Belfast news

• Body found during search for missing woman

  09-11-2026 17:45 via BBC News
  
  The PSNI have been given extra time to question two people arrested on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Parents slam ‘woke’ council for banning balloons in party rooms

  12-11-2026 20:27 via Belfast Telegraph
  Move is part of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council initiative to reduce use of single-use plastics
  
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• Derry City close to appointing Stephen O’Donnell as manager

  12-11-2026 20:15 via Belfast Telegraph
  No obstacles anticipated as Galwegian prepares to succeed Tiernan Lynch following the Candystripes’ FAI Cup final success
  
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• Travel review: Afternoon tea, infinity pools and good company at Cavan estate

  12-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Escaping busy family lives and careers for a spa day at Farnham Estate was sheer bliss for Claire Adams and her group of friends
  
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• The Divorce Diaries: My hen was organised, my wedding dress was bought and he walked away – it was humiliating

  12-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  In our Divorce Diaries series, we speak to people about their experience of marriage and divorce. This week, a woman in her 30s with one child tells her story from her perspective
  
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• ‘One attack is one too many’: NI ambulance chief appeals for abuse of paramedics to stop amid hundreds of incidents this year

  12-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Mark Cochrane was speaking after a paramedic was attacked outside Altnagelvin Hospital last weekend
  
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• Man United heroes of yesteryear pay emotional visit to George Best’s grave

  12-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Lee Martin, United’s matchwinner in FA Cup back in 1990, among group to visit George Best’s grave, and his old stomping grounds in east Belfast
  
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• Deputy First Minister refuses to confirm if she will resign if FM is found to have acted unlawfully

  12-11-2026 19:01 via Belfast Telegraph
  ‘No options are off the table,’ says Emma Little-Pengelly
  
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• ‘Very pleased’ — Rory McIlroy lays down Race to Dubai marker with opening 69 to be tied third

  12-11-2026 18:57 via Belfast Telegraph
  World No 2 makes strong start in bid for record-equalling eighth title
  
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• Tickets to see Ireland v Fiji have risen from £29 to £79 in nine years – have the IRFU pushed their prices too far?

  12-11-2026 17:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Empty seats for two weeks in a row at Lansdowne Road tell their own story
  
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• NI motorists face six-week average wait for MoT tests

  12-11-2026 17:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  September 2026 figures obtained by CompareNI show that the Enniskillen centre currently has the longest wait
  
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• Council to erect signs guiding visitors to grave of Sister Clare Crockett in Derry

  12-11-2026 16:38 via Belfast Telegraph
  Final resting place of nun who died in earthquake has become place of pilgrimage for Catholics
  
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• Informer drove Real IRA bomb to Omagh, former top officer tells inquiry

  12-11-2026 14:22 via Belfast Telegraph
  Norman Baxter claims ‘stones were hidden’ to protect sources and peace process
  
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• Country music legend Philomena Begley receives prestigeous accolade and performs with CMAT at NI Music Awards

  12-11-2026 12:55 via Belfast Telegraph
  The two performed a rendition of Begley’s hit ‘Blanket on the Ground’
  
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• Family bakery announces £1.6m expansion as it eyes new markets across Europe

  12-11-2026 12:18 via Belfast Telegraph
  The investment will help create 15 new jobs
  
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• Quarter of a century on from creation of PSNI, there is a lamentable failure to support policing

  12-11-2026 09:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Long-term investment required to maintain and increase resources
  
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• Life lessons: ‘If I was to use the word salvation (which I don’t), it would mean becoming who I’m meant to be and my best self’

  12-11-2026 09:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Former Catholic priest Dara Molloy reflects on breaking with Rome, embracing Ireland’s Celtic spiritual heritage, and why freedom, authenticity and courage have guided his journey
  
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• Former priest’s life lessons: ‘If I was to use the word salvation (which I don’t), it would mean becoming who I’m meant to be’

  12-11-2026 09:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Former Catholic priest Dara Molloy reflects on breaking with Rome, embracing Ireland’s Celtic spiritual heritage, and why freedom, authenticity and courage have guided his journey
  
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• How family turned Tesco redundancies into thriving business: ‘It was too good an opportunity to turn down’

  12-11-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Sweet success for Brady’s Bakes as family trio turn Tesco redundancies into thriving dessert business
  
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• DUP man linked to football club at centre of £30k funds row named

  12-11-2026 07:20 via Belfast Telegraph
  Months after controversy began, the department finally rules out direct or indirect funding
  
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• Meet stars of new BBC comedy set in NI: ‘It’s not what you can’t do, but what you can do’

  12-11-2026 07:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Disabled and autistic actors take centre stage in six-part series set here that follows chaotic lives of support workers and the people they care for
  
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• Cost of Noah Donohoe inquest to public purse revealed

  12-11-2026 01:01 via BBC News
  
  An inquest into the schoolboy's death faced numerous delays and overran initial estimates for its duration by several months.
  
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• Ireland and Ukraine considering co-production of unmanned drones

  12-11-2026 00:27 via BBC News
  
  The two leaders met in Dublin on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of European leaders on Thursday.
  
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• Ombudsman probing PSNI officer over ‘violence against wide range of people’

  11-11-2026 21:36 via Belfast Telegraph
  Other police officers among the alleged victims, MLAs told
  
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• Ombudsman engaged in historic investigation involving PSNI officer accused of ‘perpetrating violence against a wide range of people’

  11-11-2026 21:36 via Belfast Telegraph
  Other police officers among the alleged victims, MLAs told
  
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• Schools balancing difficult decisions as bomb threats causing headaches for police and principals in Northern Ireland

  11-11-2026 21:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Second security alert in weeks is causing chaos in local schools
  
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• Serial offender who trashed Belfast hotel room and later rammed police car in stolen vehicle is jailed

  11-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Judge dismissive of defence claims Seamus Denny (34) has made ‘remarkable progress’ in changing his ways
  
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• Irish influencer Niamh Cullen: ‘I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make full peace with the death of my husband. I’m incredibly sad and angry’

  11-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  A year after they married, the Dublin influencer lost her husband Jamie Gill to cancer. As she approaches their second wedding anniversary, she talks about finding strength in humour during his illness, sharing her grief on social media and navigating life without him
  
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• Murdered IRA man’s wife loses bid to have his body exhumed

  11-11-2026 19:23 via Belfast Telegraph
  Family row after widow sought to have Kevin McGuigan buried with their late daughter and not in plot owned by his mother
  
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• Sinn Féin’s Sheehan accuses UUP leader of ‘stupidity’ and ‘anti-Irish bigotry’ as committee clashes over Irish education bill

  11-11-2026 19:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Heated exchanges at Stormont in wake of Burrows supporting petition of concern on legislation
  
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