Belfast news

• Blistering start sends Coleraine top: ‘Three goals in eight minutes is a strange feeling’

  05-09-2026 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coleraine 4 Crusaders 1
  
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• Liverpool appoint former Irish League star as new Sporting Director as they fill the void left by exit of Richard Hughes

  26-09-2026 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Julian Ward takes over key role in Anfield set-up
  
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• ‘We are tired of excuses’: Calls for fresh probe into murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan 25 years after death

  26-09-2026 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  No one has faced justice over the killing of the Sunday World reporter in September 2001
  
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• Application made for 5,000-strong Garvaghy Road counter-protest on Sunday as Drumcree legal challenge continues

  26-09-2026 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The procession down the mainly nationalist road has not taken place since 1997
  
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• Application made for 5,000-strong Garvaghy Road counter-protest on Sunday as Drumcree court challenge continues

  26-09-2026 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The procession down the mainly nationalist road has not taken place since 1997
  
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• Sunrise ‘Climb for Freedom’ up Belfast’s Cavehill raises £20k to help combat modern slavery

  26-09-2026 14:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The event took place on Saturday morning
  
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• Siobhán Fenton: Former insider on Sinn Féin' ideological conundrums

  26-09-2026 14:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  When journalist Siobhan Fenton was headhunted by Sinn Féin in 2020 she was an outsider.Entering the party press office in Dublin, she was from Belfast, and didn’t support IRA violence.At the time Sinn Fein was soaring, with Mary Lou McDonald expected to eventually become Ireland’s first female Taoiseach.But that hasn’t happened. Instead, the party’s momentum faltered – although it remains the biggest party on the island.What goes on inside of one of Ireland&r
  
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• Court challenge over Drumcree decision underway amid claims march could clash with local mass

  26-09-2026 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The procession down the Garvaghy Road has not taken place since 1997
  
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• Nationalist residents’ court challenge over Drumcree parade decision underway

  26-09-2026 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The procession down the Garvaghy Road has not taken place since 1997
  
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• Portadown District Master urges residents and those involved in Drumcree march ‘not to do anything that could increase tensions’

  26-09-2026 13:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It comes as Garvaghy Road residents have organised a ‘peaceful and legal’ protest to coincide with the contentious march
  
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• Orangemen pledge to ‘fully comply’ with Parades Commission restrictions on Drumcree march

  26-09-2026 13:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The procession down the Garvaghy Road has not taken place since 1997
  
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• Train services in Lurgan suspended due to security alert

  26-09-2026 11:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Buses are operating for affected passengers
  
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• Blue Lights star Siân Brooke: ‘Grace Ellis has given me Belfast. That’s been the greatest gift’

  26-09-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ahead of the imminent fourth series of the Bafta-winning Blue Lights, star Siân Brooke talks to Weekend about her character’s ‘idealism’ and the city-set police drama’s hopefulness
  
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• Take five: ‘Breakfast, lunch and dinner — chocolate is always appropriate’

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Singer-songwriter and bestselling author Tara MacLean shares her favourite things
  
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• One Giant’s Causeway, 10,000 coins extracted: ‘As custodians, we have a responsibility to look after the place’

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A visitors’ tradition at Northern Ireland’s first UNESCO World Heritage site has resulted in a conservation action plan to halt rock damage
  
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• Miracles, Mary and mountains: Medjugorje is still as captivating as ever

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Over two years on from a previous visit, the Bosnia & Herzegovina village, which has become an unofficial place of Catholic pilgrimage and where inexplicable healings have been reported, remains an intriguing destination
  
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• ‘If you’ve an interest in something, and it’s not hurting anyone, you should pursue it to the fullest extent possible’

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Rebecca Cullen, personal assistant to CEO at University of Atypical, shares her life lessons
  
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• Hamming it up: Paula McIntyre shares ‘perfect dish for autumn dinner’

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gammon and an apple dessert is a winning combination
  
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• ‘A good weekend needs to involve as many hours of writing as I can manage’

  26-09-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Author and teacher Wendy Erskine discusses her ideal weekend, which includes a ritual with her mum and working on projects in Central Library
  
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• ‘Our family is complete’: Ex-world champion Ryan Burnett and wife Lara on the joy of their second daughter

  26-09-2026 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Belfast fighter on how he didn’t expect such a big baby, getting up and down to Croke Park the day after she was born, and how the anniversary of Ricky Hatton’s death has brought back memories of grief
  
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• Gary Middleton: It is time Northern Ireland had a minister for mental health

  26-09-2026 08:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Advocacy, no matter how powerful, can only take us so far. I now believe that we need to go a step further
  
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• Lavery breaks silence in defiant statement over Law Society furore

  26-09-2026 08:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Chief executive says he’s ‘fully entitled’ to sue his employer after row sparked by character reference for paedophile cousin
  
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• ‘Serious questions’ over Stormont’s spending of £40m on outside consultants

  26-09-2026 08:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  MLA fears figure may be much higher as Department of Health’s outlay still to be revealed
  
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• Amid myriad crises, Stormont is spending three days debating if someone can invent their own gender

  26-09-2026 07:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Assembly in third sitting of wrangling over whether trying to ‘suppress’ a self-declared identity should carry a jail term
  
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• My life in books: ‘Ladybird Nature Books helped foster what became a lifelong interest’

  26-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Author Chris Arthur shares his favourite non-fiction reads
  
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• Jonathan Kydd: ‘It’s only now I realise what a wonderful man my father was’

  26-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The third volume of much-loved prolific actor Sam Kydd’s memoirs unearthed a lot of new information says his son Jonathan
  
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• ‘Even back in 1971, Rory felt it was incredibly important to keep playing Belfast, come what may, so the kids could see something beyond fighting’

  26-09-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  An extract from Dónal Gallagher’s new book on his brother Rory details the musician’s very special relationship with Belfast
  
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• League leaders Coleraine stunned at Showgrounds as Linfield inflict first defeat of the season

  26-09-2026 00:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coleraine 1 Linfield 3
  
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• League leaders Coleraine stunned at Showgrounds as inflict first defeat of the season

  25-09-2026 22:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coleraine 1 Linfield 3
  
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• Ulster's second half comeback in vain as Edinburgh hold on for dramatic victory in URC season opener

  25-09-2026 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ulster 29 Edinburgh 34
  
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