While ruling in court case should clear up important legal points it does not solve situation outside the courtroom
  
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• Sinn Féin MP eyes shock Stormont switch in high-stakes bid to make history in Strangford

  21-10-2026 06:42 via Belfast Telegraph
  Chris Hazzard's decision to enter race a blow to chances of SDLP breakthrough
  
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• Things to do in Down this Halloween

  21-10-2026 06:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Top 5 events across the county
  
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• Half-time ‘rocket’ from Stephen Baxter sparks Carrick Rangers’ three-goal turnaround against Newry City

  21-10-2026 00:46 via Belfast Telegraph
  Carrick Rangers 3 Newry City 0
  
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• Jim Magilton hails Cliftonville’s ‘fantastic’ work ethic after cup win at Shamrock Park

  21-10-2026 00:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Portadown 0 Cliftonville 2
  
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• ‘Heavy weather’ but job done as Rodney McAree’s Dungannon Swifts edge Bangor in cup thriller

  21-10-2026 00:21 via Belfast Telegraph
  Bangor 1 Dungannon Swifts 2
  
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